Gaming News Call of Duty: Activision is making a big decision regarding the next games
The Call of Duty franchise has been present in the video game market year after year for a long time. At the time Activision’s acquisition was announced, the future of the franchise seemed up in the air: its strategy of omnipresence and rapid development speeds could finally be reconsidered. Almost three months after the acquisition was announced, we know more about the publication rate of the licensed works!
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- The FPS giant wants to step back to jump better?
- According to Activision, Call of Duty will no longer be released every year
The FPS giant wants to step back to jump better?
The Call of Duty license has been established in the video game world for more or less twenty years! And year after year, the franchise has put all its chances on its side to remain competitive, particularly by aiming to consistently bring a new episode to players around the world. But on January 18th, an event shook the certainty of gamers and, to a lesser extent, Activision: namely the acquisition by Microsoft!
From there, a flurry of questions fell on the news surrounding the famous military FPS license. Fast, many wondered if Call of Duty became exclusive to Xbox and if for example short and medium term Future installments would indeed continue to be released on PS4 and PS5. Communication should be reassuring and reassuring the announcement of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2equally. However, the release rate seemed in question when we learned that there would be no Call of Duty in 2023! Activision recently confirmed this postponement in the release of the next episodes of the license!
According to Activision, Call of Duty will no longer be released every year
As Bloomberg reported, at the time of the acquisition’s announcement, rumors were already circulating about possible discussions between senior Activision officials about the pace of the release of games bearing the Call of Duty stamp. Suspicions of a slowdown were building, but the official announcement appears to have slipped into an email from COO Josh Taub to company employees.
After announcing a massive recruitment of QA testers – the company plans to hire 1,100 new staff in this area – it was said that Call of Duty’s emblematic annual releases were no longer in the pipeline. Josh Taub specifies in his remarks that the output format will be “always on” from now on. It is understood that the frequency of publication will be more flexible and less sustainable than before. Of course, all of this requires more details that the publisher Activision could announce itself soon, but it seems that a page is turning in the history of Call of Duty!
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