What you need to know
- Call of Duty, the blockbuster first-person shooter franchise from Activision, has released a new premium title annual for more than a decade.
- There were rumors that this year Activision would give Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) extra breathing room and a new full title would not release until 2024, though this story changed over time.
- Activision has done very little to confirm nor promote this year's Call of Duty title, in a break from tradition.
- Microsoft is in the process of acquiring Activision, which would make Call of Duty a first party title for Xbox despite the franchise's outstanding marketing deals with PlayStation.
