With their crosshairs locked onto the rumor, Activision, Infinity Ward and Treyarch released statements negating that there will be a subscription to play online multiplayer in current and future Call of Duty titles.
The biggest influx of the rumor was caused by a video on YouTube showing an Xbox Live menu referencing Modern Warfare 2 and subscription model options.
This video, which is embedded below, proved to be the main reason for the three companies behind the IP to speak up.
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Dan Amrich, from Activision, got right to the point in a blog post referencing the video itself:
Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling also spoke up regarding the rumor, initially on Twitter:
“This video shows just a glitch - since you can access a Live subscription renewal from within the MW2 game interface, it appears some data got jammed between the two parts of Live. It’s not a secret portal to some nefarious plot to charge people for COD multiplayer - and there are no plans to do that.”
He also reiterated his tweet in a blog post, elaborating that there will be no subscription:
To complete the trifecta of statements is Treyarch’s community manager, Josh Olin, who also used Twitter to get the word out:
So, there you have it Ranters. Stop filling out that credit card application because you can keep building that Prestige without shelling out a monthly fee.
What are your thoughts on subscription-based gaming? What would you like to see changed in the Call of Duty franchise?
Source: CVG
