New Call Of Duty Games Teased After CoD: Vanguard And Warzone Can’t Match Last Year’s Numbers

As part of Activision Blizzard’s latest earnings report this week, the company provided an update on how its various businesses were performing and Call of Duty PC and console sales faltered. The company has confirmed this while also teasing plans for “new unannounced games” Call of Duty (more on that later).

The publisher said “net bookings,” which is a measure of the net amount of products and services sold digitally and physically, declined year-over-year for the Call of Duty series on console and PC over the course of the year. of the fourth quarter. The publisher attributed the slowdown to “lower premium sales” for Call of Duty: Vanguard compared to the same quarter in 2020 with Black Ops Cold War. Additionally, Call of Duty: Warzone saw “lower engagement” during the fourth quarter, which negatively impacted results, Activision Blizzard said.

That said, Activision Blizzard said “player investment in gaming” on console and PC for Call of Duty has remained “well above” the levels it reached after Warzone launched in March 2020. And as another point of context, even though Vanguard sales were down compared to Black Ops Cold War, Vanguard was the best-selling game in the US in 2021.

While total Call of Duty console and PC sales might have been lower than the same time last year, Call of Duty: Mobile was a bright spot. Its own net bookings were up year-on-year, thanks in part to results from China. Call of Duty: Total mobile net bookings for 2021 “increased sharply”, surpassing $1 billion globally.

In other Call of Duty news, Activision has also confirmed that the new 2022 game will be developed by Infinity Ward, who will also lead the work being done for the new 2022 Warzone experiences. “The team is working on the most ambitious franchise history, with cutting-edge innovation and a broadly engaging franchise setting,” Activision said.

While still unconfirmed, 2022’s Call of Duty is rumored to be a sequel to 2019’s Modern Warfare and will focus on Colombian drug cartels.

Finally, Activision said in its earnings release that it continues to increase the numbers of its Call of Duty development teams around the world to contribute to the “ongoing live operations” of the franchise. These teams are also working on “unannounced new games” in the Call of Duty universe.

Despite Microsoft’s offer to buy Activision Blizzard, the Call of Duty series will continue to be released on rival platforms, including PlayStation, at least for the foreseeable future.

Outside of Activision, rival shooter Battlefield 2042 has missed its own sales targets, Electronic Arts reported this week.