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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-03-29-this-years-call-of-duty-is-set-in-space-report
 

The next Call of Duty will feature a radical departure for the series - it's set in space

 

2016's Call of Duty will offer space combat between warring sci-fi groups in the far flung future.

 

Previous entries in the series such as Advanced Warfare and Black Ops 3 have strayed into the near-future, but this year's Call of Duty will be firmly placed in sci-fi territory.

 

First details of the game appeared online over the weekend, from serial industry sourceShinobi. The information tallies with reports Eurogamer has independently heard.

 

The game is being developed by Infinity Ward and is not a direct sequel of its previous Call of Duty effort, Ghosts, which received a mixed response.

 

That said, we're hoping a descendant of Colin the dog makes an appearance.

 

Call of Duty is expected to launch this November for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and go up against EA's own shooter effort Battlefield 5. Both games' releases will be bookended by two other sci-fi shooters - the mech-based Titanfall 2, likely set to arrive in early autumn, and BioWare's role-playing sequel Mass Effect: Andromeda, due in early 2017.

 

Activision declined to comment when contacted for this story.

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The fact that something as far fetched as this is going to be released under the COD name is kinda fucked up. I mean, I like that they're trying to be different and I hope it's received well, but damn. All in all, I'm just gonna wait it out til E3 to learn more before I judge this too quickly :P

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Like a few people... This is just getting stupid now... I could kind of put with Black Ops 2 and some of the futuristic stuff, but it's just getting retarded now with wall runs and jet packs and all this stupid bullshit. And now space? 

 

... I'd actually consider buying CoD again if they went back to their roots of Finest Hour / Big Red One. Fuck this xD

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Missed the part where the insider commented on drawing comparisons to Black Ops 3 and Advanced Warfare, where he specifically said the setting would make Blacks Ops 3 seem like the metaphorical Stone Age. So full on sci fi. Space Marines, drop ships, laser guns, etc. BO3 and AW are near future, this would be far future. Space Marine games can be good if done right.

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