Summary
An established insider has claimed thatCall of Dutyhas yet to assign a main developer toCall of Duty 2025. Following the news, some fans expressed their worries that this could lead toCall of Duty’s 2025 title seeing a rocky launch similar to 2023’sModern Warfare 3release.
In November of last year, Bloomberg reported that Activision rushedModern Warfare 3’s development and only gave Sledgehammer Games 16 months to complete the game. This seemed to be made evident by the game’s lackluster singleplayer and its Multiplayer that leaned heavily on maps fromModern Warfare 2(2009). However, the claim was later denied by a Sledgehammer studio head, whosaid that the studio spent years developingModern Warfare 3. Despite the executive’s claims, it seems thatCall of Dutymight be using a similar approach with one of its future titles.
Respected insider Tom Henderson reported thatCall of Duty 2025is still without a main developer as its release date inches closer, which is currently 20 months away. He claimed that the game was initially meant to be headed by Sledgehammer, but after the studio was made to developModern Warfare 3, which many considered as more of a “year two” ofModern Warfare 2(2023) than its own standalone game, the studio apparently refused to be assigned a similar role forCall of Duty 2025, which may be a similar “year two” title of Treyarch’sCall of Duty 2024. Henderson further explained that High Moon Studios was in the running to take overCall of Duty 2025at one point, but believes that Treyarch will likely be given the responsibility. If High Moon Studios were givenCall of Duty 2025, that would make it the fourth-ever studio to lead development for a mainlineCall of Dutygame.
Call of Duty 2025 Reportedly Still Without a Main Developer
Call of Duty 2025still being without a developer 20 months from release is nearing Sledgehammer’salleged 16-month development cycle forModern Warfare 3, if those claims were true. If these recent claims are true, which are made by a separate insider, it seems increasingly realistic thatModern Warfare 3’s development cycle may have only been 16 months long after all.
Fortunately, it seems that this trend is not occurring with mostCall of Dutyentries, as Treyarch’sCall of Duty 2024is reportedly the longest the studio has ever spent developing a new game. Additionally, Henderson previously reported thatCall of Duty 2026has already been assigned to Infinity Ward and thatCall of Duty 2027has been assigned to Sledgehammer.
Virtually nothing is known aboutCall of Duty 2025’s premise. However, asCall of Duty 2024gets closer, new details have begun to leak out about this year’s title. Recently, a dataminer claimed to revealCall of Duty 2024’s launch lineup of weapons. The game is heavily rumored to be calledCall of Duty: Black Ops Gulf Warand will take place in the early 1990s.
Call of Duty
Call of Duty is a first person shooter franchise published by Activision and developed by a variety of studios like Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Sledgehammer Games. Originally focusing on World War 2, the series has expanded to include futuristic and modern combat as well. The series continues to be incredibly popular thanks to the multiplayer PvP and more recently, the Warzone battle royale modes.
