Report: Call of Duty 2023 to be delayed
Call of Duty 2023 is being delayed, according to a new report from Bloomberg. While 2022’s sequel to Modern Warfare is still on track to launch sometime in the holiday period, 2023’s game being delayed would mark the first year since 2004 that a Call of Duty game hasn’t been launched.
The report indicates that Call of Duty 2023’s development is being led by Treyarch, and is being delayed as executives are concerned that sales for the franchise are being cannibalized. At the company’s most recent earnings report, Activision Blizzard noted that sales of Call of Duty: Vanguard were down year-over-year compared to prior Call of Duty titles.
Call of Duty 2022’s development is being led by Infinity Ward and is planned to launch alongside Warzone 2, the latter of which is described as a next-generation battle royale experience.
This news comes as Microsoft is in the process of acquiring Activision Blizzard in a deal worth almost $69 billion. The deal is currently slated to close sometime before June 2023, and the report notes that this decision to delay Treyarch’s next Call of Duty game was made independent of Microsoft. When the deal is done, Activision Blizzard will join Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks as Xbox first-party publishers. Microsoft is currently committing to bringing Call of Duty to PlayStation even after the deal finalizes.
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has talked about wanting to revitalize older Activision franchises, including IP that haven’t been explored, as the publisher focused more and more internal efforts on sustaining the yearly Call of Duty releases.
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