Call of Duty’s Sticking to Earth For the Near-Future

<p>Call of Duty&&num;8217&semi;s suiting up for another black op this year&comma; but don&&num;8217&semi;t expect it or any other entry to send you to space full-time anytime soon&period; But &&num;8220&semi;Never say never&comma;&&num;8221&semi; its developers say&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Call of Duty's Sticking to Earth For the Near-Future">Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops 3<&sol;a><&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s multiplayer director Dan Bunting said as much in an interview with GamesRadar&comma; citing the &&num;8220&semi;believability&&num;8221&semi; of a space op as a reason why the game&&num;8217&semi;s going to stay grounded to earth for now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The way that we approach the creative on our game&quest; I don&&num;8217&semi;t think we’re ever going to reach a point where we just completely ignore finding authenticity&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Bunting claimed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the franchise&&num;8217&semi;s prior <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;call-of-duty-black-ops-iii-teases-2061s-high-tech-humanity&sol;">depictions of speculative fiction<&sol;a> &lpar;i&period;e&period; mech suits&comma; ray guns&comma; heat-seeking grenades&comma; etc&period;&rpar;&comma; Bunting says that keeping the series based on players&&num;8217&semi; home planet is key to maintaining its authenticity&period; However&comma; 2013&&num;8217&semi;s<em> Call of Duty&colon; Ghosts<&sol;em> did venture into earth&&num;8217&semi;s orbit with its ill-fated mission aboard the fictitious Odin Space Station&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;There’s an element of Call Of Duty as a brand that’s very gritty&comma; it needs to feel believable&period; Even if it’s not real it needs to feel like it could be&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Bunting continued&period; &&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t think we’re ever going to reach a point where we just completely ignore finding authenticity to try and ground the world and make it feel believable&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the meantime&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;ll have to see just how far into the future Call of Duty goes&period; Set in 2061&comma; <em>Black Ops III <&sol;em>already introduces advanced jet packs&comma; nanite insects&comma; and full-on robot AI to the series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em> Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops III<&sol;em> will see release <strong>Nov&period; 6th&comma; 2015<&sol;strong>&period; Leave your spacesuit at home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamesradar&period;com&sol;call-of-duty-in-space&sol;&quest;hootPostID&equals;eb8c3b7069dcf9d9553274da6797ea01">GR<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;