User blog comment:Damac1214/Call of Duty 2014 Being Developed by Sledgehammer Games, Call of Duty Moving to Three Year Development Cycle/@comment-69.47.250.83-20140208063001/@comment-737493-20140209180112

I've read "The Manchurian Candidate", and there's parts where Treyarch have obviously drawn inspiration from, but there's no ripping off anywhere. It's like saying "Spec Ops: The Line" ripped off Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", due to some similarities.