Activision Blizzard “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/activision-blizzard/ “> Activision Blizzard announced plans in the fourth quarter of 2021 to release” another strong premium “Call of Duty game set.
The news was revealed to Dennis Durkin by the chief financial officer during the publisher’s earnings call in the fourth quarter.
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Activision “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/activision-blizzard/activision/ “> Activision has reportedly revised its plans for the 2020 Call of Duty game following a dispute between former joint studio studios Sledgehammer and Raven Software “=” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/activision-blizzard/activision/raven-software/ “> Raven Software, which puts Treyarch in charge of the 2019 sequel to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/call-of-duty/call-of-duty-modern-warfare/ “> Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War” href = “https : // www .videogameschronicle.com/games / call-of-duty / call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war / “> Black Ops Cold War, which two years after its previous game, 2018’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, released 4 “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/call-of-duty/call-of-duty-black-ops-4/ “> Black Ops 4.
Sledgehammer said in May 2020 that he was working on several projects. The studio was founded in 2009 and is best known for Call of Duty titles Advanced Warfare (2014) and WWII (2017).
Activision Blizzard Entertainment “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/activision-blizzard/blizzard-entertainment/ “> Blizzard claimed in its earnings call on Thursday that the Call of Duty franchise generated $ 27 billion in lifelong sales has been on the market since its launch in 2003.
The figure “makes it one of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time,” said President and COO Daniel Alegre.
Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/bobby-kotick/ “> Bobby Kotick also said Call of Duty will attract more than 250 million players by 2020, compared to 70 million in 2018.
Probably driven by the popularity of free games Call of Duty Warzone “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/call-of-duty/call-of-duty-warzone/ “> Call of Duty Warzone and Call of Duty: Mobile “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/call-of-duty/call-of-duty-mobile/ “> Call of Duty Mobile, the brand” has maintained more than 100 million monthly active players ”for a fifth consecutive quarter (compared to 40 million in 2018).
Call of Duty premium unit sales increased by more than 40% in 2020 in a year-on-year year, with a continued “strong shift” to digital downloads, helping the franchise conduct an annual net booking from about the double year ago, Activision said.
Black Ops Cold War was the best-selling game in 2020 in the United States, followed by Modern Warfare, which was a 12th consecutive year that saw a Call of Duty game as the no. 1 title, according to market research firm NPD Group “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/npd-group/ “> NPD Group.
Activision Blizzard said on Thursday that the first season of Black Ops Cold War and Warzone content has been the most fought since the launch of the new game system at the end of 2019.
Given the success of the franchise, Activision Blizzard said it plans to apply the Call of Duty framework to its other brands by mixing multiplatform, free-to-play and premium experiences. Consistent with this strategy, it has announced that several free Warcraft mobile games are in deep development.
The latest big Black Ops Cold War update released this week added new Zombies and multiplayer content, new modes and select playlists, plus gameplay enhancements, bug fixes and weapon tuning.
The headline of the update was the new Zombies card Firebase Z, located in the jungles of Vietnam, and the 6v6 multiplayer card Express, which was originally included in Black Ops 2 and takes place in a high-tech train station.