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Guitar Hero IV, Call of Duty 5 in the Pipeline

From GameDaily:
Following the gargantuan merger news surrounding Vivendi Games and Activision, a new fact sheet has surfaced on the Vivendi corporate site detailing the transaction. While most of the information was already outlined in the main announcement, a line about Activision’s upcoming products seemingly confirmed new installments in the publisher’s biggest franchises.

A line about what’s in the “pipeline” lists “Guitar Hero IV, Call of Duty 5, James Bond, new Tony Hawk, new DreamWorks titles, new Marvel titles and entry into racing with Bizarre.”

While new iterations in Activision’s multi-million selling franchises comes as no surprise, the speed at which the games are brought to market could mark a new EA Sports-like approach for the publisher. According to comments from CEO Bobby Kotick on a conference call, “You can expect virtually every one of those properties will be exploited on an annual or close to annual basis.”