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Activision quietly announced the latest Call of Duty game on Twitter yesterday. The newest game in the series will be developed by Infinity Ward and is titled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which is the exact same title as the 2009 entry into the series. This new entry is not a remake or remaster however (the 2009 game's campaign has already been remastered and released in 2020), but is instead a sequel to 2019's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which was the fourth entry in and a reboot of the Modern Warfare sub-series. As of now, there is no information on the new game, with the Tweet only showing a logo and the game's title. (The game's developer and status as a sequel to the 2019 Modern Warfare was confirmed in a community update back in February.)

This announcement comes at an interesting time for the series. In an investor report earlier in the week, Activision revealed that Call of Duty had lost about a third of its playerbase since 2021; down to 100 million from 150 million this time last year. Activision blames the decrease on poor sales for last year's entry, Vanguard, and "lower engagement" on free-to-play title Warzone. Over the past year, Warzone has faced difficulties stemming from poorly-received new updates, a confusing launching system even on consoles, and a slew of game-breaking bugs. A "new Warzone experience" is expected to launch sometime in 2022, also led by Infinity Ward, who was responsible for the first Warzone. Both Modern Warfare 2 and the new Warzone are being developed "from the ground up," so it may be able to escape some of the stigma that has bogged down Warzone recently, and may help boost Activision's sagging numbers.

 

[Viri]

Logos are getting really lame.

 

[CoolMe]

Lol! They have come full circle..

 

[SG854]

Activision reveals new Call of Duty title in 2032

Modern Warfare 2

 

[SkittleDash]

Modern Warfare 2 and the new Warzone are being developed "from the ground up,"

*Wheezes*

 

[Xzi]

Modern Warfare 2 and the new Warzone are being developed "from the ground up,"

*Wheezes*

No you misunderstand, they meant they're starting by recycling the ground textures first.

 

[Noctosphere]

Starcraft 3 and Warcraft 4 when?

 

[CoolMe]

I have an idea, why don't they lessen the linearity (for the campaign) like by a lot, and give freedom to the player to do whatever they want in a given setting (WWII, Vietnam, whatever..), along adding some RPG-type mechanics, quests to earn money/gear/followers etc. Story consequences.. It wouldn't be the same COD type game people would expect, but the result could be an excellent game, if done right of course..

 

[osaka35]

so...not modern warfare +1. but modern warfare 2...version 2.

...why.

wonder if it'll have a well-fleshed out single player with a "what the fans want" multiplayer?

 

[Viri]

Starcraft 3 and Warcraft 4 when?

Since Blizzard is a walking corpse at this point. It'd be neat to see the Age of Empire devs take a crack at them both.

Maybe they'll even port all the StarCraft and WarCraft games to Xbox.

 

[Noctosphere]

Since Blizzard is a walking corpse at this point. It'd be neat to see the Age of Empire devs take a crack at them both.

Maybe they'll even port all the StarCraft and WarCraft games to Xbox.

doubt it...
I once played an RTS on PSX (Populous The Beginning) and even if I enjoyed the game, I think most RTS aren't made for consoles
They are made for keyboard/mouse combination

 

[ChibiMofo]

I really don't keep up with COD and have never played it, but didn't the Wii get Modern Warfare 2 back in like 2009 or so? It feels like an old name for an old game to me.

 

[Xzi]

Since Blizzard is a walking corpse at this point.

Not really, at least now they have Vicarious Visions under their umbrella. Would love to see a Warcraft 2 remaster from them since other parts of Blizzard already fucked up the WC3 remaster.

 

[RichardTheKing]

Wow how fucking original, Acti.

Just call it Modern Warfare 2 The Second or Modern Warfare Unimaginative or some such; something with some goddamn originality.

 

[Lostbhoy]

Does it matter what they call it? They're all the same game in a different shade of grey anyway.

Surprised they still bother really.

 

[K3Nv2]

Two too many is fitting here.

 

[Axido]

"Mom, can we get Modern Warfare 2?"
"No, honey! We got Modern Warfare 2 at home."

Modern Warfare 2 at home:

I'm actually not sure whether or not I want people to confuse this with another remaster, since I read that enough people actually liked the original. So I'd just hope for whatever damages the franchise the most. Not because I happen to hate CoD games in particular, but because I hate it when parents name their children exactly the same. Imagine having a 12 year old boy and a soon to be born girl both named Kim. This is what that is!
This stuff reminds me of EA with their NfS Most Wanted situation... and if you couldn't tell by now, I hate that.

 

[yoyoyo69]

"Activision blames the decrease on poor sales for last year's entry, Vanguard, and "lower engagement" on free-to-play title Warzone"

lol at stating the obvious, but also talking nonsense. The reason is poor, cheap rehash, time, after time, after time.

 

[eyeliner]

I have an idea, why don't they lessen the linearity (for the campaign) like by a lot, and give freedom to the player to do whatever they want in a given setting (WWII, Vietnam, whatever..), along adding some RPG-type mechanics, quests to earn money/gear/followers etc. Story consequences.. It wouldn't be the same COD type game people would expect, but the result could be an excellent game, if done right of course..

Farcry?

 

[GoldenBullet]

The best thing to come out of the last reboot MW was the Gunfight Mode. I played that for ages, especially in split screen since that CoD didnt give you black bars.