[Update] Call of Duty 2023 Appears to be Called Modern Warfare III - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 August 2023 / 5,618 Views

Update:

Activision looks like it has confirmed Call of Duty 2023 will be called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

"Whew. Mondays," reads a tweet from the official Call of Duty Twitter account. "Anyone have an energy drink they can spare?"

This is in reference to the leak that showed images of a Monster Energy drinks promotion that features Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III on the cardboard.

Original post:

Activision Blizzard last week said development on Call of Duty 2023 is "proceeding well" and is set to launch in fourth quarter, which runs from October to December.

This year's Call of Duty game has been reported to be a continuation of 2022's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II with Sledgehammer Games leading development. It is looking very likely these reports are correct and the game will be called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

Twitter user @algebra_sloth have posted images of a Monster Energy drinks promotion that features Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III on the cardboard.

It has also been reported operators, weapons, bundles, maps, and modes will carry over from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

@PrestigeIsKey look at this shit pic.twitter.com/zEEFcGjuwq
— CEO of Gaming (@algebra_sloth) July 24, 2023

This year's Call of Duty is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III by Sledgehammer Games. pic.twitter.com/VfeD70jk15
— Klobrille (@klobrille) July 24, 2023

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

15 Comments

S.Peelman (on 25 July 2023)

Such originality.

Eric2048 (on 24 July 2023)

Call of Duty 23: Modern Warfare III(2)

JackHandy Eric2048 (on 25 July 2023)

Season 71, Day One edition.

VAMatt (on 24 July 2023)

Not surprising.

KratosLives (on 25 July 2023)

I wish they'd just release a stand alone campaign mode

Jumpinbeans (on 24 July 2023)

Skipping MW till the next Infinity Ward version.

Azzanation (on 24 July 2023)

Suprise suprise

shikamaru317 (on 24 July 2023)

I'm not really a fan of them turning an expansion into a fully numbered title, and I'm especially not a fan of a MW game being made by Sledgehammer instead of Infinity Ward. Sledgehammer did assist on MW3's campaign back in the day, but that is a far cry from leading development on a MW game, and most agree that Sledgehammer is the weakest of the 3 main CoD studios. Hopefully they do a good job.

SecondWar shikamaru317 (on 25 July 2023)

The Modern Warfare sub-series has been a fully numbered title since 2009. Its not exactly a new trend with CoD.

shikamaru317 SecondWar (on 25 July 2023)

I am referring to this:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/call-of-duty-2023-is-just-a-dlc-expansion-for-modern-warfare-2-claim-sources/ar-AA12S4si

Call of Duty 2023 started as DLC for Modern Warfare 2. This means it will only have 2 years of development instead of the usual 3, as Sledgehammer is developing CoD 2023 and their last CoD, Vanguard, released in 2021. I'm saying I'm not a fan of Activision deciding to expand a planned DLC into a full game and then only giving it 2 years of development. They should just delay this game to 2024.

Hopefully Xbox will decide to delay it once the acquisition very likely closes next month, Phil has suggested that he wants to stop yearly CoD releases and put the series on an every other year rotation, which would eventually give each of the 3 main CoD studios; Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer, and Treyarch; 6 years instead of 3 years or less to develop their CoD games. This would also mean that less CoD support studios are needed to keep up the grueling pace of a yearly release schedule for the series, freeing up other Activision studios like Toys for Bob and Beenox to develop more of their own games, such as Skylanders/Spyro, Tony Hawk , and Crash Bandicoot.

SecondWar (on 24 July 2023)

Would have thought that it was still a better idea to alternate the sub-series each year but then I suppose it is CoD so it will likely prove to be the exception.