Treyarch Probably Not Going Back to World War II

by Nicholas Taylor, posted on 27 August 2010 / 880 Views

Treyarch, the developers behind, among other titles, Call of Duty: World at War as well as the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops have gone on record saying that they are likely done with the World War II theme.

“I don’t think we would go back, because we’ve done a lot of World War II,” he mentioned to SPOnG at gamescom last week.

He went on to say that “I’m not saying that the genre’s done. It would be important that, if there ever were to be another game set in the World War II era, it would have to be something that’s fresh and new. You still have to by that code and do something players haven’t seen before.”

“So, World at War was one example of that. We brought the players for the first time to the South Pacific to fight the imperial Japanese army. It was a different game to the other World War II shooters in the franchise. So, as long as there’s new experiences people will still play them.”

As for Call of Duty: Black Ops, which is set during the Cold War, it will be released on November 9th for PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, with a separate version being made for the DS.