Activision: Call of Duty 2023 caused a real stir among testers, mobile platforms bring more money

CEO of Activision Blizzard Bobby Kitty, speaking on the financial performance of the company over the past quarter, he said that mobile devices are now “largest” publishing platform in terms of revenue.

In fact, mobile devices are now our leading platform. We are committed to developing high-quality mobile games for all of our most important franchises.“said Kitty.

The company hopes to repeat the success achieved with the release of mobile shooter Call of duty mobile, the number of installations of which for iOS and Android over three months exceeded the mark of 150 million. In mid-January, Activision launched in Call of duty mobile third season.

“With the advent of Call of Duty Mobile in less than a year, we have increased our user base from 40 to 100 million. Compared to 2019 this year, we expect to see a significant increase in the Call of Duty franchise, which will result from this and another unannounced initiative as part of series, “added Kitty.

As for the flagship console series, the unannounced shooter Call of Duty, whose release is expected at the end of 2023, “already provokes a positive reaction among testers”. There is a stir. This was announced by the president and chief operating officer of the publishing house as part of the announcement of the results of the quarterly report. Coddy Johnson. In addition, he confirmed plans to release a new game in the series from October to December this year.

According to rumors, Activision previously revised its plans for the release of Call of Duty 2023 after a disagreement between its internal studios and appointed responsible for the development of the future shooter of the creators of the Black Ops sub-series represented by the Treyarch team, while Raven (Singularity) and Sledgehammer (CoD: WWII) will be supporting studios. Allegedly, they were preparing a game for Activision in the setting of the Cold War (probably in Vietnam), but then plans changed dramatically.

Most likely, Black ops 5 will be a crossgen game, as its release coincides with the release of the next-generation consoles PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

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