Since 2005, a new mainstream Call of Duty game has been released every year, but that will reportedly change next year. Activision Blizzard has postponed the release of a Call of Duty game that was supposed to be out in 2023.
After last year’s yearly release, Call of Duty: Vanguard, failed to meet expectations, Activision is pushing the game, which is being developed by Treyarch, the creators of Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Activision, on the other hand, appears to be planning to release more Call of Duty content. Activision has already confirmed that the 2022 title will be a sequel to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which was released in 2019. There will also be a new free-to-play online game released in 2023, which appears to be in addition to the eventual release of Warzone 2.
Photo by Fábio Silva on Unsplash
Both the Modern Warfare sequel and a “new Warzone experience” were announced by Activision in February, and both are set to release this year. While Activision claims that they’ll be “created together from the bottom up,” it’s unclear whether the new Warzone will be a full sequel or a major update to the original. A new engine will power both of them.
Due to a lawsuit filed in California alleging that Activision fostered a culture of “continuous sexual harassment” and labour protests from employees, including some who work on Call of Duty, the company has been heavily scrutinised. Microsoft said in January that it had reached an agreement to buy the company for $68.7 billion, though the deal isn’t scheduled to conclude until July of Microsoft’s fiscal year 2023.
