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Target launch months for Xbox’s first-party games coming in 2024 have seemingly been revealed.

New Call of Duty 2026 and Call of Duty 2027 details might have been leaked by a known leaker.

According to the latest rumors, Frank Woods, a classic character from theCall of Duty series, may appear in the next Black Ops title as a playable operator. Frank Woods played major roles throughout the Call of Duty: Black Ops series narratives, and players may get the chance to control him in multiplayer in a future release.

Activision is working on fixes for a couple of Modern Warfare 3 issues that have emerged since today’s big mid-season update was released.

Microsoft has announced its E3-esque Xbox Games Showcase for June 9, 2024, with announcements from Xbox Game Studios, Activision Blizzard, and Bethesda all promised.

Treyarch, one of the developers behind the Call of Duty games, is drawing some criticism online after a job posting on its careers page possibly hinted at the studio moving towards using AI-generated art in its games. While the job posting does not specifically state that the artist is being sought out for work in the Call of Duty franchise, Treyarch has been exclusively developing games from that franchise for more than 15 years.

All the content coming in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone's Season 3 Reloaded update has been revealed in detail, including MW3's new Multiplayer maps and modes along with new Zombies content, Warzone's new killstreak and public event, and Warzone Mobile's Golden Week. The major Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 update arrives on May 1.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone have received new updates that mostly rebalance weapons and fix bugs. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Ranked Play saw a major change as well.

A Call of Duty dataminer has claimed that the Last Stand perk, now called Survivor, could return in Call of Duty 2024 after finding evidence of it. The Call of Duty leaker also claimed to reveal many of the weapons and killstreaks in Treyarch's next title.

Microsoft confirmed earlier this year that its annual Xbox Games Showcase would be returning in June, and though a specific date for the event has yet to be officially announced, it seems one has been set internally within the company.

Treyarch confirmed that it has shifted focus from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Zombies mode to a new project, presumably Call of Duty 2024. This might come as expected news for fans of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Zombies, which has suffered from a lack of content in recent months.

Modern Warfare Zombies developer Treyarch has confirmed it has moved on from development for the mode, leaving Sledgehammer Games to wrap up the remaining story.

In February, Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 cracked the top 10 best-seller list on Xbox, according to market research company Circana. 2015's Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 was one of the franchise's last games to feature the controversial «jetpack» movement system.

Call of Duty cheat provider Interwebz has announced it's ceasing operations after receiving a legal notice from an unnamed party. The most likely source of the notice is Call of Duty publisher Activision.

The latest patch notes for Season 2 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone are here and they rebalance the Longbow and Haymaker, improve spawns, and much more.

Veterans from the likes of Id Software and Naughty Dog have announced a new triple-A development studio called Emptyvessel.

Months after launch, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has finally added a feature that lets the player track progress for camo reward challenges in-game. Players now have a convenient way to see how much progress they have toward unlocking the desired paint job.

LA-based studio Deviation Games has closed down, the studios Human Resources and Operations Officer Kriste Stull has confirmed in a LinkedIn post. The studio had been working on a game in partnership with Sony.

LA-based studio Deviation Games has closed down, the studios Human Resources and Operations Officer Kriste Stull has confirmed in a LinkedIn post. The studio had been working on a game in partnership with Sony.

BulletFarm, a new «remote-first» studio based in Los Angeles, has been formed by Call of Duty veteran David Vonderhaar, who has appointed former CoD developer Chris Cowell as its creative director. The studio is already hard at work on its first project, which Vonderhaar offered some details about. Fans likely recognize Vonderhaar's name, who directed the multiplayer modes for many of Treyarch's Call of Duty titles.

NetEase has announced its latest AAA studio, BulletFarm, with Call of Duty veteran David Vonderhaar at the helm. BulletFarm is a brand new game development company working on “building a world-class team.” Though the studio is based in Los Angeles, California, it is remote-first.

Veteran Call of Duty: Black Ops designer David Vonderhaar has established a new “AAA game studio” with NetEase.

Former Call of Duty: Black Ops developer David Vonderhaar has founded a new studio and announced a new first-person co-op game.

David Vonderhaar left Call of Duty Black Ops developer Treyarch last August, after 18 years at the studio where he served as designer on eight Call of Duty games. On Wednesday, Vonderhaar announced a new venture and a new studio called BulletFarm.

The Call of Duty series legend who helped shape the Black Ops games into some of the most iconic entries in the franchise, has announced his new project.

With Diablo 4 becoming the first Activision Blizzard game to launch for Game Pass on March 28th, the door is seemingly open for other titles to follow. Speaking to Game File’s Stephen Totilo, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said the company intends that “the full portfolio of games from ZeniMax, Activision Blizzard and XGS – Xbox Game Studios – will be on Game Pass, day one.”

