Rumor: Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Sequel Could Finally Be Happening

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According to a new rumor, Sledgehammer Games could be working on a sequel to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, with plans to release the game as the 2025 installment in the long-running Call of Duty franchise. The first project Sledgehammer Games took the lead on was 2014's Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, a game that made some extremely risky changes to the established Call of Duty formula. Namely, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare abandoned the «boots on the ground» approach of previous CoD games in favor of adding exoskeletons for enhanced mobility options.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was a commercial and critical success at the time of its release, yet still proved to be a divisive entry in the franchise. There were those who did not enjoy the sci-fi elements or the exoskeletons, calling for Call of Duty to return to its roots. Instead, what happened was subsequent Call of Duty games kept with the sci-fi gameplay and took it all further, culminating in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's 2187 setting.

Call of Duty Fans Calling For Advanced Warfare Feature To Return

Since the release of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Sledgehammer Games has made two CoD titles set during World War 2. Call of Duty: WW2 was mostly well-received by the community, but Call of Duty: Vanguard has some of the lowest review scores in series history. Now the rumor is that Sledgehammer will be going back to its own roots for its next game with a Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare sequel, according to a report by Ralph Valve, an insider who has accurately leaked Call of Duty news in the past. However, fans should still take the information with a big grain of salt until an official announcement is made.

Ralph Valve's report claims that Sledgehammer's Call of