Activision already has every Call of Duty game until 2027 planned
Activision has revealed that it has the future of the Call of Duty series mapped out all the way through 2027.
In a recent interview with GamesBeat, Activision president Rob Kostich discussed the FPS series' history and hinted at where it will go next, confirming that there are around 3,000 developers working on it and that the studio has plans for new games mapped out through 2027.
«We’re constantly in our planning phase, our long-term planning phase,» Kostich said. «Right now, we have games planned out all the way through ’27 for the things that we’re working on.»
«Look, we’ve learned. I think we’ve done a lot of games in the future. We probably went as far there as we possibly could. We made some of the games in the past. You start to see the sweet spot over time and what really resonates with the community.»
Kostich continued, saying, «You see things like the Modern Warfare and Black Ops franchises are really popular. We’ve certainly had some other games that have done really well, like the original World War II game from Sledgehammer in 2017 did really, really well as well.
It’s a balance, I think most importantly, that we feel like we actually need to provide good differentiated experiences, good things for people to get in, and feel like they’re experiencing new kinds of fun.»
When later asked about the decisions behind which time period to set their games in, and why Activision decided to make Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare but didn’t make a game like "Call of Duty: Romans". Kostich explained that weapons play a key role in determining the setting.
«I think ultimately for us, the weapons are a hugely important part of the Call of Duty game,» he said. «You also think about what narratively that allows you to do,
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