Since the launch of season two and ranked Resurgence in Call of Duty Warzone, the community has had a few complaints. None were more common than the way SR is distributed when players earn kills. Developer Treyarch announced via X (Twitter) on Wednesday that a future update will fix the many issues it received complaints about.

Ahead of today’s special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast, where Microsoft will discuss its vision for Xbox’s future, a virtual town hall meeting was reportedly held for employees on February 6th. According to sources speaking to Inverse, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Xbox President Sarah Bond attended, with the former saying it’s safe to assume another Call of Duty would launch in October.

Gameplay from the canceled Call of Duty: Future Warfare has surfaced online, showing off gameplay and the futuristic setting of the canceled 2011 shooter. While the massively popular shooter franchise has largely been known for its modern military and World War 2-themed settings, the developers have sometimes branched out into other settings. The franchise has experimented multiple times with futuristic gameplay, with games like 2016's infamous Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Now, a newly surfaced video shows off an earlier take on a futuristic Call of Duty.

Raven Software was once working on a live service Call of Duty: Zombies game, according to a former lead designer at the studio.

It’s now come to light that Raven Software was making a live service Call of Duty Zombies game.

Call of Duty fans have been asking about a standalone Zombies game for years to no avail. However, according to one developer's LinkedIn profile, they nearly got their wish over a decade ago.

What is it? A direct sequel to Modern Warfare 2Release date November 10, 2023Expect to pay $70/£65Developer Sledgehammer Games, TreyarchPublisher Activision BlizzardReviewed on GeForce RTX 2080 Super, Core i9 9900KS, 32GB RAM  Steam Deck UnsupportedLink Official site

Microsoft president Brad Smith has seemingly walked back on comments criticising the UK over the handling of its Activision Blizzard deal.

After 32 years, Bobby Kotick has retired at Activision Blizzard King, and possibly, from the video game industry as a whole.

While reports of Call of Duty 2024 being a new title in the Call of Duty: Black Ops series did the rounds last month, it’s perhaps surprising to hear that Call of Duty 2025 is another Black Ops title. According to Insider-Gaming’s Tom Henderson, who spoke to several sources, it’s codenamed Saturn and serves as a direct sequel to Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

It is now being reported that multiple Elder Scrolls "spin-off" proposals were turned down by Bethesda, missing the chance to expand the franchise while the developer worked on other IPs like Fallout and the recently released Starfield.

Chris Avellone, one of the writers for Fallout New Vegas, has confirmed that the game's developer had a pitch for an Elder Scrolls game turned down by Bethesda.

Chris Avellone, the former chief creative officer and co-founder of Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment, has revealed that the company tried to make an Elder Scrolls game in a similar vein. In a thread confirming an old tweet uncovered by 80 Level, Avellone discussed details about the proposal.

Sledgehammer Games, Raven Software, and Treyarch today revealed what presents will arrive under the tree when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone Season 1 launches.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's ranked play will be shut down at the end of Season Six.

The next entry in the Call of Duty series, set for a 2024 release, is a Black Ops title developed by Treyarch, according to a report from Windows Central.

We now have some new tidbits about next year’s Call of Duty.

Rumours are pointing towards the next Call of Duty game being a new entry in the Black Ops series, set during the Gulf War of the early 1990s.

Call of Duty release in 2024 is reportedly a new entry in the Black Ops series, set around the 1990s Gulf War. As per Windows Central, the title will feature a ‘nuanced' narrative that jumps between different factions within the conflict, connecting to the Cold War. Keeping with the time period, weaponry and gadgets will bear a traditional look and feel, unlike the futuristic holographic-sited guns we've seen in recent Call of Duty games. Hopefully, Activision takes some lessons from the poorly-received Modern Warfare 3 and doubles down on the campaign aspects — otherwise, building the overarching lore seems futile, as players would simply begin skipping it for multiplayer.

This year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III hasn’t gone over great guns with fans, and so, a lot of them are already turning their attention to next year’s CoD experience. We know the next Call of Duty is being developed by the dependable folks at Treyarch, will almost certainly come under the Black Ops banner, and recent evidence has pointed to the game being set in around the First Gulf War. Well, new sources have emerged to “confirm” the Gulf War setting.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has come under heavy criticism in the wake of its launch from critics and audiences alike (even though it seems to be doing well where engagement numbers are concerned), but the yearly Call of Duty machine stops for nothing, and details on next year’s instalment in the shooter franchise seem to have emerged.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is now out and in the hands of players, which obviously means people are now wondering what the next game in the series is going to be. According to leaks earlier this year, Treyarch is set to take the reins once more with another Black Ops game set during the Gulf War, but a new report has backed up those leaks and revealed even further details about what we can expect when the next Call of Duty game rolls around next year.

