New leaks suggest that the next game in the Call of Duty franchise will be another installment of Black Ops, which could be the kick in the pants the series needs. The annual franchise, which most recently saw the release of the lackluster Modern Warfare 3, is starting to stagnate. Concerns over its escalating price point, widening gaps caused by pay-to-win policies, increasingly enormous file sizes, and slowing trickle of new content have driven many players away from the COD franchise as a whole.
It may still be popular in some circles, but Call of Duty needs to offer something new, and fast, in order to remain relevant over the next few years. MW3 didn’t quite scratch that itch, but the next game in the series has the potential to be. If the leaked information is correct, and if the next COD takes advantage of some major, recent developments in the gaming industry, it could be just the thing to revitalize the dying franchise.
According to Windows Central, industry insiders have revealed that the next Call of Duty game will be a Black Ops sequel set during the Gulf War. This would mark a return to classic COD in many ways, trading drones and AI-guided missiles for tanks and helicopters, open-world zombies for old-school round-based survival modes.
This also coincides with earlier leaks that suggested 2024’s COD release would incorporate remastered versions of classic Black Ops maps, like the skate park-themed Grind from Black Ops 2 and the Soviet nuclear facility WMD from the original Black Ops. If the leaks are to be believed, this would be the sixth game in the Black Ops subseries, and its development will be led by Treyarch.
This is all welcome news, and certainly a light at the end of the tunnel after the disappointment of MW3. But a new Black Ops would be even better if it tackled a much bigger series problem, one that’s existed since long before the most recent entry.
2023-11-24 20:00:04
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