A new report from Bloomberg suggests Activision will delay next year's Call of Duty game. This would apparently make 2023 the first year without a mainline release in two decades.
This information comes from "people familiar with the plan" and was reportedly a decision made "completely independently" of Microsoft. The main factor behind this is believed to be due to Call of Duty: Vanguard failing to meet expectations, and Activision's own concerns about stacked releases.
Call of Duty 2023 by Treyarch is now expected to release in 2024. Activision responded to Bloomberg with the following comment:
“We have an exciting slate of premium and free-to-play Call of Duty experiences for this year, next year and beyond. We look forward to sharing more details when the time is right.”
As noted by Bloomberg reporter, Jason Schreier, next year's offerings will include a new free-to-play title as well as new content for Warzone 2 and the new Modern Warfare by Infinity Ward. It's believed Treyarch will also be helping out on the new F2P game. If we hear any updates, we'll be sure to let you know.
[source bloomberg.com]
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My spidey-sense is tingling. I feel like this is some last minute cash-grab by Activision’s gross execs on their way out the door to extend the length of COD’s multi platform PlayStation deal.
@Luigi_Skywalker Could be. I hope deep down AB games are exclusives.
@RevGaming Yeah, they have an existing agreement with Sony to release x amount more call of duty games. This would extend the length of time that would take.
@Rural-Bandit with 3 different studios working on those annual releases they actually have 3 years of development time to come up with new ideas. I would hope this extra time is used wisely by Treyarch.
Fingers crossed for a civil war or revolutionary war CoD. Maybe a Chinese vs Mongolians CoD.
This should be their chance to release Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer remastered. From what I’ve read before, They have already completed it and are waiting for the right time to do so.
Everybody should do this. Take time to make a good time. No matter how long. If people are crying just remind them of Cyberpunk and what their crying did.
I think this is a good move and it's being made more so Warzone 2 has a studio working on it standalone and not whilst also doing a yearly title.
Probably because to many people left Activision because of Bobby Kotick they do not have the man power.
@PartyMarty that is something I hadn’t considered. This allows Treyarch time to focus on Warzone.
Calling it now, the 2023 entry was going to involve Russia's invasion of a neighboring country to trigger another war. Since these games have 3 year dev cycles, it's entirely possible the team actually wrote a story like this.
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