Call of Duty 4 More Modern, And An Exciting CoD 3 Wii Trailer

Tired of waiting until Activision will finaly announce some details about the inevitable Call of Duty sequel, some guys started digging through rumours and sent one of their "reliable sources" dangerously close to Infinity Ward. Thus, they claim, it has been revealed that not only is Call of Duty 4 already in development (duh!), but that this new chapter will defect from WWII, and will switch to a more... modern setting.

The informations published on Amped IGO claim that the new Call of Duty 4 is being developed by Infinity Ward - the same team that brought us the first two parts in the series (the third one being done by Treyarch), and the series will return to the PC in Call of Duty 4. There will of course be several console versions, but that's less important right now, after CoD3 stood us PC gamers up.

Regarding the supposed change of scenery, the same doubtfull report says that the fourth part will take place during present day, but without revealing the actual geographical location. Although it doesn't take a V2 rocket scientist to figure out which are the most sandy plausible theatres of war nowdays...

According to the same source, Call of Duty 4 is said to support as many as 54 players in multiplayer, and it will have a much more refined bodily damage system:

"The source compared Call of Duty 4's technical achievements to other games saying that while most shooters have two or three critical points on the head, Call of Duty 4 has 16, saying that you can shoot the side of an opponent's helmet to make it spin on their head, or knock the helmet clean off. Supposedly you will even be able to shoot an enemy's ear off."

We'll see about that... But in the meantime, why not see something better: a Call of Duty 3 Wii trailer. As I was saying not long ago, there are really only a few Wii games that positively impressed me so far, and this is certainly one of them. Just take a look at how many things you can do with that crazy controller in Call of Duty 3, and I'm sure you will agree.

The Wii version of CoD will be released along with Nintendo's new console, on November 19.

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