Call of Duty could ditch its yearly release schedule, according to a new report.
According to Bloomberg, “high-level employees” at Activision have discussed ditching Call of Duty’s current annualised release schedule, which has been in place since 2005.
This follows Microsoft’s $68.7bn purchase of Activision Blizzard – a deal expected to go through by the end of June 2023. There is no suggestion that this year’s Call of Duty, expected to be Infinity Ward’s follow-up to 2019’s Modern Warfare, will be delayed from the series’ usual slot before Christmas. But if Activision does decide to give Call of Duty some time off, it may skip 2023.