10 Ways Activision Should Make Call Of Duty 2018
Where can COD go from here?
After a successful launch that brought the Call of Duty franchise back from the lull it suffered with 2016's Infinite Warfare, Activision and Sledgehammer Games' stellar WW2 has left the iconic series at a bit of a crossroads.
Spending three games letting players explore the imaginative futuristic battlefields the developers had conjured up and including new mechanics like double-jumping that completely changed the shooter's style of play, the franchise has finally dropped all that fluff in favour of returning to its roots.
With the return to WW2 being so successful though, Call of Duty 2018, almost certainly deep in development with the guys and girls at Treyarch, has a lot of tough decisions to make.
Fans clearly love the back-to-basics approach of the latest release and, if the sales decline of previous games in the franchise are anything to go on, are tired of sci-fi-themed instalments.
There's no doubt that the developers will want to strike while the iron's hot and capitalise on the goodwill Activision has earned with WW2, but Treyarch need to consider these ideas going forward if they want to continue this winning streak.
10. Make It A Cold War Prequel To Modern Warfare
While Treyarch are probably finished with the Black Ops series, 2018 would be the perfect time for the developers to return to an era that needs more love in the video game world: the Cold War.
Telling a story that takes place during the dying embers of the conflict, the title could even tie into the original Modern Warfare, essentially acting as a stealth prequel by crossing over with MacMillan and Price during their sniper days.
Treyarch have already dipped their toes into Cold War espionage before with the original Black Ops, but to go all in on this heady piece of history by grounding it closer to the real world events could give the developers a rich setting to mine.
The studio loves to spin convoluted and twisty narratives, and the tail-end of the Cold War and its fallout would provide them with the perfect opportunity to create their most interesting story yet.