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Activision denies Call of Duty renegotiations

Activision has denied rumours that it has renegotiated development on the Call of Duty franchise

Activision has denied rumours that Infinity Ward has moved to take control of the entire Call of Duty series, prompting contract renegotiations.

A spokesperson for the publisher told our sister site Eurogamer.net that the rumour was a total fabrication, and that Treyarch and Infinity Ward would still alternately create installments in the series.

The rumours apparently came from an ex-Activision Underground employee who claimed that the development studio was closed as a result of COD contract renegotiations.

This unnamed source said that Underground was making a third-person Call of Duty spin-off at the time of the studio's closure.

The recently-released Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack set a new record for the most downloaded paid-for content on Xbox Live - over one million people downloaded the map pack in a mere nine days.