It was sort of obvious this was going to happen, but Video Games Chronicle is reporting Activision will not be formally announcing the next entry in the Call of Duty franchise at E3 2021, instead opting to reveal the game inside Call of Duty: Warzone. What is now being called Call of Duty: Vanguard will release for both PlayStation 5 and PS4 with a campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies mode, the site in question reports. It will be set across Europe and the Pacific, with a narrative focusing on "the birth of modern allied Special Forces".
This is a very similar approach to the one Treyarch took last year, revealing Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War with a special event set on the original Verdansk map in Warzone. Call of Duty: Vanguard, helmed by Sledgehammer Games, is said to take advantage of the Battle Royale title straight from the off when it launches in November. VGC understands there will be a completely new map that is much bigger than the current Verdansk map and will be set in the Pacific theatre of war. It will be available as soon as the new title drops. The report also claims that "virtually every internal studio at Activision is now working on Call of Duty".
Does this news excite you? Let us know in the comments below.
[source videogameschronicle.com]
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I'm glad it's at least partially set in the Pacific side of the war. You would almost think there was only one side of the conflict with how little attention it gets.
There’s no need for it to even be released. Since it’s clearly multiplayer focused they should just 100% drop the act completely with the 5 hour campaign (lol) and make it free to play and charge for skins and battle passes etc and make their money that way. Leave gaming to the people who don’t want to play the same repetitive, small game modes over and over again
I really hope Warzone isn’t at the front of the COD.
@ElMarko are you a new troll? 😂😂
"virtually every internal studio at Activision is now working on Call of Duty"
I mean, no disrespect to COD fans, but surely noone is happy about this, not even them, right? 😅
PASS! played these old world war games to death on PS2 & PS3 Medal of Honour and brothers in arms to name a few.
Not interested. COD was good when it used to be focus on quality Single Player Campaigns not everyone is interested in playing a shooter with other people. At least Battlefield is interesting COD? not so much.
@ElMarko I must admit some of your statements have made me chuckle
This is great. Warzone is very addicting and my favorite MP to play with my two friends. Sometimes it’s fun to play on the smaller map and try to survive, sometimes it’s fun to play on the larger map and leisurely gather supplies and catch up on our day. For a free game with no battle pass needed, there’s little to complain about. I still buy the full game each year as I love the campaigns and the occasional mp matches outside of Warzone are fun once in a while. I also like to support the games I play financially.
We already know its yet another tired & stale world war shooter .
the most boring & barebones setting with limitations because of the time period , with an ugly gray/brown unappealing aesthetic , imo.
Not to knock anyone excited for this, but I personally don’t find WW2 shooters that appealing when it comes to the limited weaponry/customization.
This year I’m really leaning towards BF 2042 and it’ll take something special for CoD to win me back based on the rumours so far, I guess I just don’t want to see yet another year of Warzone clearly being the focus at the cost of the main game’s quality (i.e. lack of base maps, DLC, having to do challenges in Warzone for MP)
Probably not gonna care for this COD as well cause of it being by Sledgehammer Games.
More video games set in World War II is always a welcome to me.
@ElMarko Atleast its not like EA where make you pay the same for half the package.
@marnelljm not sure about the forced warzone crap..you dont have to install it therefore its not forced as you have an option..its free and its bloody good for a freebie too..it was a good choice as it would have been so easy to charge full price as a stand alone game..
Lmao easy pass. Modern Warfare was my first and last COD game. Terrible Campaign, ruined it by trying to replace the majority of it with Warzone and that Cold War integration. Hopefully Battlefield 2042 is decent.
Welp Im so glad that Battlefield 2042 is coming out. War zone is okay but lets be honest there has been and always will be cheaters in it. And until they stop the cheating (which I dont think is possible) imo. Then unfortunately they shouldn't focus on a new one when the one they already have is mediocore at best.
@Northern_munkey I meant moreso how the game constantly shoves it in your face, like on the game app screen, loading screens, etc
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