Call of Duty will be MIA in 2023, insiders claim

Date:
Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:07:27 +0000

Description:
Call of Duty's 20-year annual release streak is set to end, according to insider reports.

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Activision is apparently giving Call of Duty a break in 2023, pushing the release of Treyarchs next entry in the series into 2024. Instead of a full-blooded release, Activision plans to support this years (currently unannounced) Call of duty through 2023 with additional content.

The decision to break from the annual release cycle is because last years
Call of Duty: Vanguard failed to meet Activisions expectations, Bloomberg reports. While Vanguard was the best-selling game of 2021 , its sales were still markedly lower than the previous years Black Ops Cold War.

If these reports are accurate, it will make 2023 the first year without a new Call of Duty in two decades. Apparently, Activision will fill the gap with continued support for this years Call of Duty and its free-to-play spinoff Warzone.

This years Call of Duty is allegedly bringing a second free-to-play spinoff, titled DMZ, which will also help fill the gap between mainline releases. According to Tom Henderson , a freelance writer with a strong record of reporting on Call of Duty and Battlefield 2042 leaks, DMZ is inspired by
games like Escape From Tarkov, which mixes multiplayer with AI enemies and a high-pressure loot game.

Activision hasnt confirmed Bloombergs reporting. Instead, saying in a statement it has an exciting slate of premium and free-to-play Call of Duty experiences for this year, next year and beyond. Analysis: Call of Duty needs a breather (Image credit: Activision Blizzard)

Activision isnt the first publisher to step away from an annual release
cycle. After releasing a new game seven years in a row, Ubisoft had to give Assassins Creed a break . The move paid off, too; Origins , released two
years after Syndicate, was one of the best-reviewed and best-selling games in the series history - selling more than double the copies Syndicate did in its first ten days.

Ubisoft is taking the break from the annual release a step further and plans to turn the series into a platform with Assassins Creed Infinity . With the success of Warzone and the launch of DMZ on the horizon, we could see Call of Duty head the same way.

While Call of Duty has consistently been one of the top-selling games for the past two decades, its hard to ignore that the newer games have received
cooler receptions at launch. Players have criticized the developers for re-used assets, short campaigns, and simply for not being innovative.

It will be fascinating to see what Treyarch is able to achieve with an additional years development time. Will this be the Assassins Creed: Origins moment for Call of Duty? New Call of Duty 2022 : everything we know about Modern Warfare 2



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