Call of Duty 4 Announced

The fourth title in the extremely well received Call of Duty series has been announced. Infinity Ward is now working on Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat . The title will end the series' reliance on the theatre of World War II, and will place gamers into a current-day setting fighting terrorists in the Middle East. While the chance to get away from WWII will be appreciated by game-players, not everyone is happy about that hackneyed title. "What followed [Medal of Honor] were such games as Day of Defeat (Activision, 2003) and Men of Valor (Vivendi, 2004.) Ubisoft briefly bucked the trend, boldly replacing the near-mandatory 'of' with 'in' for its 2005 release 'Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30,' but soon fell right in line with the rest of its industry brethren with the 2006 real-time strategy game Faces of War. Ditto for THQ's 2006 RTS game Company of Heroes. Later this year, retail shelves will be graced with THQ's Frontlines: Fuel of War and Midway's Hour of Victory. (That's why for the last couple of years, we and a number of our peers have jokingly created our own World War II game titles, Mad Libs-style, like Call of Honor, Men of Duty, Company of Brothers, etc.)"

Modern infantry warfare sucks.

[Fallingcow]

Sounds boring.

Politics aside, it'd be one hell of a lot more fun to play as an insurgent.

Yay!

[Jaysyn]

Another uninspired 1st person shooter. Extra points for being a sequel.

Re:Tasteless

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been to Iraq and it doesn't bother me. Maybe I'm different, I don't know, but it's just a game. All video games are games, just some digital images to pass the time, nothing to be upset about.