Modern Warfare 3 Dev Responds to Claim the Game Was Rushed

Sledgehammer Video games has denied that it was compelled to rush Name of Responsibility: Modern Warfare 3. The studio did in order a part of a wordy assertion that was seemingly meant to be a response to a current Bloomberg report suggesting Activision rushed Modern Warfare 3 to the market and is therefore largely to blame for the lackluster state of the sport at launch.

The hit shooter sequence traditionally operated on a three-year cycle, with Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Sledgehammer taking turns growing every new mainline entry. Since 2016, all three studios have been assisted by Raven Software program, one other Activision subsidiary that is additionally the lead on the battle royale Warzone video games. Nevertheless, a number of current stories indicated that Modern Warfare 3 marks the begin of a brand new Name of Responsibility launch mannequin that can shorten the improvement of all future entries in the franchise to simply two years, and search to alternate between distinctive video games and iterative sequels like Modern Warfare 3, the latter of which might be solely Sledgehammer’s accountability.

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Sledgehammer Denies Claim that Modern Warfare 3 Was Rushed

A shortened improvement cycle was additionally talked about in the current Bloomberg report, which acknowledged that Modern Warfare 3 was made in simply 16 months after Activision delayed Treyarch’s 2023 Name of Responsibility sport. Taking to X, previously Twitter, Sledgehammer Video games subsequently issued an announcement from Studio Head Aaron Halon, which instantly disputed massive elements of that report. Amongst different issues, Halon stated that the firm spent “years” realizing the imaginative and prescient for Modern Warfare 3. “Something stated to the opposite is just not true,” he wrote.

The Bloomberg report, authored by established business insider Jason Schreier, additionally talked about that Sledgehammer initially needed to make one other Superior Warfare sport after wrapping up work on the 2021 Name of Responsibility: Vanguard, just for Activision to inform it to sort out Modern Warfare 3 as a substitute. Halon disputed this declare as properly, stating that the studio made the first back-to-back sequel in the franchise historical past as a result of that is what the followers have been asking for.

Lastly, Schreier reported that Modern Warfare 3 was initially envisioned as a Modern Warfare 2 DLC, however was became a standalone sport after Treyarch’s subsequent Name of Responsibility entry was delayed. An Activision spokesperson had already denied that declare even earlier than Halon did.

A whole lot of the criticism aimed toward the present state of Modern Warfare 3 is directed at its lackluster single-player marketing campaign. Whereas it stays to be seen whether or not this fan backlash finally ends up having a fabric affect on the way forward for the sequence, what’s sure is that Activision already has the subsequent 4 years of Name of Responsibility deliberate out.