Call of Duty Ghosts News: Gameplay for Multiplayer Tweaked, According to Exec

Call of Duty: Ghosts is one of the titles that gamers will buy in droves when its released on current and next-gen consoles this fall. Developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision, the latest edition of the fabled series will introduce some new gameplay tweaks, as executive producer Mark Rubin explained on Twitlonger. These changes mostly affect sniper rifles and the quick-scoping techniques players have used in the past. Rubin explained that the changes came about due to the new Marksman class, which caused the team at Infinity Ward to focus more on high caliber weapons:

"One of the areas that is getting lot of love in Call of Duty: Ghosts is the Sniper Rifle. By creating the Marksman class we were able to focus the Sniper class on really powerful high-caliber weapon systems. We feel, and many of the pro players who have played would agree, that sniping has never been better. The changes we've made, like dual render scopes and increased damage really make snipers a great competitive class to use. We've also done a lot with map design (sight lines and cover) to ensure that all classes are viably effective. Both short range and long range classes will be effective on the same maps. However in re-envisioning sniper rifles some aspects, such as sway timing, have changed the way sniper rifles function and so traditional "quick-scoping" has been affected. Is it gone completely? Maybe. It certainly won't be viable in the way it previously was. Can't wait for you snipers out there to get your hands on these new sniper rifles and try them out for yourselves."

It will be interesting to see how players react to these changes. After all, a patch to Black Ops 2 released in July that changed the stats of some guns very slightly was met with downright hostility from some fans. In fact, one member of the development team received death threats to himself and his family. Considering the outage, this gameplay change may cause some fans to begin spewing more hatred at the Call of Duty creators.

Call of Duty: Ghosts will be released on Nov. 5 on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC. The next-gen version of the game found on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be launch titles for both systems when they are released.