Call of Duty 2021 is officially on the horizon, and here is everything we know about the release date for the next game, who is developing it, leaks and more.
As always, a new year means a new Call of Duty game. The next release of Call of Duty 2021 is as mysterious as it is exciting, and we’re sure to have another year of Warzone updates combined with a whole new (or return) scenario for the franchise.
With the resounding success of Modern Warfare, Warzone and Black Ops Cold War, the 2021 iteration of Call of Duty is sure to be a major release. Let’s look at everything we know today.
Release date of
Call of Duty is traditionally released in November. However, Modern Warfare and Black Ops 4 were released in October. Ideally, Call of Duty targets the first Friday of each November, as we saw for the COD WW2 and Infinite Warfare releases.
Friday’s tradition started with Black Ops 3, where previous games saw releases on the first Tuesday of November. Below you can read some of the recent releases of Call of Duty.
- Advanced warfare: November 4, 2014
- Black Ops III: November 6, 2015
- Infinite War: November 4, 2016
- Second World War: November 3, 2017
- Black Ops 4: October 12, 2018
- Modern war: October 25, 2019
- Black Ops Cold War: November 13, 2020
Activision officially confirmed during the February 4 call to investors that there is a new Call of Duty game coming up this year, and the 2021 title will run in parallel with Warzone.
We can expect COD 2021 to be released again on the first Friday in November. Black Ops Cold War was released on the second Friday of November, which may well be due to the less than normal development time that Treyarch had for the title.
Overall, we would certainly expect the new game to be released on the first or second Friday of November.
Developer
The main current development studios for Call of Duty are Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Treyarch. Typically, these studios operate in 3-year development cycles. However, Sledgehammer Games did not have the first place for its most recent planned launch for 2020, which instead became the Treyarch Cold War Black Ops.
Because of this, we can assume that Sledgehammer Games will be the leader for the 2021 title Call of Duty. This is also corroborated by a Tweet Sledgehammer posted in the new year 2021, stating “Hang up. Power On ”, perhaps an enigmatic tweet stating that 2021 is the year for the launch of a game.
Leaks, gameplay, game cover
Currently, there is not much information leaked so far. The most recent rumor, which emerged on February 17, 2021, is that the 2021 game will be set during the Second World War era again.
We should get more teasers of the game in the coming months. Leaks, as always, will be difficult to decipher, with many community members posting fake leaks for each new COD game.
We will make sure to update this post with any new information as soon as it is available.
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