What you need to know about the potential new CoD.
Like Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty has become a staple of regular game releases. It’s become a reliable expectation, ever since Modern Warfare revolutionised the online shooter landscape back in 2007. The Modern Warfare 2 remake – which dropped last year – is the latest in the franchise, and it’s still proving as popular as ever with new maps still being released.
Now that we’re half way through 2023, however, isn’t it about time we got a whole new Call of Duty game? It’s unusual to go a whole year without a new one.
Luckily for fans of the series, it looks like one is on the way. Keep reading to find out all the rumours that have surfaced so far.
New CoD 23: Will there be a Call of Duty game this year?
At the Summer Games Fest last week, just before revealing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Warzone season 4, host Geoff Keighley revealed that there will be a new Call of Duty game in 2023! In his words: “there’s a new Call of Duty coming this Fall along with Warzone Mobile.”
Although he didn’t provide any more details, we think this is worth getting excited about.
Previously, Insider Gaming exclusively revealed that there will be a new CoD game in 2023 — which goes against what Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier detailed back in November 2022.
Developed primarily by Sledgehammer Games, the new Call of Duty title this year is set to be a sequel to 2022’s Modern Warfare 2. It’s now expected that the next CoD game is, in fact, Modern Warfare 3.
Originally, Jason Schreier reported that the next full CoD game will be “by Treyarch” and “coming out in 2024”. He added that the game this year would instead be “a Modern Warfare 2 ‘premium’ (paid) expansion by Sledgehammer.” You can check out the tweet below:
Let me make this super clear:
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) November 7, 2022
– The next game, by Treyarch, is coming out in 2024
– Next year there will be a Modern Warfare II “premium” (paid) expansion by Sledgehammer
– It’s supposed to have lots of content! Maybe that’s why they call it a “full” release. But it’s more MWII https://t.co/jXKAiMFcTf
Time will tell if there is a full new game or not in 2023. As ever, everything is a rumour before officially being confirmed by Activision. We will, of course, update this page with new official information should it come to light.
When is the next Call of Duty expected?
The next Call of Duty game is expected to have a 10th November 2023 release date.
That’s according to Insider Gaming’s sources, anyway. Those same sources suggest a number of key dates for Modern Warfare 3, which we’ve listed out below for you, including early access:
- PS4/PS5 beta weekend | 6 October-10 October 2023
- PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X/S/ PC beta weekend | 12 October-16 October
- Campaign early access (all platforms) | 2 November 2023
- Full game release | 10 November 2023
- MW3 Season 1 & New Warzone map | 5 December 2023
If these dates are accurate, it would place the new CoD 23 game in the same release date ballpark we’ve come to know of the series. Let’s hope Activision officially confirms all of its details soon.
What do we know about the next CoD game?
We potentially know quite a lot about the next Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 3, already.
As stated above, its development is led by Sledgehammer Games “but it’s understood to be supported by various other Call of Duty studios, just like its predecessors.”
Insider Gaming also adds that “Modern Warfare 3 will feature campaign, multiplayer, zombies, and a new Warzone 2 map during the title’s first season.” That’s everything you might expect from a CoD title – but the return of Zombies could prove popular.
Interestingly, Insider Gaming suggests that the new game did indeed start out life as “premium DLC” for MW2 but “this year’s title is a fully-fledged sequel to Modern Warfare 2.” Fingers crossed we are getting a full sequel with a Zombies mode.
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