Surprise! There's a Brand New Call of Duty Game Launching This Year

And it’s not Xbox exclusive? Lol. Yeah, I’ll still pass!

Not surprised at all and not interested

Breaking news: Annual franchise gets a new game this year

NO WAY! A new Call of Duty game!? A year after the last one? Plot twist of the motherf***ing century, who would've saw this coming?

I'm hoping it's a platformer 🤞

It's about darn time it came back round to Infinity Ward; the last two were mediocre at best. "A new generation" is interesting, do they mean PS5/Series X only? Doubtful.

For those who like a story mode difficulty setting for their competitive fps games

My surprise nearly outweighs my lack of interest.

See, aren't you guys glad Microsoft is putting this thing out of its mysery?

Well Phil did expressed desire to not make them annual so that's something right... right?

It would be hilarious if every PlayStation owner refused to buy it.

'Stay frosty'? Grow up, it's just a game you pretentious prat......sugar...did i just type that out loud? I'm sleep typing again!

@Iver 'Really like Vanguard, my favourite CoD since WWII.'

Bloody hell! How old are you?! Keep gaming grandad!! 😁

Oh nooo!
Anyway...

Unless it’s a subterranean space shooter set in a future that’s based on the early 90s I’ll pass.

MS doesn’t even own Activision yet so there would he know way for them to influence this. Hopefully it’s a Modern Combat game with a good campaign.

I’m betting on a micro-transaction NFT based game!

Another CoD that promises to be the most ambitious CoD game ever... Just your regular BS statement from Activision during its earnings call.

Call of Duty is the McDonalds of shooters. Yearly garbage that people can't seem to stop eating.

Bought modern warfare when it came out & got ripped off with that s**** so never again

...is it a surprise though?

I loved Modern Warfare 2019. Mostly because of Gun Fight mode so hopefully they bring that mode back and make some improvements to it. We will see if I pick it up though. I'm in a post Halo Infinite world now so it's going to be a feat to pull me off of that for my shooter needs.

Oh. Yay... Can't wait...

Call of what now? Duty?

So what kind of game is it?
A primarily multiplayer military fps shooter you say.
Cool, I don't think we've had many of them.

Doesn't MW2 start in the snowy mountains where you need to scale one of the sides? Maybe the frosty is tied to that.

@NEStalgia You're on drugs if you think MS is going to touch this series in any way. It's everything they want for a Gamepass series. Live service and endlessly monetized to hell.

Sweet, I'll pick this up in a sale. Loved modern warfare campaign

My dream was to see another cod game /s

Looking forward to it

I'm hoping the decades old source engine is redesigned to fully use the ps5's power and really deliver a shooter that dosnt feel as if i'm running around on roller skates..dont get me wrong here another warzone escapade would be great for me personally but i really think its time to really upgrade that engine..

@get2sammyb Me too. And I don't get the hate or sarcasm pointed at this annual franchise, (allthough I know and have experienced the decline in quality myself) since these games are huge system sellers. Which is a good thing for all platforms in general and the economy for Sony especially, so they can continue to create the other great SP games such as GOW etc.

So to not be like everyone else above, I’m incredibly excited about the sequel to 2019’s Modern Warfare.

Truly a return to form for the franchise and I can only hope this is going to be better, same as Cod 4 to MW2.

Great news! I'll definitely play it like all the other CoDs before it- on PS Plus 😂

@mucc They're not ACTUALLY going to ditch cod, that's kind of a humorous tongue in cheek exaggeration. But it's more or less guaranteed they're going to dramatically change how cod is made and released. Big as cod is, they didn't pay $70b to buy cod. That doesn't help what they want with game pass. What they bought is thousands of experienced devs in well functioning studios that can make a lot more games more frequently to fulfill their desire to add one big game a month on gp (including big third party like mlb the show in April etc). Activision's studios are really good, but they've been squandered on cod for a decade. Imagine if guerilla we're told to make killzone forever and never got to make horizon.

What they're not going to want is 4 studios working full time in annual cod releases like kotick ran it. How they restructure cod is anyone's guess but the current structure is just silly and doesn't help their goals. If I were to personally guess, Warzone is becoming the bigger mp game anyway, and the halo infinite formula of a gaas built around warzone, maybe continuing on playstation, maybe not, and then other exclusive cod content exclusive to game pass/xb like campaigns etc. Likely they build a dedicated cod team from staff that still want to work on cod and grow it into it's own larger cod studio (like 343 is for Halo but hopefully more competent) and then have the individual studios like treyarch, Raven, toys 4 Bob all work on whatever they want to work on that's not cod for exclusives.

