Future Name of Responsibility releases will now not embody back-to-back launches of Fashionable Warfare or Black Ops video games, Activision introduced on Tuesday. The previous 4 releases within the sequence have been Fashionable Warfare II (2022), Fashionable Warfare III (2023), Black Ops 6 (2024), and Black Ops 7 (2025), however shifting ahead, Activision desires to supply “a fully distinctive expertise each yr,” according to a blog post.
Black Ops 7 got here out in November to combined critiques, and in Europe, the sport had a “disappointing launch,” The Game Business reports. Forward of the sport’s launch, Treyarch Senior Director of Manufacturing Yale Miller told CharlieIntel that he was nervous about Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7 being seen as too related.
“We are going to drive innovation that’s significant, not incremental,” Activision says. “Whereas we aren’t sharing these plans immediately, we look ahead to doing so when the time is true.” The submit additionally notes that “the way forward for Name of Responsibility could be very sturdy and we imagine our greatest days are forward of us given the depth and expertise of our growth groups” and that the “subsequent period” of Name of Responsibility will “ship exactly on what you need together with some surprises that push the Franchise and the style ahead.”