Purported leaks for the 2026 and 2027 releases of Name of Obligation are actually deemed to be “full fiction” based on a brand new report. In the event you missed the preliminary rumors, particulars on a pair of upcoming video games from Activision’s Name of Obligation franchise claimed to know the themes of the 2 releases stated to be coming after subsequent yr’s 2025 title, which was rumored final yr as probably being a futuristic Black Ops 2 sequel.
With 2023’s Fashionable Warfare III properly into season 3, the sport’s lifecycle is now half over. Earlier than lengthy franchise followers will likely be making ready for the launch of this yr’s sport. Teased as the subsequent Black Ops title based mostly on a picture shared by Microsoft for its upcoming Xbox Showcase. Something past this yr’s launch is fairly unclear. Nevertheless, this morning’s rumors had been stating that the 2026 launch can be set within the Name of Obligation Ghosts universe developed by Infinity Ward. The discharge for 2027 would fall underneath Activision’s Superior Warfare sequence and be developed by Sledgehammer Video games.
As famous by Insider Gaming, these rumors had been semi-believable. As a result of they partially stem from Name of Obligation knowledge miners who’ve been correct on previous Name of Obligation leaks. But it surely appears the rumors from this morning are something however correct.
Name of Obligation 2026 being set within the Ghosts universe is nothing however fiction
Whereas datamining can usually result in leaks it’s vital to notice some key particulars about these rumors. Along with the CoD universes they had been imagined to be set in, the leaks additionally point out a codename for every challenge. The title for 2026 was codenamed “Devilwood” and the title for 2027 was codenamed “Anvil.”
There’s nothing that’s essentially off about codenames. However as Insider Gaming notes, neither of those codenames might have been obtained from datamining. One of many dataminers, ‘Visceral,’ has additionally posted a follow-up tweet to the unique (the unique was deleted). Stating that the knowledge is blended up and that they aren’t positive in the event that they’re merely incorrect or had been fed misinformation. The purpose is, that it’s just a little early to begin nailing down what Activision has deliberate for the Name of Obligation franchise two and three years forward.
The studio data could also be correct
One factor that might very properly be true is which studios are dealing with these video games. Activision cycles by means of studios every year with every new Name of Obligation launch. Infinity Ward was the principle studio behind Fashionable Warfare II launched in 2022. Whereas Sledgehammer Video games is the principle studio behind Fashionable Warfare III.
And with this yr suspected to be a brand new Black Ops title, Treyarch will in all probability be the principle studio. That also leaves a niche for 2025 if Infinity Ward had been to deal with the discharge for 2026 earlier than Activision cycles again to Sledgehammer Video games for 2027.
Value noting is that Activision doesn’t all the time cycle by means of every of the three studios earlier than issues come again round. So this yr could possibly be Treyarch, then it might transfer again to Sledgehammer, earlier than transferring on to Infinity Ward and again to Sledgehammer. All of that is after all, speculative. But it surely’s one thing to consider.