A big issue is going to be cleaning up the unhappy work culture at these studios that were forced to work on cod against their wishes. Ms wants more unique game pass exclusives and these are well run skilled studios that don't actually want to make cod.

So my personal prediction is, no more annual cod, cod/warzone becomes seasonal instead of annual, is made by a new larger cod dedicated studio grown from existing cod employees, and the other studios can make whatever they want. Cod isnt going away, but probably won't be annual retail releases on 3 year cycles. Whether it stays on ps or not I can't guess, but of it goes the halo f2p route around warzone, I could definitely see it staying, and especially with destiny staying on xb under Sony .

Expect the expected!

Insert an American Dad speedrun meme but Stan Smith is sleeping through the entire intro.vid

Advanced warfare pls. cod is all about gun eye candy and regular or ww/viet era guns suck.

I know a lot of people like CoD but personally I haven't played one since Modern Warfare 2 about a decade ago.
It just got too samey and boring. Same game with a different soldier on the box.

I used to imagine the discussion in the development room when it starts production goes something like this.

"Ok so there's this bad guy, he's hijacked a few missiles made some demands and Soldier X is going to stop him. Lets put that to one side.

...OK now let's discuss the multiplayer. How many microtransactions do we want? Evil grin

I just play the Single Player campaign and given their 5 hours long i wait until the game is on sale for £25 or less. The 2019 campaign was great but like all the COD campaigns its a one and done for me. No replay-ability.

Vanguard must have been bad as its dropped in price to my budget already!

Guys, it’s actually really nice that they release a new CoD every year so I know the soldiers in the game have the most up to date stats, skills, etc and the rosters are accurate including the incoming rookies, free agent acquisitions, and retired soldiers. It suck’s playing last year’s game knowing your favorite military team has a vastly different roster in real life.

I miss Medal of Honour...

@get2sammyb Sammy you gotta stop with the unpopular opinions, you've been overloading us as of late 😂

Surprise! Nobody cares......

I never played any COD games in my life. Did I miss something?

There are some very good CoD games and some not so good. Overall, the entire series has been of a very high quality.

'True' gamers just love to hate something that's popular with the casual masses.

@FleetCasual
That need to revive that franchise. Would make an excellent COD replacement from 2023 when they leave to Xbox.

Stay frosty????

CALL OF DUTY: Colonial Marines.

I wish 👍

these games are better than people give them ***** for

The Modern Warfare sub-title is about the only one I REALLY enjoy in the COD franchise. I've found them to be the most consistently fun and solid offerings and what's best is they eschew that zombie gabbage in favor of the infinitely more appropriate (and fun!) Spec Ops. And considering how good the last one was in '19, I'll definitely get this year's offering, but it might just be my last.

Yep, you'll barely find an enthusiast/hardcore gamer that cares, but as usual this will be up there with whatever EA sports game for top multiplatform seller of the year.

Fix the visual glitches with the PC version of Vanguard first before I’ll consider buying another CoD.

not sure if anyone here plays escape from tarkov at all, but theres a rumour ive seen from a few reputable people that the 3rd gamemode this year for mw"2" will have its own spin on escape from tarkov.

@The_Pixel_King So, fanboy much. So because it's not an exclusive you will pass? Playing a game is playing a game. I don't understand fanboy emotional views. Who cares if it's not an exclusive if you like the game play it. Makes zero sense. I quit cod because it's trash now but if it was still good I would still play it. Should people on PlayStation stop playing destiny because it's not an exclusive and Sony decided to be fair to people on Xbox not taking it away from them in an honorable move unlike how shady Microsoft has been. They say one thing and do completely opposite. Gaming should not be divided. If you love video games you don't care what platform it's on you just want to play it. They didn't have this back in the day. Nintendo and Sega most people had both consoles and just played the games. I love Mario but love Sonic also. Zelda is awesome but loved Shinning Force on Sega and phantasy star. I wish honestly there could be just one console on the planet.

@Gloamin Modern Warfare 2019 was good but cold war and Vanguard trash. I think they are making Modern Warfare 2. Mw3 I hated because it was rushed and seemed like a less quality version of mw2. I doubt they will make a mw3 remaster. It's not at the top of fan favorites. Bops 1 and 2 will get that long before mw3. They were outstanding games the fans loved after mw and mw2.

@Don_Corleone Mate, I was JOKING regarding the Activision buyout! I haven’t played a Call of Duty in years because I just don’t like the series. It has absolutely nothing to do with exclusivity.

