The next Call of Duty is a Black Ops game set during the first Gulf War, according to reports
If rumour speak true, the next Call of Duty game will be another entry in the Black Ops series. It'll also, allegedly, take place during the first Gulf War across 1990 and 1991, in which a US-led coalition of countries including the UK, Saudi Arabia and Egypt invaded Iraq in response to the Saddam Hussein government's conquest of Kuwait.
All that comes from Windows Central, who cite a number of sources "familiar with Activision's plans". The game will apparently eschew the borderline make-believe tech offered by other recent Call of Duties, and will tell stories about different participants in the conflict, which suggests that it might be another ensemble narrative that flips between perspectives.
As per the existing production cycle, the new Black Ops will reportedly release in late 2024. Hopefully, the game's developers are having an easier time of it than the creators of this year's Modern Warfare 3, which appears to have been the product of crunch and mismanagement. Activision are said to be discussing a pre-order bonus for the new Call of Duty that might give you several days of early access for the base game, and possibly even weeks of early access for unnamed other modes - a significant escalation of the pre-order early access schemes offered by the likes of Starfield.
The new Call of Duty doesn't have a title as yet, the report continues - it probably won't be called Black Ops 6. Internal codenames for the project include "Cerberus", according to Windows Central. "Call of Duty: Black Ops Gulf War" is the obvious choice, following in the footsteps of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, but maybe they'll just call it "Black Ops" and continue Activision's recent very irritating habit of giving sequels the same
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