Infinity Ward’s Grant Collier yesterday hinted at the possibility of an online co-operative mode for the Xbox 360 version of its highly anticipated first-person shooter, Call of Duty 4. The news follows a weekend of frenzied play on the Call of Duty 4 Beta for Xbox 360 as Infinity Ward increased the level caps from Level 11 to 22 and unlocked a number of new weapons, perks and bonuses. Registrations for the Beta were also opened to Australian Xbox 360 owners over the weekend.
Speaking yesterday at the Activate Asia Pacific conference, Collier was asked whether there’d be a split-screen co-op mode for Call of Duty 4, or any kind of co-op mode for that matter. He responded, “Uh, no, I’m not really supposed to say anything about that… but I’m a big fan of Xbox Live and downloadable content.”
When directly asked whether an online co-op would be made available as Downloadable Content through Xbox Live, Collier grinned nervously, practically beaming as he said nothing more.
Based on this exchange, we believe that an online co-op mode is on the discussion table with publisher Activision; and Collier is reluctant to divulge any details on such a mode is because they haven’t finalised any details on pricing, timing, specific content and so on, assuming such a mode were to be made available.
Call of Duty 4 is due for release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on November 7, but you can find out a lot more from our detailed impressions here. Registrations were opened to Australian Xbox 360 owner of the Call of Duty 4 Beta over the weekend and can be accessed at
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