Treyarch announced that there will be no new engine for the shooter as it is based on the same engine as the previous games.
Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia said that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will use the same engine as the previous games. The IW engine was used in 2005 with Modern Warfare for the first time. Despite of this, Lamia said the graphics of the shooter will be improved and significantly better than in the last entries of the series.
“People always ask me, ‘Is this a new engine?’ I liken it to people who live in an older house that has been remodeled. Just because you’re remodeling the house and it will look new or it will have a new kitchen, you don’t tear out the foundation, or break out some of the framing.”
“Engines, each time they get touched, they change. The creators alter them; they don’t modify what they don’t need to, and then they alter what they need to. You can’t make a competitive product if you’re not upgrading that engine along the way.” Lamia admitted that Treyarch had considered using a new engine.
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