Could Call of Duty Zombies be free-to-play in the future?
The internet is awash - swarming, you might say - with chatter about the future of Call of Duty Zombies.
The speculation is centered around a single tweet - a prophecy in the shape of a simple undead emoji, tied to a year: 2023. Let’s put aside, for a moment, the fact that the Twitter account in question has a track record of leaks that have run both hot and cold, and focus on the idea itself. Is a COD Zombies release next year feasible? Is it likely?
From the off, the thought appears to contradict a report published by respected Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier earlier this week - which claimed that Activision will delay next year’s Treyarch-developed Call of Duty entry, leaving 2023 without a mainline release for the first time in almost two decades. The move is reportedly a response to the underperformance of last year’s Vanguard, which led executives to believe that a bit of breathing room would do the series good.
Soon after that report, Activision contacted outlets including GamesRadar with a statement: “We have an exciting slate of premium and free-to-play Call of Duty experiences for this year, next year and beyond. Reports of anything otherwise are incorrect. We look forward to sharing more details when the time is right.”
Schreier’s report and Activision’s statement don’t necessarily counteract each other, however. In fact, Schreier mentions a “free-to-play online title” scheduled for next year, developed with help from Zombies originator Treyarch.
The obvious candidate for that free-to-play game is Warzone 2, the now-confirmed follow-up to Activision’s world-eating battle royale. But Warzone’s lead developers have been Infinity Ward and Raven, not Treyarch. It’s possible the latter is onboard to build a
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