Summary
TwoCall of Dutydataminers have claimed thatCall of Duty 2026is set to be a secondGhoststitle, whileCall of Duty 2027is apparently planned to be a follow-up toAdvanced Warfare. Based on this information, the two futureCall of Dutytitles seem to be taking significantly different approaches in regard to gameplay.
AnearlierCall of Dutyleakrevealed thatCoD 2027would be a Sledgehammer-led game, although that leak did not provide any details of its premise. Seeing that the studio was behind 2014’sAdvanced Warfare, the firstCoDto introduce “jetpack” movement, many had speculated that the studio’s next game could return to the fast-paced but untraditional approach, especially since the series has not featured jetpacks since 2016’sInfinite Warfare. If the new leaks are accurate, the return of jetpacks seems increasingly likely, although fans will have to wait a few years.
Twitter account Warzone Intel summarized the news shared byCall of Dutyleakers Vondyispog and Visceral, who claim thatCoD 2026is in development at Infinity Ward under the codename Project Devilwood and is the secondGhostsgame in the series. The leakers also said thatCoD 2027is in development at Sledgehammer Games under the codename Project Anvil, which will apparently return to theseries’Advanced Warfaresetting. Assuming that both titles base their gameplay on their predecessors, Infinity Ward’sGhostssequel will likely featureCall of Duty’s traditional boots-on-the-ground movement, which IW has heavily refined in recent years, while Sledgammer’sAdvanced Warfaresequel could return to the high-flying jetpack system that adds an extra dimension to movement. However, Visceral recently said that the two codenames are likely mixed up and that the suspected settings could always be misinterpreted by the dataminers, so fans should take these leaks with a grain of salt for now.
Leaked Premises of Future Call of Duty Titles
If the leaks are accurate after all, they probably won’t be confirmed for a while, soCoDfans should attempt to keep their expectations in check for now. As forCall of Duty 2025, earlierCoDleaks claimed that the title is a direct sequel to the popularBlack Ops 2and will feature a mixture of remastered maps and brand-new ones. Apparently, the game was originally planned to exclusively feature remasteredBO2maps, but Activision chose to revise that approach after the lukewarm reception toMW3’s lineup of remastered maps at launch.
As for Treyarch’sCall of Duty 2024, otherrecentCoDleakspurported that fans won’t need to wait long for its reveal, which might happen by the end of May according to datamined files. IfCoD 2024’s reveal doesn’t happen by the end of this month, it could be revealed at Xbox’s June showcase, a possibility that Microsoft seemed to heavily hint at.
