And with Activision’s policy of releasing yearly installments of their best-selling franchises, it was surely too late to jump on the modern bandwagon. World at War was already well into development when Modern Warfare was released to high praise last holiday.
Treyarch came under a bit of heat when it was revealed that the fifth installment in the Call of Duty franchise, World at War, would take players back to World War II, as opposed to the modern era setting captured so brilliantly by Infinity Ward in Call of Duty 4.
