Call of Duty 2023 Reportedly Delayed to 2024 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 February 2022 / 4,451 Views
Activision Blizzard is set to delay next year's Call of Duty title from 2023 to 2024, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Call of Duty has seen mainline entry released every year starting with 2005's Call of Duty 2 and continuing with 2021's Call of Duty: Vanguard, as well as another set to release later this year.
Activision is developing other games to fill in the gap for 2023 and has plans to release a "steady stream of additional content" for 2022's Call of Duty title.
The delayed Call of Duty title is being developed by Treyarch and will also lend support on a new, free-to-play online title set to release next year.
Activision has released a statement to Bloomberg saying, "We have an exciting slate of premium and free-to-play Call of Duty experiences for this year, next year and beyond. We look forward to sharing more details when the time is right."
Call of Duty: Vanguard underperformed Activision's expectations, which has lead to executives to wonder if the annual releases of the franchise are cannibalizing each other.
Activision previously confirmed this year will see the release of a sequel to 2019's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, as well as a new Call of Duty: Warzone experience. Infinity Ward is leading development on both titles.
The two games will use a new engine, while Activision previously said to "expect a massive evolution of Battle Royale" with the Call of Duty: Warzone experience.
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So there won't be a CoD game in 2023? That's a huge deal. Might be because of Vanguard's underperformance.
It looks like we also have an official end date to cross gen as well, as it was confirmed that this COD will not be coming to previous gen consoles.
Maybe they just want the installed base of PS5/Xbox Series to be higher at the time of release. But on the flip side, by the time Nov 2023 comes around, you would think the combined base of PS5 & Xbox Series would be plenty high to still ensure sky-high sales for launch month.
Nice. More games should take the delay route. Less games like Infinite, Forbidden West, Battlefield, etc please.
That will make an impact for their bottomline, let`s see how the general schedule of CoD will change.
Phil hinted at delaying COD releases, looks like its already started.
All I heard was “high level employees” at Activision were hinting at delaying CoD games. Microsoft doesn’t own Activision yet till at least the end of this year, so they don’t actually have any control or make any decision making.
I’m just guessing that because they know they’re being bought out, they don’t really care about releasing a new game to make a huge amount of revenue to please investors.
If Bobby was still in charge you can bet this delay won't exist. Maybe they are going off what Phil said and that he doesn't want an annual CoD release
You're forgetting though, there's still a decent chance the FTC blocks this purchase. This isn't as much of a guarantee as ZeniMax was. FTC just recently blocked Nvidia purchasing ARM for $40 billion. The big difference being that truly would've put Nvidia into monopoly territory, but with AB being almost $30 billion more than that purchase attempt, the FTC will leave no stone unturned before they approve Microsoft buying AB.
So it would be idiotic of AB to delay 2023 CoD based on what Phil's words are.
Well look at it like this. Phil said before this delay that he doesnt like CoD releasing Annually. Now CoD has been delayed. Im just joining the dots.
Totally man! I get what you're saying and you might be right, but it's just hard to imagine a company that apparently is worth almost $70 billion would make such a brash decision for something that isn't a 100% guarantee. A brash decision on by far their biggest money maker at that!
Imagine if the deal gets blocked in the end and there is no CoD in 2023......oh man the financial consequences!
Sometimes quality needs time. They might hurt alittle next year but should remake it all back with a solid CoD release the year after.
Well, they could extend development time of CoD and still hit yearly releeases by doing remasters. I still want to see a Modern Warfare 3 remaster.
I would still expect them to strip something out from a different development team so they can put out another CoD game in 2023.
I’m also still surprised that they’re planning in scrapping the original warzone so quickly.
War Zone 2 is coming
Perhaps, but Microsoft doesn't own Activision yet. Either way, it's certainly good news on the developers of the next title, I'm assuming it's Treyarch, since not only are they getting an extra year of development, but also dealing with less platforms since last gen would be getting ditched
Microsoft can’t currently direct activision to do anything so they are doing this of their own accord.
Having said that, they probably feel more comfortable taking this step now that they know they are getting bought out at the end of the year
Let me guess, you also believe the Earth is flat and we never landed on the flat moon?
MS doesn`t direct Activision yet, but yes already having the bonus and company value determined they can take it easier.
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