The Future of Infinity Ward

The biggest question I’m probably asked the most on any given day is, “What are you guys working on now?!”; Especially since it’s been nearly 9 months after we’ve shipped  (the currently #1 most played game on Xbox Live) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, a Variety Map Pack for it on every platform, and several patches later. While I can’t quite say what it is that we’re currently working on; I did want to give you a status report on exactly what’s happening here at Infinity Ward and where we’re going as a studio.

Future Projects From Infinity Ward

We’re excited to announce that in the recent months we have decided to reup on our contract with Activision publishing. The recently renegotiated deal may not seem like much of an impact from the outside perspective, but it has laid the ground work and kick started our future project, as well as the possibility of a unique new IP by Infinity Ward, that we’ll have complete control over. We’re excited to be working on our next project, but it’s going to be quite a while before I can share any details on exactly what that project is.

Building The Community

With Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, we were heavily focused on building a community around our titles. Launching Charlieoscardelta.com to give our fans an early look at the game via the Beta, as well as stay informed on pre-production with weekly blogs, status reports, and 1v1 feedback with myself and the rest of the development teams. We’re planning on expanding on this mentality of how we do things in the future, moving out of the era of typical “PR” and moving towards an even more focused community driven future.

About 4 months ago, Grant Collier transitioned from Infinity Ward to Activision (special projects). As some of you may know, Grant handled a good amount of the PR duties for the studio with myself handling the more community / individual focused efforts. With our Community focused efforts expanding even further in the future, that PR-type position is no longer required at IW, as we’ll be spearheading more tangible, personal means of getting information out to our players. Which is why we’re so excited about the new Infinityward.com site. As we did with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, we are building a strong community around the studio which will allow our fans an even closer look at pre-production of our future titles, and keep them fully intune with the studio, the team, and the projects we’re working on at any given time. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the new site, sign up to the forums, and join in on this community effort.

Essentially, this means we plan on doing much less of the traditional PR that ends up being a one way street, and building on what worked so well in the pre-production of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, where myself and the rest of the development team has an open line of 2-way conversation with our community throughout development and after launch.

Expanding Our Team and Studio

In case we haven’t made it completely obvious via the in-game Message of the Day enough times, WE’RE HIRING! We’re aggressively looking to expand our team here at the studio and are looking for the best talent in the industry to join us here at Infinity Ward. Therefore if you qualify for any of the following positions are looking to join the #1 development studio in North America according to Game Developer Magazine, then be sure to send us an email:

Note the Marketing Manager and Unix Administrator positions above, as they are perfect examples that we’re looking for people in all areas of the industry. Trust me, there is absolutely no better studio to work at in the industry. You can learn more about the individual benefits of working here and a bit about the culture of the studio at the new Infinity Ward website, so be sure to check it out and let me know if you have any questions regarding a position you might be good for.

Hopefully this gives you a good perspective on where we stand at the time being, and what you can expect to see from us in the near and distant future.