Name of Obligation’s 2025 game is reportedly ditching WWII for Superior Warfare 2

This yr’s Name of Obligation title is Fashionable Warfare 2, a continuation of the reboot that began with 2019’s Fashionable Warfare. Based on a brand new report, 2025’s Name of Obligation will move from the fashionable to the close to future, taking gamers again to the period of Superior Warfare.

The report comes from WhatIfGaming, which claims that developer Sledgehammer shall be backing off from World Battle II-set video games after Vanguard failed to satisfy Activision’s expectations through the 2021-2022 fiscal yr (it’s thought-about to be one of many worst Name of Obligation video games). Thus, Superior Warfare 2 is on the desk. The 2014 game wasn’t universally praised both, however revisiting the near-future setting could be an enormous departure from every part that Vanguard entailed. Sci-fi is a stark distinction to World Battle II, and revisiting Superior Warfare would even be an opportunity to retry its concepts on the franchise’s new engine.

In fact, Name of Obligation has by no means shied away from revisiting or recycling its settings. As talked about earlier, this yr’s game is a follow-up to 2019’s Fashionable Warfare, which rebooted that individual Name of Obligation universe. A remaster of the unique Fashionable Warfare preceded it by two years, and Fashionable Warfare 2’s marketing campaign was ultimately remastered as properly. Though Superior Warfare 2 hasn’t been introduced by Activision in any approach, it’s not shocking to listen to that it’s within the works, particularly since that setting has solely been used as soon as to this point.

As for 2022, Name of Obligation: Fashionable Warfare 2 releases on October 28. That’ll be obtainable on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Collection X/S, and Xbox One, with cross-play supported throughout all of these platforms. There’s clearly already a variety of love for the game, as its beta broke sequence data for gamers, matches, and hours performed.

This yr may also see the discharge of Name of Obligation: Warzone 2.0. It’s coming to the identical platforms on November 16, simply over two weeks after Fashionable Warfare 2. The total Al Mazrah map is obtainable to peruse now if you wish to begin making ready to drop in.