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Five predictions for next Call of Duty game title in 2011
While Call of Duty: Black Ops continues to dominate video game sales, speculation continues to grow over Call of Duty’s next game title after rumors surfaced that one possibility could be a Modern Warfare prequel centered around the character Ghost who first appeared in Modern Warfare 2.
But that’s not the only possible title.
Domain name registrations made by Activision early last year, generated a lot of buzz over potential games. Based on the names registered, possibilities for titles include: Call of Duty Future Warfare, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty Secret Warfare and Call of Duty Space Warfare.
As I wrote before, Chris Morris a writer with Gamasutra confirmed a “Future Warfare” or “Space Warfare” are likely more than just domain name registrations: “…industry sources say Sledgehammer’s Call of Duty will be set in the future and feature, for lack of a better term, space Marines, a very big step for a franchise that has historically based itself on realism.”
So my five predictions, in order of what I believe their likelihood to be are:
Call of Duty: Future Warfare
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Space Warfare
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Call of Duty: Secret Warfare
Do you have predictions for Call of Duty’s next blockbuster game title?
Please share them in the comments.
BuyDomains has upped the price of SpaceWars.com
BuyDomains, one of the world’s leading domain marketplaces with a portfolio of over 1,500,000 premium domain names, has upped the price of SpaceWars.com higher to $63,200.
With Halo Reach offering space combat, and rumors of the next Call of Duty taking place in space, it seems a lot of people and companies are really starting to get into gaming.
BuyDomains last had the domain name priced at $50,000.
The change in price is almost a 26% increase on the premium domain.
The company also owns two of the best names for possible upcoming Call of Duty game titles: SpaceWarfare.com and FutureWarfare.com.
When it comes to military video game names online, one company stands above the rest
BuyDomains, one of the world’s leading domain marketplaces with a portfolio of over 1,500,000 premium domain names, including 800,000+ of their own exclusive collection, stands above the rest when it comes to “military” video game domain names.
As I’ve written before, if Activision decides to go with Future Warfare or Space Warfare for their next Call of Duty title, BuyDomains owns the two best names: FutureWarfare.com and SpaceWarfare.com.
Warfare Domain Names
Warfare domain names are not BuyDomains primary business, but in addition to Futurewarfare.com and Spacewarfare.com, they own a boatload of other great ‘warfare’ domains.
What else do they own?
Well, if Activision ever releases a “Call of Duty Jungle Warfare” or “Street Warfare”, let’s just say BuyDomains once again will own the best domain names (JungleWarfare.com and StreetWarfare.com).
Here’s a look at the some of the company’s best “warfare” domain holdings:
LandWarfare.com
MilitaryWarfare.com
UrbanWarfare.com
ConventionalWarfare.com
MechanizedWarfare.com
AmphibiousWarfare.com
ExtremeWarfare.com
PsychicWarfare.com
GalacticWarfare.com
TacticalWarfare.com
TribalWarfare.com
SiegeWarfare.com
Why Activision doesn’t snatch these domain names up while they’re cheap is surprising.
Because as history shows, when a game title is released, a large number of people naturally type in names like Blackops.com or ModernWarfare.com instead of long-tailed names like Callofdutyblackops.com.
(Photo source: IGN Entertainment)
Call of Duty Future Warfare is for sale for $3,788
Earlier I wrote a story guessing at which name Activision would use for its next Call of Duty title. The titles are based on domain registrations made by Activision earlier in the year after superannuation uncovered the latest domain registrations back in May.
Despite registering several names (callofdutyfuturewarfare.com, codfuturewarfare.com, and more) for its rumored futuristic Call of Duty game that will take place in space, Activision has yet to purchase: FutureWarfare.com which is up for sale at BuyDomains (for what seems like a reasonable price: $3,788).
Why is it so important for Activision to buy the domain?
While I have nothing to gain by the sale, gamers don’t always type in the long version of the game title into their web browser.
Take for example, Call of Duty Modern Warfare. When it comes to ModernWarfare.com (which is a parked web page), the site receives thousands of unique visitors per month according to Compete, even though there is no web site online with content.
Then you have Call of Duty Black Ops. Activision also doesn’t own BlackOps.com.
In April 2010, traffic to the web site Blackops.com (a company that publishes apps and video games for the iPad and iPhone) went from just a couple hundred visitors per month, to thousands of visitors after Activision announced its blockbuster title that was released this November. Last month, traffic reached over 20,000 visitors – and you can expect that number to skyrocket now that the game is released.
If Activision decides to go with a different title, expect gamers to go to secretwarfare.com or spacewarfare.com, depending on which Call of Duty title it selects. Activision owns neither name at the time of this story.
BuyDomains, the domain name marketplace, also owns Spacewarfare.com in addition to Futurewarfare.com. The domain is listed for sale for $3,288.
