Call of Duty is one of the biggest franchise published by Activison, a video game series that started on October 29, 2003. Lately, rumors about a new title of this franchise spread over the Internet, especially since a leaked list containing some of the titles that could be announced at E3 2010 was posted on a Russian website. On that list, there are some of the most anticipated video games of 2010, and also a new Call of Duty title: Call of Duty MMO.http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=244674 While the list wasn’t’ confirmed by any E3 official, the discussions about the possibilities to see games like Mass Effect 3, Fahrenheit 2 or Road Rash HD can be found on different video games related forums.
In 2008, Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick, revealed during a conference what are the chances to create a MMO related to the COD franchise. According to Gamespot, Kotick stated that a project like this requires at least a half-billion dollars for development, but according to the same source, the CEO informed the press that there is a small possibility to see a Call of Duty MMO in the future:
"When you think about other properties that we own and control like Call of Duty, and what would be the natural evolution of a property like Call of Duty into a massively multiplayer environment... How do you monetize that?"http://www.gamespot.com/news/6187208.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6187208
Two years later, on January 8, 2010, CVG posted an article stating that Infinity Ward, the developer of COD, started the project called Call of Duty MMO. According to the same website Infinity Ward receives help from some of the developers that worked at World of WarCraft and EverQuest II in the past.http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=231079 Unfortunately the rumor isn’t confirmed by any Infinity Ward or Activision official, and if we add the fact that the leaked list is also categorized as fake, the chances to see a Call of Duty massively multiplayer online game at E3 2010 are dropping fast.