I have a PS5, an Xbox Series S and a Switch, and I own tons of exclusive games and non-exclusive games. I don’t care what system a game is on. If I want it, I buy it. If I don’t, I don’t.

@The_Pixel_King Cool!👍🏽I hear you. Game on!

If you like a good fps try hell let loose and insurgency sandstorm.

@Gloamin the campaign was great but the way Activision treated the game after it released was terrible they bloated the game dramatically & basically made the game warzone featuring modern warfare & with every update they'd add bugs even breaking the campaign

@Deljo yea I'm always down to play the single player experiences especially from IW... I'll be sure to check it out once it's on game pass for sure along with all the others I've skipped over the years.

Dumb big blockbuster popcorn fun is still fun...

@Thelegend159 and that's exactly why I'm pumped they are coming to game pass now I get to play a bunch of cool stories I skipped and not spend a penny more.

My gp subs paid in full for next 3 years (and I keep it pretty much at 3 years always) just blew up in terms of value.

@gamer_since_83 a LOT of the salt coming at this year's release was not there before a couple weeks ago while I'm fully aware some have truly been done with cod even before that the sales numbers tell the truth and many who act "done" definitely aren't or at least weren't until MS announcement.

@gollumb82 those days are Lilley numbered but GP is waiting for you and will continue to offer an even higher number of games for you to play.

They already have Starfield for this year's "system seller" game. I wonder how it will fare.

@Cybrshrk
No worries mate. As far as I'm concerned, Call of Duty could disappear off the grid (or go dark?) entirely and I wouldn't notice. As for Game Pass, I've had it for over a year now and I'm actually going to drop it when it expires in May. Too many games and not enough time. Also, I hate being rushed into completing a game because it's about to disappear in a week or two. It doesn't help that I'm not a fan of Bethesda or Activision games. Hellblade 2 is the only game I regret leaving behind, but I can live with that.

Its funny thats the last COD i bought so if i wont be really devestated with the acquisition from Microsoft but it sucks for the fans of the Activision Blizzard games.

@gollumb82 You dont keep the gamepass games as long as you as you are subscribed oh thats terrible i really want to play games on my own speed. With different shifts i dont play during the nightshift weeks.

Kind sucks that the Industry turns on annualized CoD.

All the big news now is mergers and subscription services.

I'm starting to miss the old days more and more.

Assuming it’s not absolutely broken at launch I’ll pick up Modern Warfare 2019 Part 2.

Call of Duty is my dirty pleasure. My honey buns or mint flavored ice cream. I’m not proud of it. I don’t openly wear it on my sleeves. But I do love some good COD multiplayer.

I skipped Vanguard. Because it was trash. I played it on the first free weekend and didn’t like it at all.

But I though MW2019 was pretty good. So I’ll give this a shot.

@Flaming_Kaiser

Gamepass works the same way as services like Netflix.

1st party titles (the equivalent of Netflix produced shows) stay on the service forever. You can go back and play the Master Chief Collection if you want to. All Microsoft 1st party games are released on Gamepass on launch day and never leave the service.

3rd party titles, you compare them to shows like Agents of Shield or Star Trek on Netflix. It stays for a while, but the timeframe is dependent on the publisher. Some can stay for a year on GP. Some stay just a few months. It just depends.

There are two aspects of Gamepass that make it an excellent service. First, it lets you try games you wouldn’t otherwise spend money on. If you like it and it’s leaving the service soon, you get a 18-24% discount (depends on publisher) on the title if you buy it BEFORE it leaves the service.

Second, it consolidates Microsoft’s entire First Party catalog across four generations of Xbox into one service. You can play games dating back to 2004 on the OG Xbox, all the way up through Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5. All for a yearly price that’s very reasonable; if you cancel one video streaming service you’ve paid for a year of Game Pass Ultimate. The vast majority of Microsoft’s 1st party library is on Gamepass. And once they are released on the service, they never leave.

That’s why I’m pretty dead set on getting a Series S this year. I’ve considered the Series X, but the Xbox will be my secondary game system in my bedroom and will be a Gamepass machine.

@TheRedComet First i want to thank you for the information but im 100% certain its not for me.

I try lots of different games and i do my research what i want to play. But one thing i even hate more is having a limited time to play games.

And one even bigger thing i dont like the Netflix thing with games i want to own and play my games when i feel like it. But for other it may be a great service just not for me.

Especially firstparty titles i want to own i gladly pay for them to stay in my shelf and to keep them mostly MT free. And i hope to keep them liveservice free as much as possible and i can say without the shadow of doubt i will stay away from the the future liveservice games from Sony.