But this tradition may break next year, according to an unconfirmed report.
Supposedly Activision have delayed next year’s game, leaving 2023 without a shiny new main series game.
That doesn’t mean 2023 won’t have any new CoD, mind.

We should still see some new CoDness in 2023, at least.
Bloomberg say the Modern Warfare sequel will receive new content into 2023, as is customary.
They also claim that a new free-to-play online CoD is coming in 2023.

Supposedly Treyarch will chip in on the F2P game too.
All this is still only rumour, but it’d be interesting.
Activision have always felt old-fashioned with CoD.
They stuck with playerbase-splitting paid map packs long after other games binned them as the horrible things they are.
Other companies largely stepped back from annual sequels long ago too, sports games aside.
“We look forward to sharing more details when the time is right.”
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