Call of Duty fans interested in the next installment might be in for a treat. A new report from Windows Central claims that the next main installment will be released going back to the Black Ops subseries. There’s been plenty of rumors and speculation in the past about what the next few entries for the Call of Duty franchise will be based around. After all, it’s a series that has an annual release, so we know that there are a few projects in the works. However, the next game will put players into the early 1990s.

Call of Duty 2024 is indeed another Black Ops game, this time set during the Gulf War in the '90s, reports Windows Central.

Yesterday, Activision and Sledgehammer Games revealed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 registered some new engagement records in the new MW trilogy despite its lukewarm reception.

The first post-launch patch for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 dropped last night across PlayStation, Xbox and PC, but it’s not as significant an update as the team had hoped with some key fixes, tweaks and improvements being held back until the next available update.

Ranked play is coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, allowing players to grind their way through the ranks to earn rewards and bragging rights. So, players will be wondering: When ranked played is coming to Modern Warfare 3? We’ve got the answer for you.

The first post-launch patch for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 dropped last night across PlayStation, Xbox and PC, but it’s not as significant an update as the team had hoped with some key fixes, tweaks and improvements being held back until the next available update.

Modern Warfare 3’s first post-launch update hasn’t delivered some of the changes Activision had been planning to make.

It’s cool that Modern Warfare Zombies currently has three Wonder Weapons to find and mow down zombies with, but it’s not cool that you can’t exfil with them. In typical Call of Duty fan fashion, we’re complaining about it.

Let's be honest: Call of Duty is always better with Zombies.

Gaming peripheral manufacturer SteelSeries has announced a range of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 items, including an artisanal keycap costing £94.99.

Activision has issued a statement regarding the file size of this year’s Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 3, which can exceed 200GB depending on the number of packs players install.

If prior reports are to be believe, though the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is set to launch as a full-fledged new entry in the franchise, that wasn’t always the plan, with Activision supposedly originally having planned to release its content as a sizeable expansion for last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It seems, however, that we’re still going to see some holdover for those original plans.

Corey Bowman remembers when the zombies first went after him.

“This is for the record.” — Captain John Price, Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)

To say that Call of Duty is an important piece of video game history would be an understatement. It’s hard to think of first-person shooters (or even action games in general) without mentioning this series, which became one of the most successful works in media after revolutionizing single-player campaigns and online battles.

PlayStation players looking to jump into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 when it drops on 10th November can get an exclusive new Operator Pack as a preorder bonus, and Activision has released a trailer introducing us to Lockpick.

Microsoft has officially closed its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

The CMA has finally approved the Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard-King deal after the latter made concessions regarding cloud streaming rights over the games involved.

Activision Blizzard has confirmed that it could start bringing its titles to Game Pass in 2024.

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Sledgehammer Games has confirmed that Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 will receive a brand-new game mode for the series called Cutthroat. 

Call of Duty’s exclusive marketing deal with PlayStation sees it getting some exclusive content on Sony’s consoles every year, and Activision has now revealed one piece of that for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3– Elodie “Lockpick” Micheaux, a new Operator.

Sledgehammer Games has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3will get ranked multiplayer in Season One. 

Activision currently has several years of Call of Duty releases planned out.

Activision has revealed that the iconic Call of Duty mode Zombies will return, and the original developers, Treyarch, will be manning the helm. 

Activision has revealed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s Zombies mode.

Call of Duty’s beloved Zombies mode has its roots in Treyarch’s World War II and Black Ops games, but with November’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the undead are entering the games’ current era for the first time. A teaser cinematic released by Activision on Tuesday shows off what the modern era means for zombies, including what appears to be using the living dead as a new bioterrorism threat.

For the first time in Call of Duty® history, Zombies is coming to the Modern Warfare® universe in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. Developed by Treyarch in collaboration with Sledgehammer Games, Modern Warfare Zombies is a signature cooperative experience that challenges players to team up with other squads to survive and fight massive hordes of the undead in the largest Call of Duty Zombies map ever.

Call of Duty fans are waiting on the next mainline entry to the franchise this year, but that hasn’t slowed down rumors of what’s coming after. With such a long-running franchise that has fans worldwide, it’s not surprising we’re already talking about what’s coming in 2025. That’s right, 2025’s release and not the upcoming 2024 release. So, you are best to take this as nothing more than a rumor right now. However, here’s what’s being shared online right now and what the future might hold for this IP.

Black Ops 3 is one of the most beloved entries in the entire franchise. A classic Treyarch title through and through, many remember it as the shining example from Call of Duty’s jetpack era thanks to a brilliant campaign, an unbelievably imaginative take on Zombies, and arguably the most well-balanced multiplayer system in a CoD title.

Long-time design director at Call of Duty maker Treyarch, David Vonderhaar, has left the company after almost 19 years.

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