“Call of Duty”, which has a new work every year, may be absent in 2023

Call of Duty, which has had a new saga every year since its inception in early 2003, may break this convention in 2023. Bloomberg recently learned from its own informant that Activision has decided to delay the new “Call of Duty” game originally scheduled for release in 2023 after “Vanguard” (Vanguard) “did not meet sales expectations.” It is reported that the reason for their decision is due to concerns that the game will be played too frequently and cause internal friction, and the existence of “Black Ops Cold War” and the free work “Modern Warzone” (Warzone) may be at a certain point. To a certain extent, it squeezed the living space of “Pioneer”.

But while the original new title is absent, Activision has prepared something else to complement it, including a new free-to-play online game expected to debut in late 2022, as well as additional content added to the existing Call of Duty. It is said that Treyarch, the production team behind the Black Ops series, will be responsible for the delayed main game, and it will also provide synergy for the new online game. In addition, Bloomberg also pointed out in the report that the change has nothing to do with Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision (the transaction is not expected to be fully completed until 2023).

Activision’s response to Bloomberg’s article was very ambiguous. They stated that they will bring a series of new paid and free “Call of Duty” “experiences” to players in 2022, 2023 and beyond, and will share more details with you when “the time is right”. Previously, Activision had confirmed that it would launch a sequel to 2019’s Modern Warfare later this year. It is worth mentioning that at the beginning of the month, it was also reported that Ubisoft, another major game manufacturer, would transform the DLC of “Assassin’s Creed: Viking Age” into a new game to fill in the rumors of the new release plan. These signs are showing that it is becoming more and more difficult for manufacturers to keep launching blockbuster new works every year.