Activision has revealed that an all-new Name of Responsibility: Warzone “expertise” is in growth below the steerage of Infinity Ward and can be out later this 12 months. And that is not all: After months of hypothesis, it additionally lastly confirmed that this 12 months’s mainline Name of Responsibility recreation is the sequel to 2019’s Fashionable Warfare reboot.
Each Fashionable Warfare 2022 and the following Warzone—which is not truly known as Warzone 2 within the replace however looks as if a full sequel—are being developed on a brand new engine. Work on each video games is being headed up by Infinity Ward, one thing Activision Blizzard confirmed last week throughout its quarterly monetary name.
The large announcement appeared in a surprisingly low-key trend, on the finish of right now’s community update, which targeted on quality-of-life adjustments coming to Warzone. Following a rundown of Activision’s “priorities” for the sport and the way it intends to handle prime group requests, it revealed “a peek” into what’s coming later this 12 months.
“This 12 months’s Name of Responsibility is a sequel to Fashionable Warfare 2019,” the replace says. “The brand new recreation and a brand new Warzone expertise are designed collectively from the ground-up. Count on a large evolution of Battle Royale with all-new playspace and a brand new sandbox mode.”
There is not any signal of a launch goal at this level, however Activision’s soon-to-be new guardian firm Microsoft not too long ago confirmed that it, and future Name of Responsibility video games, will proceed to be out there on PlayStation platforms.