Call of Duty Will Get 'Full Premium Release' in 2023, Rumored to be Modern Warfare 2 Expansion - IGN

Call of Duty steadfast Activision Blizzard says the annualized franchise volition spot a "full premium release" successful 2023.

During its Q3 2022 earning results, Activision Blizzard wrote astir Call of Duty heading into adjacent year, revealing that the institution has plans for "the astir robust Call of Duty unrecorded operations to date, the adjacent afloat premium merchandise successful the blockbuster yearly series, and adjacent much engaging free-to-play experiences crossed each platforms."

However, whether this means a marque caller crippled oregon much premium-priced contented for this year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 remains unclear. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier addressed Activision Blizzard's wording, saying the "full premium release" Activision Blizzard is talking astir is "a continuation of Modern Warfare II. It's called a afloat premium merchandise due to the fact that they're astir apt going to marketplace and merchantability it arsenic a $70 crippled with caller single- and multiplayer content. But it's much MWII".

Man lol you support falling for the aforesaid PR language. It's a continuation of Modern Warfare II. It's called a afloat premium merchandise due to the fact that they're astir apt going to marketplace and merchantability it arsenic a $70 crippled with caller single- and multiplayer content. But it's much MWII

Schreier besides clarified his cognition of the upcoming Call of Duty timeline. According to Schreier, 2023 volition spot a Modern Warfare 2 paid, premium enlargement from Sledgehammer, which is acceptable to person a batch of content. Apparently, the size of the enlargement is what could warrant Activision's "full premium release" wording. Then, Schreier claims the adjacent Call of Duty introduction is coming from Treyarch successful 2024.

Officially, Call of Duty 2023 has not been delayed. In a statement to IGN earlier this year, Activision said “We person an breathtaking slate of premium and free-to-play Call of Duty experiences for this year, adjacent twelvemonth and beyond. Reports of thing different are incorrect. We look guardant to sharing much details erstwhile the clip is right."

Activision Blizzard's gross drops

Elsewhere, the institution besides reported its gross dropped astir $300 cardinal year-over-year from the 3rd 4th successful 2021, and is pointing the blasted astatine 2021's Call of Duty: Vanguard. In Q3 2021, the company's nett gross was $2.07 billion, compared to Q3 2022's $1.78 billion.

Activision Blizzard wrote that the little fiscal show was owed to "reduced engagement for Call of Duty pursuing the weaker reception for past year's premium release." The institution is expecting to spot betterment for the remainder of 2022, acknowledgment to the blistering blistery commencement from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Modern Warfare 2, which conscionable became the fastest Call of Duty crippled to transverse the $1 cardinal sold mark, is besides seeing large occurrence connected PC. Activison Blizzard said Modern Warfare 2 PC income are astir treble the level of "recent beardown titles successful the series." The crippled is besides mounting franchise records for engagement, with with hours played successful the archetypal 10 days implicit 40% higher than the erstwhile record.

Vanguard's comparitive income struggles erstwhile pitted against the remainder of the franchise person been good documented. Even though it was the best-selling crippled of 2021, Activision Blizzard was unhappy with its performance, saying “The game’s World War II mounting didn’t resonate with immoderate of our community.”

For much connected Call of Duty, cheque retired wherefore the aboriginal of the franchise connected PlayStation is safe, according to Xbox's Phil Spencer.

Logan Plant is simply a freelance writer for IGN covering video crippled and amusement news. He has implicit six years of acquisition successful the gaming manufacture with bylines astatine IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him connected Twitter @LoganJPlant.