The 2023 version of Call of Duty is reportedly eyeing a reveal in early August. As per Insider Gaming, Activision is planning to showcase its subsequent entry in the marquee shooter franchise on August 1, through an in-game occasion. The format is not out of style for the writer, who beforehand unveiled Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Vanguard inside the unique Warzone recreation. While the official title and particulars on the upcoming title are scarce, earlier stories claimed that Sledgehammer Games was main growth on what’s most likely not Modern Warfare 3.
Activision made headlines final 12 months when it revealed that Call of Duty shall be skipping its annual launch cycle in 2023 — first time in 20 years — to go for an ‘all the time on’ live-service mode’. It was then instructed that the shooter be receiving a premium enlargement to Call of Duty Modern Warfare II this 12 months, which packages a marketing campaign DLC and a multiplayer ‘biggest hits map pack’ boasting some classics from earlier entries. That content material now appears to have developed right into a standalone full-price title, serving as an extension that carries over maps and recreation modes from MW2. Insider Gaming additionally revealed some key dates for Call of Duty 2023, together with the beta classes, marketing campaign early entry, and the launch date. Take this info with a grain of salt although, as plans may all the time change.
According to the leak, the untitled Call of Duty recreation has set two beta weekend durations, with the primary one aimed solely in direction of PlayStation gamers — scheduled to run October 6–10. The second weekend consists of PC and Xbox gamers as nicely and can reportedly run from October 12 to 16. As traditional, a marketing campaign early entry can also be anticipated — presumably as a pre-order bonus on November 2. Meanwhile, the total Call of Duty 2023 launch appears to be eyeing a November 10 date.
Activision is understood for rotating between its three principal builders — Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Sledgehammer Games — for its annual Call of Duty video games. However, it broke the sample final 12 months, transferring Treyarch’s deliberate entry from 2023 to 2024, which was beforehand reported to have a two-year life cycle, with chunks of new content material releasing periodically. The delay created a spot and that is the place the aforementioned extension to Call of Duty MW2 comes into play.
Season 3 of the continuing Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer kicked off final month, bringing new operators, a brand new Gulag, and two premium maps — Black Gold and Pelayo’s Lighthouse. The latter is ready on a stormy island with a lighthouse at its centre, housing a number of upkeep buildings, a ship dock, and a helipad. Ranked Play was additionally added in February, with recreation modes adhering to the foundations set by Call of Duty League (CDL).
