EA games is trying to overtake Activision as number one game publisher and it just might happen. The Call of Duty franchise has reached its peak. The "Old Guard" has left. Activision has not only angered the two creators of Infinity Ward, but they've enraged most of their staff. Thirty-eight Infinity Ward employees have left and formed a new company under EA.
The Infinity Ward team are innovators. They built the game engine (IW Engine). They pushed the boundaries and set the benchmark for all future FPS's. Treyarch can't do it alone, they're not innovators. Treyarch continuously pumps out the same game in different packaging. Treyarch games still can't measure up to Infinity Ward's games. Treyarch's "cookie cutter" way of cranking out games hit new heights when Activision announced the third developer to start the new installment of the Call of Duty franchise. Three games? Wow. I think one is enough, but why not? Let's milk this cash-cow for all it's worth since no other company has come out with anything that competes, until now.
