Call of Duty bidding WWII farewell?

Treyarch will 'finish' the war...

Speaking with Official Xbox Magazine, Call of Duty: World at War producer Noah Heller has implied that Treyarch's new first-person shooter could be the last in the long-running series set in World War II.

"Since World at War was in development for two years, it was still in development when Modern Warfare… well, it hadn’t even come out yet," Heller revealed. "So our path was a little bit set at that point but we also knew that we wanted to show the end of the war."

So, the success of Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare could have persuaded all concerned to leave behind the WWII theme?

"I won’t let your readers read into the comment too much but we are showing the final battles of the Pacific and the European Theatre and that lets us put a close to the war," he continued.

"I’m sure game companies will be making World War II games for years to come and World War II is a very classic war. But we’re happy that we put the war to bed."

So.... back to the present day - or thereabouts - for CoD6?

By Luke Guttridge