A while ago this rumor seemed completely untrue, but now the Twitter account CharlieIntel known for its information on the Call of Duty universe, posted that in Bloomberg echoed that the Activision team is considering ending this tradition of releasing a CoD every year..
All this added to Bad reception that Call of Duty: Vanguard had It looks like we could be getting closer to a longer time interval between deliveries. We’ll see what happens in the end, but this could be a window for the company to focus on other installments besides the already legendary shooter series.
Call of Duty might stop being annual, but nothing’s closed
During these conversations, Bloomberg told us that there were serious discussions about making this decision, but that at the moment nothing is closed yet. It seems that we still have to wait a little longer to know the definitive future of this saga. Moreover, now with the acquisition of the company by Microsoft, it could open the doors to new possibilities and ease of development.
Remember that at the end of this year 2022 the new opus of the saga would be on sale, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 should be the next opus. After the 2019 remaster was an incredible success, many players are eagerly awaiting the delivery of this sequel to continue the story of Task Force 141. We can’t wait to see Captain Price again. We will see if this is the last annual installment or not.
NEW: Bloomberg reports that there have been high-level conversations within Activision’s leadership team about discontinuing Call of Duty’s annual release. Nothing definitive yet, but the discussion is ongoing. pic.twitter.com/6wmYG8d0NR
— CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) January 20, 2022
It is true that the release of Warzone can be an incentive to make this decision, since since the release of this Battle Royale, these annual deliveries have not benefited this game mode at all. Because having the latest installment in the saga gives you an edge in terms of new weapons coming into Warzone.