Call of Duty 18 will be released this fall with stunning quality and built for the next-gen

Activision Blizzard released its first-quarter financial report, net income reached $2.28 billion, exceeding the company’s expectations of $2.02 billion. A few hours after the earnings report was released, Activision Blizzard’s share price soared by 10%. In its financial report, Activision also denied the previous rumor that “there will be no orthodox COD on sale this year, and will be replaced by the multiplayer mode of Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2, confirming that Call of Duty 18 will be on sale within this year. The development is led by Sledgehammer.

Call of Duty 18

Activision confirmed that a new paid Call of Duty game will be released this year, developed by Sledgehammer, progressing well, and is expected to be released this fall. Activision said that Call of Duty 18 was built for the next generation, with stunning image quality, including single-player campaigns, multiplayer modes and cooperative modes, in order to integrate and strengthen the existing COD ecosystem.

Sledgehammer Studio has assisted in the development of Call of Duty 16: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty 17: Black Ops Cold War. The most recent Call of Duty they led the development of is Call of Duty: World War II in 2017. In addition, they also provided support for the development of Call of Duty: War Zone.

Although the details of Call of Duty 18 are less revealed, Activision said it will be integrated with Call of Duty: Warzone, which illustrates the important impact of this free battle royale game on the entire series.

There have been rumors that this year’s Call of Duty 18 has been postponed to 2022. It seems that Activision has officially shattered this rumor. Except for Call of Duty: Warzone, most of the Call of Duty games are in 10. On sale in November or November.

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Activision

As usual, Activision Blizzard’s eye-catching financial report data mainly relies on COD, and Activision’s revenue has increased by 72% compared to the same period last year. The combination of the traditional Call of Duty paid game experience and the free Call of Duty: Warzone has a remarkable effect. The number of monthly active players in the series has tripled in the past two years to an astonishing 150 million. Call of Duty Mobile Games has been downloaded more than 500 million times, and revenue has exceeded $1 billion since its launch in 2019.

Blizzard

And Blizzard’s revenue continues to rely on World of Warcraft. The good response of the new expansion Shadow Realm brought Blizzard a good quarter, revenue reached 483 million US dollars, an increase of 7% compared to the same period last year, but the monthly active players dropped from 29 million to 27 million. The decline in Blizzard’s player base will not recover soon, because the new Blizzard games Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 will not be released until 2022 at the earliest.

Expansion of the development team

Activision Blizzard is also vigorously expanding its development capabilities. They have opened a new office location for Sledgehammer Studios in Toronto (Canada) and plan to hire more than 2,000 employees in the next two years and triple the size of their Call Of Duty development team. Activision also plans to open development offices in China, Australia and Poland.

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