New Call of Duty Titles Announced, Fired Devs Sue For Name

eldavojohn writes "Activision has announced new Call of Duty titles while fired Infinity Ward Developer leads Jason West and Vince Zampella sue them for the rights to the name. According to Activision, 'The company intends to expand the Call of Duty brand with the same focus seen in its Blizzard Entertainment business unit. This will include a focus on high-margin digital online content and further[ing] the brand as the leading action entertainment franchise in new geographies, new genres and with new digital business models.' Ars opines that Activision is set to over-saturate the market with tons of CoD titles similar to how it expertly brought down Guitar Hero."

I really don't understand.

[bistromath007]

All that really has to be done to solve 70% of the problems with the game industry is assassinating Bobby Kotick. Why won't somebody get on it already?

Re:Might I suggest the title?

[EvilMonkeySlayer]

I prefer "Modern Lawfare" or "Call Of Jury".

Or you could combine.. "Call Of Jury: Modern Lawfare".

Re:Might I suggest the title?

[Obyron]

As opposed to the newly announced Activision title, Call of Jewry-- telling the tale of two Polish Jews hardened by the camps who have escaped, and are now killing their way toward the Fuhrerbunker one. fucking. nazi. at a time. They're calling it a masterpiece of historical authenticity, and have already announced DLC where you can buy new single player maps, each with a prominent Third Reich figure as a boss, which you can horribly murder a la Rockstar's Manhunt games crossed with Bloodrayne.

One level is already generating controversy before it has even been released. Our steely antiheroes are caught in an SS Paranormal Division experiment and are flung back in time through an unstable portal. It is February 1904, days before the birth of Reinhard Heydrich-- the Butcher of Prague, and architect of the Final Solution. You are tasked with tracking down the pregnant mother before the temporal portal collapses and you are destroyed in the process. Will you kill the unborn child, kill the mother, or will you show the compassion that was not shown to you? What changes will your decision cause in Activision's dynamic gameplay system?

Don't miss Activision's newest blockbuster: Call of Jewry -- "Never Forget. Never Again."

Quintin Tarantino is reportedly having a boxing match with Uwe Boll to see who will direct the film adaption.

(If Activision is reading this, you can license this idea for a modest fee... It almost saddens me that I would probably pay money to play this.)

Re:Might I suggest the title?

[PopeRatzo]

"Soap, file that injunction NOW!"

"Ramirez, take point on the deposition."

"Hooah"

Re:Might I suggest the title?

[greyline]

Call of Duty: Let's Run this Shit into the Ground

Re:Might I suggest the title?

[idontgno]

I would pay money for that. And I want Tarantino to smuggle a knife into the fight, because there is absolutely NO WAY Boll should be allowed to win.

And by "knife" I mean "a Hattori Hanzo sword".

(Stupid /. not accepting the long-o HTML entity "ō".)

Re:Might I suggest the title?

[pickupjojo]

Or "Modern War Fair".

Re:Might I suggest the title?

[L4t3r4lu5]

I want Tarantino to smuggle a knife into the fight, because there is absolutely NO WAY Boll should be allowed to continue breathing unaided.

FTFY.

Re:Oversaturation of the Brand

[L4t3r4lu5]

I've made up my own Guitar Hero-style game.

I go out to a rock night-club, get hammered, and pretend I'm playing the game. As long as you're not the drummer, you look just like everyone else there.

Nobody likes the drummer.

Re:WTF?

[lollacopter]

I for one look forward to Call of Duty: Beatles edition "love, love me do..... BOOM HEADSHOT !"

Here's an idea...

[nilbog]

Here's an idea: let's create a game that trains legions of nothing-to-lose nerds how to proficiently use an arsenal of modern weaponry. Then let's do stuff to really piss them off.