Rumor: Infinity Ward working on COD4 Prequel, not Modern Warfare 3

[Trakan]

A source within the industry who has previously leaked other information when I was writing for Xboxic (leaks include confirming Black Op's March 2010, Naming Kinect before E3 May 2010, First Gears 3 Images April 2010, amongst others) has informed me that an upcoming Call of Duty title from Infinity Ward will not be created on an all new game engine, and will not be released this year under the title of Modern Warfare 3! It has been alleged that Infinity Ward are creating a game that will focus on the character Ghost who first appeared in Modern Warfare 2, this game will centre around the events leading up to the war in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare as a prequel, and then further reveal how Ghost first became a member of Task Force 141 based on the comic book stories written by David Lapham. In various parts of the game that will focus on the life of Ghost - players will revisit locations from both Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2, but this time from a different viewpoint.
Although entirely a rumour - the game is meant to be in development on the Modern Warfare 2 engine. Robert Bowling (Infinity Ward's Community Manager) was contacted, but has neither confirmed or denied the rumours.
When an official announcement from both Activision and Infinity Ward is made regarding the Call of Duty title currently in development - we'll be sure to post it.

http://thisisxbox.com/index.php?opt...odern-warfare-prequel&catid=35:news&Itemid=87

 

[GuardianE]

It'll be interesting to see if Infinity Ward's games (the only Call of Duty's worth playing IMO) will be up to snuff anymore. As I understand it, half of Infinity Ward's staff are now with Respawn Entertainment. I guess we'll see which side got the better half.

 

[shrike4242]

Modern Warfare Zero, here we come?

 

[Viva Las Vegas]

Revisit locations = using previous assets = betting on something half assed.

 

[xtreme_Zr2]

Don't really see how they can screw it up. Same engine and the storyline (or what follows) is in place. Plus, I like the MW multiplayer so much more than Black Ops - I got tired of that within a month. But I played MW and MW2 for a good year after they released. As much as I hate Kotick, I'm keeping an open mind on this one.