Call of Duty 2023 will reportedly be a continuation of Modern Warfare II

by Danny Craig · 2/24/23, 7:00 PM
Call of Duty 2023 will reportedly be a continuation of Modern Warfare II
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The Call of Duty (COD) title for 2023 will apparently continue the story of the rebooted Modern Warfare franchise.

The details:

  • According to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, the upcoming COD will be "more Modern Warfare," with a plan to carry over content from Modern Warfare II (MWII). The project was initially reported to be premium DLC for MWII, with Activision skipping a full yearly release for the first time since COD 2 in 2005, but the publisher has since decided to return to the yearly release schedule.
  • The project will be developed by Sledgehammer Games, who were most recently responsible for 2021's COD: Vanguard but also played a significant role in the development of MW3 in 2011. This development cycle appears to be similar to that of MW3, with Infinity Ward collaborating with the studio in both cases.
  • Since the game will include MWII content and run on the same engine, the graphics and gameplay will most likely be nearly identical. When the project was reported to be an expansion, rumors of multiplayer maps from the classic Modern Warfare series being remade began to circulate, suggesting that this new entry could become some sort of definitive package for series fans.

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