Bloomberg reports that Activision Blizzard will release the next three Call of Duty shooter series on both Xbox and PlayStation. About there it became known from four people who are aware of the deal, but do not have the right to talk about it with the press.
The public has begun to suspect that Activision Blizzard titles will become Xbox exclusives as Microsoft acquires the publisher and all of its divisions for $69 billion.
In 2022, the company will release a new part of Call of Duty, which will be the continuation of the Modern Warfare sub-series developed by Infinity Ward. The next part of the franchise is being created by the Treyarch studio. Both companies are owned by Activision. Also on PS will be the continuation of the free online shooter Call of Duty: Warzone.
Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft's gaming division, said that the company will honor its existing agreements with Sony after the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. He announced his desire to keep Call of Duty on PS, calling it an important part of the video game industry.
Call of Duty games are coming to PC, Xbox and PS. On the Sony console, the franchise was heavily promoted and was part of major marketing deals. Each released series of the title became a bestseller on PS4 and PS5. Analyst firm NPD Group reports that over the past three years, Call of Duty games have become the best-selling games in the US.
The Call of Duty series will continue to be released on PS over the next two years, sources said, but Activision, Microsoft, and Sony have not commented on this.
The deal to acquire the publisher will be completed within 6-18 months. After that, Microsoft will decide whether to continue releasing new parts of Call of Duty for PS. Perhaps the corporation will abandon the annual release of title games, suggests Bloomberg.
The first game in the Call of Duty series went on sale in 2003 for PC and portable Nokia N-Gage. The action of the shooter took place during the Second World War. The franchise includes sub-series Modern Warfare, Black Ops, which were developed by various Activision studios. The latest part of the series at the moment is Call of Duty: Vanguard (2021), which is also dedicated to World War II.
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