New data has come to gentle concerning the way forward for the Call of Duty collection. Insider Gaming stories that this yr’s sport, which hasn’t been introduced however is rumored to be Black Ops Gulf Battle, will lean even additional into an open-world construction.
Call of Duty followers will little question recall that 2023’s Fashionable Warfare III featured some marketing campaign missions with open-ended constructions that allowed gamers to finish targets in a number of other ways. These missions, known as Open Fight Missions in Fashionable Warfare III, weren’t loved by everybody. GameSpot’s Fashionable Warfare III overview stated these missions had plenty of detrimental results on the sport general.
Insider Gaming reported that for the subsequent Call of Duty sport, these open-world missions will see the participant and their squad pushing by a map that’s “extra akin to that of Far Cry” than what’s been seen in Call of Duty’s marketing campaign missions ever earlier than. The sport will reportedly function floor autos to zip round in and a quick-journey system.
Much like Fashionable Warfare III, the reported Black Ops Gulf Battle can even function Call of Duty’s conventional linear missions as properly.
Raven Software program is claimed to be main the event of the marketing campaign for the rumored Black Ops Gulf Battle, with Treyarch allegedly dealing with multiplayer and Zombies. The report added that the favored Black Ops character, Adler, will likely be featured as a squadmate within the marketing campaign.
Moreover, the report stated 2025’s Call of Duty game–which additionally has not been formally announced–will embrace open-world missions as properly.
Activision has stated it has the Call of Duty sport lineup mapped out by 2027 and that greater than 3,000 individuals are engaged on the collection. A giant query is what may change now that Microsoft owns the Call of Duty collection by its $74.5 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. What we do know is that Microsoft will proceed to launch yearly Call of Duty video games on PlayStation for the subsequent decade, and doubtlessly broaden the collection to Nintendo. Whether or not or not future Call of Duty video games launch on Sport Go, nevertheless, is unknown.
GameSpot has contacted Activision in an try and get extra particulars.
The subsequent massive launch for the Call of Duty collection is the Season 2 replace for Fashionable Warfare III and Warzone, which arrives on February 7. For extra, try all the things that you must find out about Season 2. Moreover, Call of Duty Warzone Cell is coming this yr.