Activision has demanded a outstanding Call of Duty leaker cease releasing confidential details about the sequence, insisting that even when leaks are improper they trigger issues.
X / Twitter account @TheGhostOfHope is well-known within the Call of Duty group for leaks, and has been doing so for a while. Simply final month, Hope claimed that “sources” had indicated that an obvious delay of the following Xbox had “harm” Call of Duty advertising and marketing plans, as Activision apparently wished Fashionable Warfare 4 to be a launch title and compete with GTA 6.
“As a result of of this delay, the thought of two Call of Duty video games launching with the following Xbox has been floated,” Hope continued. “A conventional Call of Duty multiplayer and a standalone Zombies title, presumably developed by Treyarch. Doubtless just like that of Infinite Warfare and Fashionable Warfare Remastered had been each launched collectively.”
Hope additionally claimed that Microsoft wished Activision to “be extra agile” and “much less hooked up to annualized releases” shifting ahead.
That declare (the standalone Zombies suggestion particularly obtained so much of followers excited) prompted an official response from the Call of Duty account, which poured chilly water on the “leak.” “The rumor manufacturing facility working time beyond regulation. This ain’t it,” the account said.
“Whoever at COD PR got here up with denying virtually any rumor put out by anyone moreover datamined stuff is a genius,” Hope said in response to Activision’s denial. “Makes leakers appear to be fools and all people will overlook about them mendacity in a couple of years when these items comes true LOL. They know what they’re doing I’ll give them that.”
Quick ahead to at this time, March 4, and Hope stated that Activision had “legally demanded” that he cease his so-called leaks, and that he had agreed to take action. “Nonetheless gonna stick round and chat about Official Call of Duty data and something not associated to leaks/confidential info,” Hope added. “Cheers for these previous few years.”
Activision has legally demanded that I cease leaking and disseminating confidential info associated to Call of Duty/Activision and I’m complying with their calls for. Nonetheless gonna stick round and chat about Official Call of Duty data and something not associated to… pic.twitter.com/uALC3xlyC9
— Hope (@TheGhostOfHope) March 4, 2026
Surprisingly, the official Call of Duty X / Twitter account has responded to some outstanding Call of Duty social media accounts who’ve mentioned the motion. Call of Duty content material creator TDAWG to ask if Activision’s takedown validated Hope’s leaks. Replying, the official Call of Duty Twitter account denied all of the leaks had been correct, however insisted that even improper leaks might be damaging, as “they nonetheless harm the folks constructing the sport and mess with participant expectations.”
Nah. Even when leaks are improper, they nonetheless harm the folks constructing the sport and mess with participant expectations.
— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) March 4, 2026
That tweet met with a combined response itself. Rod Breslau, aka Slasher, took issue with it, saying that “posting like this by means of the official account to go after a singular individual reporting info is disgusting.”
COD Warfare replied: “But your hype trailers and false promoting do extra hurt than the leaks to the gamers, as you promote some factor fully completely different to what the precise recreation actually is, BO6 first teaser ‘Gulf Battle’ ended some bizarre story with zombies missions, BO7 overestimated BO2 sequel and then you definately launched that mess marketing campaign smart.”
“Wild to see the official COD account nonetheless go after ‘pretend leaks,’” added TCMFGames.
The Call of responsibility account subsequently replied to at least one one that referred to as on Activision to “do the identical to the hackers, and their suppliers,” with: “tick, tick 💣”
In fact, the Call of Duty sequence has all the time had a major leaker group round it, and info on upcoming video games and options sometimes emerges forward of official bulletins. That makes Activision’s motion right here all of the extra stunning, and now different outstanding Call of Duty leakers have expressed concern.
— Hope (@TheGhostOfHope) March 4, 2026
Activision is coming off the again of the bruising launch of Black Ops 7, which has struggled in gross sales phrases in comparison with Black Ops 6, a incontrovertible fact that’s mirrored in every thing from European gross sales figures to Activision’s personal admissions. In fact, none of this takes into consideration the Recreation Move impact. Call of Duty now launches day one on Microsoft’s subscription service, which can little question have an effect on gross sales no less than on Xbox consoles. All eyes are actually on Activision for the inevitable announcement of this yr’s premium Call of Duty recreation. The query is, will it leak forward of time?
Wesley is Director, Information at IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You’ll be able to attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.