Call of Duty 5 to Launch on Six Platforms

Yes, there will be a Call of Duty 5, and you'll be able to play it on (almost) every single console you own.

During a conference call with investors yesterday, Activision announced that the next game in the popular first-person shooter series will launch on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and PC, and it will be out before the end of this fiscal year. (Only the PSP gets no love.)

Of course, since 5 won't be developed by Infinity Ward, who produced the award-winning, critically acclaimed fourth game in the series, we can't be sure that this year's entry will be as good.

What war, or era, will the game cover? "For [the next] Call of Duty, we'll bringing the intensity of the recent Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare title to yet a new military theater to engage our significantly larger user base, which nearly doubled last year as new users came into the franchise," announced Activision president and CEO Mike Griffith during the call.

I guess we'll have to wait some more to find out where that new military theater is located.

And for all of us (and we are legion) still blasting away on Call of Duty 4, we can also expect more downloadable content throughout the year.

Source: Wired