Modern Warfare 4 may still be in development

Call of Duty: Ghosts has been confirmed in a teaser trailer. [CODNet article] At the Xbox Reveal in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft revealed Xbox One. By the end of that one hour presentation, Activision revealed first Call of Duty: Ghosts gameplay. [CODNet article] Right after the event, Infinity Ward confirmed Neversoft, and Raven Software are working alongside them. [Source]

But, what about Sledgehammer Games, the developer that helped with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3? They’ve been teasing their own Call of Duty title for a while now. [MW4Blog article] They’re currently “heads down” on their next project. [Source] However, they’ve been on the hunt for a new candidate for their next project. It’s not a new IP, but rather a new Call of Duty title – Just not Call of Duty Ghosts.

Source: MP1st, via NowGamer

We truely do not know what game Sledgehammer Games is working on, but I’m still sticking to MW4 being that game based on the teasing done in the last 6 months alone. The fan teaser trailer, and the teaser trailer that was shown during GDC was good enough for me. [This one, and this one]

It'll be interesting to see how this unfolds, as Treyarch and Infinity Ward have been the only central developers of the Call of Duty series since the beginning. If Sledgehammer took "control", it would be interesting to see if they could take Call of Duty in another direction. Despite my negative overall opinion on MW3's multiplayer, there was a whole lot of positives too; The Specialist, 'Indie' Gamemodes (such as Infected, AoN etc.) which have been around on PC for a while, but never enforced onto consoles until MW3.

I'm not sure if Sledgehammer can change CoD for the better, but we can always hope. We'll just have to wait and see if "Ghosts" is an improvement first. All games have their problems, so maybe"MW4" (if it is a real future title) can learn and improve from previous Call of Duty titles, and maybe revolutionize CoD as a whole, and the way we play it.