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Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey believes the large number of departures from Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward will be too great for the studio to recover from, leading to its closure after the completion of the second Modern Warfare 2 map pack.
“Continued defections from their Infinity Ward studio have created meaningful uncertainty around the future of their Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise,” said Hickey.
“We expect Infinity Ward studio will be essentially closed after their next map pack release, with development work on Modern Warfare 3 spread between two studios not historically tied to the franchise.”
Besides Infinity Ward, Activision has Treyarch (CoD: World at War) working on the next instalment in the Call of Duty franchise – expected to be released this autumn – and recently formed Sledgehammer Games at work on a new action adventure Call of Duty game.
Via Gamasutra
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