This week, Microsoft introduced the timing of its Xbox showcase occasion in June in addition to a follow-up Direct for a thriller recreation that appears like a transparent tease for the following Call of Duty.
This 12 months’s mainline Call of Duty is reportedly a Treyarch-developed Black Ops recreation set within the Gulf Warfare. Some had even thought it could be known as Call of Duty Black Ops Gulf Warfare, following the naming conference set out by the earlier Black Ops recreation, Call of Duty Black Ops Chilly Warfare.
Nonetheless, following Microsoft’s tease, eagle-eyed Call of Duty followers are giving the picture included the zoom and improve therapy, and imagine the redacted part conceals the phrases Call of Duty Black Ops V.
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Tune in to the Xbox Video games Showcase adopted by [REDACTED] Direct on Sunday, June 9 @ 10am PT: https://t.co/z78G8h75r2 | #XboxShowcase pic.twitter.com/XgOGJy2gLv
— Xbox (@Xbox) April 30, 2024
As many followers have identified, you’ll be able to virtually make out the ‘OPS’ from Black Ops within the redacted part within the backside of the picture. The suggestion is the spacing solely is smart if the phrases are ‘Black Ops V’, not ‘Gulf Warfare.’
Why the V, particularly? It’s all within the pixels, followers imagine. Truly, the only pixel to the proper of the blacked out half of the picture. Wouldn’t it be extra of a bar if it hid a ‘5’ than a ‘V’? Some followers imagine so.
Black Ops V solely appears appropriate 😉 https://t.co/ggCMOJbmSk pic.twitter.com/cHs7DbBBWL
— Need (@Deziah) April 30, 2024
Right here’s some higher variations made by @omgFawzi that give a greater look at what BO5’s teaser ought to seem like uncensored pic.twitter.com/m8OP8vy3IP
— Ahead (@ForwardLeaks) April 30, 2024
If the sport is named Black Ops V, that will monitor with the roman numeral system used for earlier Black Ops video games (bizarrely, Activision went with Black Ops IIII for the fourth recreation within the collection, versus IV). Black Ops V would even be a considerably puzzling alternative given it wouldn’t truly be the fifth mainline Black Ops recreation, however the sixth. Maybe Activision needs to lean extra on the thought of this new Black Ops being a fully-fledged sequel after veering into potential sub-sub-brand territory with Chilly Warfare. Maybe the sport spans greater than the Gulf Warfare, so utilizing the identify within the title would not correctly mirror its content material. Or maybe Activision looks like having Gulf Warfare within the title of the sport is a step too far, even for Call of Duty.
Regardless of the case, followers don’t have lengthy to attend to seek out out, given the Xbox Showcase and the Call of Duty Direct are a little bit over a month away.
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