
[Update - Thurs 7pm]: The same source at Insider Gaming is now reporting that Call of Duty 2023 will indeed be titled 'Modern Warfare III' - a direct sequel to 2022's Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. This year's game will reportedly contain "campaign, multiplayer, zombies, and a new Warzone 2 map during the title’s first season."
Just like yesterday's initial report, none of this is official yet, but it's looking very likely that this year's CoD release will be a direct extension of last year's title which came from developer Infinity Ward.
[Original Story - Weds 12pm]: At this point, it's no secret that another Call of Duty game will release this year. Despite earlier reports that the franchise might finally take a break, Activision themselves announced back in February that a "full annual premium release" was coming in 2023. Even so, a new report suggests we won't be hearing about the game until pretty close to release.
Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson says the current plan at ActiBlizz is to reveal 'Call of Duty 2023' in early August, with the reveal date currently set for August 1st. Much like Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Vanguard, the reporter expects this year's game to be revealed as a Warzone in-game event - specifically within 2022's Warzone 2.0.
What's perhaps more exciting is that the series' long-time Zombies mode will reportedly feature from day one this year, with the mode absent from 2022's Modern Warfare 2. We're not sure what exact form 2023's Zombies mode will take, but Insider Gaming sources say it will be there 'on launch' in some fashion.
As for the overall theme of this year's release, Henderson doesn't really go into that here. However, it's been widely reported that CoD 2023 will be another Modern Warfare title of some sort being developed by Sledgehammer Games.
This is all unofficial info at the time of writing, so it's best to take these dates and details with a pinch of salt. Still, it's hardly surprising that a Call of Duty game will release this calendar year - we'll just have to wait a little longer to get confirmation directly from Activision & Co.
Are you happy to hear that Zombies mode could be returning this year? Let us know what you think!
[source insider-gaming.com]
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Being developed by Sledgehammer. So will be a hard pass. Will wait for Treyarchs next one in 2024. Hopefully it'll be as good as Cold War.
Eh, MW2 sort of solidified for me that I’m done with CoD for a few years. Cold War and Vanguard were both sort of bleak, but MW2 was relatively solid and did nothing for me. Personally, I think the series could use a gap year or two.
They’ve never done Zombies mode before so it’s good they’re adding something new and never before seen.
So none of these call of duty games have system link or lan play on Xbox?
I thought MW II was suppose to be a two year game.
Hard pass. The way they managed MW2 and cutting Cold War short really killed my hype for any iterations.
Recycling maps and guns dont warrant a brand new purchase.
@Nexozi that’s extremely disappointing its being developed by sledgehammer
jesus how do they stay around ? every single one of their games are garbage and boring
@nomither6 They're awful and don't think they've made a game on their own. Maybe WW2? They were meant to release a game after MW 19. They dropped the ball and Treyarch had to rush and release Cold War. Treyarch then had to split supporting Cold War with also helping them with Vanguard. This year's effort they're being assisted by IW. Though with it having zombies they've probably dragged in Treyarch as well. Only way I'll touch it is if it's free on gamepass.
@Nexozi they made advanced warfare, WW2 , vanguard, they ruined cold war and treyarch saved some of it, and they also had something to do with MW3 .
sledgehammer would be lucky if people even try their trash on gamepass
@nomither6 Was that what it was, knew there was something they did that affected Cold War. I wish they would break the yearly releases.
@nomither6 It’s good to know that I’m not the only person who feels this way about them!
Yeah I'm good. I've reserved myself to only checking out Infinity Ward's COD games. Both Treyarch and Sledgehammer entries just don't do it for me.
That's also pretty shocking they would let Sledgehammer touch the MW name. Of the three devs Sledgehammer has always struggled a bit to keep up with the other two so I'm surprised they are letting them anywhere near their most popular sub-series of COD games.
@Kaloudz Apparently! Although it could be an updated version of Al Mazrah. Let's see I guess...
Funny enough I still play Vanguard with my buddies. They didn’t get MW2 and plus Vanguard has patrol and gun game, two of my favorite modes. I’m fine with just sticking with that lol.
Why is everything getting remade?, the 3 Modern Warfare games, what's next - Infinite Warfare or Ghosts?
@Ephexis83
This isn't a remake. Modern Warfare was rebooted in 2019 and this is a sequel to that.
CoD has become an unashamed money grab now, everything is designed to get you to pay for mtx. It's a real shame what it has become as it used to be a lot of fun.
If Xbox live was free that would be great. I’m not buying four accounts to do that. I’ll just keep playing my Xbox one cod
Yeah I’m not buying this rumor. The Modern Warfare games never had Zombies mode in it that I recall and Infinity Ward is always the one doing the work for that.
Can we just have better sales for old CoD games instead? I'd rather play the original MW3 if anything.
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