Rumor: Modern Warfare 2 May Get Premium DLC Next Year in Place of New Call of Duty Game
For well over a decade, the Call of Duty series has been a constant in yearly release calendars for players looking to enjoy the fast and frenetic first-person action the franchise is known for. The proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, though, is causing major ripples across the industry giant with its new parent company at the helm. It may be seen as early as 2023 as, according to an industry insider, the delay of Treyarch's next Call of Duty game into 2024 can see a «premium» DLC release in place of a full release for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
2022's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the sequel to the 2019 reboot of one of the Call of Duty franchise's most popular subseries. The sequel picks up three years after the events of the 2019 game and the formation of Task Force 141 by series mainstay Captain John Price alongside Kyle «Gaz» Garrick, John «Soap» MacTavish, and Simon «Ghost» Riley. They are joined by Mexican Special Forces Colonel Vargas on a mission to uncover a plot involving the terrorist group Al-Qatala and the Las Alamas drug cartel, which could lead to World War 3.
Call of Duty Fans May Be Waiting Longer Than Expected for Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Reveal
The aforementioned report about Modern Warfare 2's possible future content comes from industry insider Jason Schreier, who commented on Twitter about Activision Blizzard's Q2 2022 earnings call. In the earnings call, Activision said it was planning to develop and release «new premium content» for Call of Duty starting in 2023. Schreier suggests the first of this «premium content» would be add-on content for Modern Warfare 2 to fill the gap left by the reported delay of Treyarch's next Call of Duty game from 2023 to
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