Activision has announced Call of Duty: Warzone now has over 75 million players – and signalled its intent to reveal this year’s title in its battle royale.
Overnight, to coincide with its financial results, Activision confirmed both Treyarch and Raven Software are co-developing the next premium Call of Duty game, which Eurogamer has reported to be called Black Ops Cold War.
It’s official. Looking forward to showing you what we’ve been cooking up with @RavenSoftware!
— Treyarch (@Treyarch) August 4, 2020
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This much about the game – and its troubled development – was known. And while Activision has already teased Black Ops within Warzone with the odd Easter egg, executives last night gave the clearest indication yet that a big reveal of Black Ops Cold War is around the corner.
Using Warzone as a platform to reveal Black Ops Cold War marks a significant departure for Activision in a number of significant ways. For one, the Modern Warfare and Black Ops brands are crossing over, which they traditionally do not do – with the standalone, free-to-download battle royale set to continue as a playground for the various Call of Duty franchises even as new premium titles are released.