Not on my watch! (revives Shooter) Not today!
I, at first, was very concerned for zombies when I heard this news. Is it the nail in the coffin? The answer... is no. Read this excerpt from a game informer article:
During the call, Activision listed three branches of the Call of Duty franchise: Modern Warfare, Black Ops, and Ghosts. With Black Ops at Treyarch and Ghosts at Infinity Ward, it seems logical to suspect Sledgehammer's entry will be a Modern Warfare title.
Black Ops is still a franchise, zombies is still within that franchise, everything's cool. This will give more time for 3arc to polish the maps, true a bi-yearly installment is nice, but who of you can say that you enjoyed the BO2 maps as much as the BO maps? It was clear they were rushed, and even our storyline was being rushed.
After all the controversies this year with EA games, it's clear that Activision sees the road they are on. I agree that simply adding another developer isn't the BEST answer, but it's nice to see some form of thinking other then the "work these companies until they either quit or die" mentality.
Lord knows where zombies is going next, but it certainly is going to happen. In the meantime, we have Titanfall for xbox one, The Order for PS4, Destiny for both, Watch Dogs for both. So many great games to play AND on top of this, carbon is back to promote, encourage, and develop custom maps with us.
Treyarch has been gifted the one thing most developers want, more time. Let's be happy for them.