Call of Duty 3 (Xbox 360, 2006)

If you’ve paid any attention whatsoever to the way that most big publishers handle their franchises, the fate of the once-seminal Call of Duty franchise should come as no surprise. Yearly sequels to big series – even if that timeframe precludes any kind of real creativity going into the project – are the preferred way to get the maximum profit out of the investment. Publisher Activision passed the reins from series creator Infinity Ward to Activision-owned Treyarch for Call of Duty 3, and the developer clearly didn’t go far out of its way to improve the Call of Duty formula.