With theories flying around based on some dialogue heard at a private stream event with prospective NFL players, fans of the Call of Duty franchise are waiting for official word from Activision on what’s coming next in the series.IGNlearned via an Activision financial call that the mysterious next entry will be revealed during the company’s second quarter, which ends on June 30.
What do we know about the upcomingCall of Dutygame? It won’t be an online-only affair likeBlack Ops 4. The most recent Call of Duty dropped the single-player campaign, essentially replacing it with Treyarch’s take on the battle royale genre: Blackout. This new survival PvP mode was bundled with Zombies and classic PvP multiplayer, giving players with the capability to play online a plethora of competitive and cooperative experiences to dig into. Activision confirmed in a previous earnings call that the next Call of Duty will, however, deliver a single-player campaign. Infinity Ward is the studio developing the new game, which should launch sometime in the fourth quarter.
During an event where college athletes gearing up for the NFL draft got a chance to play the new game privately, a couple of clips strongly suggested to some that the next game will beCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. Infinity Ward createdModern WarfareandModern Warfare 2, while also teaming up with Sledgehammer Games for the third title, so it would make sense thatModern Warfare 4is the next one up. Former Infinity Ward creative strategist and community managerRobert Bowlingalso seems to think theModern Warfareseries will be returning soon.
E3 2019 falls right within the window for the reveal, but the team could act sooner. The leaks may push the publisher and developer to do an official reveal sometime in May instead of waiting until the end of June. Whatever Activision and Infinity Ward are cooking up will have some stiff competition this year, with Avalanche and Bethesda’sRage 2coming out soon and Gearbox Software’sBorderlands 3releasing later in the year. Gamers are going to have some solid first-person shooters to add to their libraries.
