Michael Condrey claims Activision are making Modern Warfare controversial for \u201cheadlines\u201d Michael Condrey, co-founder of Sledgehammer Games, made some rather interesting comments in regards to Call of Duty\u2018s next title \u2013 Modern Warfare \u2013 in their attempt to grab \u201cheadlines\u201d. In an interview with VentureBeat, the former Sledgehammer Games lead figure when asked about Modern Warfare\u2019s disturbing nature said: \u201cMW seems like a tough challenge for any studio, especially if they are being pushed by publishing to be more controversial and \u2018darker\u2019 for the sake of headlines.\u201d While Condrey isn\u2019t outright accusing Activision of making Modern Warfare as controversial as possible for headlines, he is certainly suggesting it. It isn\u2019t clear whether Condrey knows this to be true, i.e. he knows it for a fact, or whether somebody from within the Call of Duty team, be it the publishers or developers, have told him as such. Nevertheless, the tactic has clearly worked as there has been headline after headline discussing the disturbing nature of the campaign. The result, as Activision would have hoped, has been increased hype for the game, even by Call of Duty\u2019s lofty standards. There has arguably not been a CoD campaign as anticipated in the franchise\u2019s history \u2013 and this can almost certainly be attributed to the headlines it has generated so far. Activision wanting to make the game as controversial as possible to drive sales won\u2019t come as a surprise to many \u2013 in fact it\u2019s to be expected as that is their job as a publisher. However, it is in conflict to the creative freedom that a developer should have. Infinity Ward has said in the past, on numerous occasions, that the story is their own creation. Whether this is true or whether Activision have indeed had some sway will perhaps never been known for sure. YouTubers who have played a small part of the campaign have claimed it makes Modern Warfare 2\u2019s \u201cNo Russian\u201d mission look like a \u201cPixar film\u201d. Call of Duty fans will be able to see just how disturbing the game is on October 25 when the fourth instalment of Modern Warfare is released on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Michael Condrey claims Activision are making Modern Warfare controversial for \u201cheadlines\u201d Michael Condrey, co-founder of Sledgehammer Games, made some rather interesting comments in regards to Call of Duty\u2018s next title \u2013 Modern Warfare \u2013 in their attempt to grab \u201cheadlines\u201d. In an interview with VentureBeat, the former Sledgehammer Games lead figure when asked about Modern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}