Call of Duty 2022 release date and everything you need to know about Modern Warfare 2

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(Pocket-lint) — Call of Duty: Vanguard only came out in late 2021, but rumours regarding the next Call of Duty instalment set to launch sometime in late 2022 are already picking up some real speed. 

We've gathered all of the key details for you right here, so read on to find out everything you need to know about the next COD.

This far ahead of a COD release, we generally don't know much about what's on the way, but that's a little different this time.

In September 2021, according to two separate reports, one by gaming industry insider Tom Henderson and the other by VGC, it became widely reported that the game to succeed Vanguard will be a sequel to the 2019 Modern Warfare reboot. 

It looks like Call of Duty: 2022 is codenamed Project Cortez It's expected to be a sequel to Modern Warfare 2019.

That means that much as Modern Warfare 2019 reused the famous subtitle of Call of Duty 4, we're again reusing a previous game's name, albeit with a story that will be inspired by the original rather than a loyal retelling of the same events.

Without any firm information on when the game will release, we can safely default to the typical Call of Duty timeline, which will see Modern Warfare 2 release in early November 2022. It's being developed mainly by Infinity Ward, but there are apparently 10 more studios working in support capacities on the game, although this sort of resource-sharing is nothing new for the series.

Activision Blizzard recently indicated in an earnings report that the game will usher in «the most ambitious plan in franchise history», so we're intrigued to see what that means when it's all unveiled in due course.

On top of that, we've even seen indications that the game after this one, 2023's COD, will be a return