It looks like every dog does has his day after all. Activision has been tight-lipped about third-party support for the Wii U, and most folks generally assumed there wasn’t a snow-dogs chance in hell (no, those jokes aren’t stopping anytime soon. #dealwithit) that Call of Duty: Ghosts would make it console-side for Nintendo’s underpowered next-gen offering. However, Infinity Ward has confirmed at E3 that Ghosts will in fact woof its way onto the Wii U; releasing alongside the other next-gen offerings when they become available.
Exec producer Mark Rubin confirmed the news with Gamespot out on the show floor, saying, “That’s probably in the next-gen bin, but we’re not actually talking about Wii U yet. ‘Cause we want to keep it mysterious.'”
Releasing the Wii U version alongside the next-gen console versions will likely draw some ugly comparisons; as opposed to debuting the game next to current-gen hardware. Still, the Wii U is in desperate need of third-party support, and having Call of Duty on their side is obviously a major morale boost with enough influence to convince a few fence-sitters that the Wii U is worth the plunge. It’ll be interesting to see how the Wii U experience stacks up feature-wise, considering the next-gen approach to social media and content sharing both the Xbox One and PS4 have so adamantly backed.
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