Activision - Call of Duty: Roman Wars 'Was Not Seriously Considered'

Ancient history.

By Joe Skrebels

The Roman-themed Call of Duty game revealed this week was never likely to be made, according to Activision.

"The game concept was proposed by a former employee while working at the studio," said an Activision spokesperson in a statement to IGN, "but was not seriously considered nor requested to move to prototype.”

Apparently proposed by Skylanders studio Vicarious Visions, the concept centred around both first- and third-person gameplay, and would have had players taking on various military roles throughout the Roman Empire. Only a single level was created, however.

Apparently, after it was rejected by Activision, the game title was stripped back to simply "Roman Wars" and pitched to Ubisoft, where it was also turned down.

As for Call of Duties that did get made, we think the sci-fi themed Infinite Warfare feels strangely like something a little more old-school.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and Ryse 2 would be fine by him. Follow him on Twitter.

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