Publisher Activision Blizzard formed a new in-house studio to develop a new game for the franchise Call of duty… This is indicated by the list of new vacancies, which can be found on the company’s website.
Activision Mobile will become the 10th team to focus on the Call of Duty brand. The publisher has not yet published any official statements, press releases, announcements and comments.
It is noted that the new studio will develop a new shooter for smartphones and tablets, which will become an AAA-level project. According to preliminary data, we are talking about a royal battle Warzone mobile, the existence of which insiders began to report in 2023.
Back in February 2023, the head of Activision Blizzard Bobby the Cat named smartphones as the largest publishing platform. He also talked about the development of new projects for mobile devices, which are based on the company’s popular franchises.
In September 2023, a vacancy appeared on the publisher’s website, which also spoke about the development of a new AAA-class mobile shooter based on Call of Duty. The position was later removed.
Note that for the development of the super popular game Call of Duty: Mobile answers TiMi Studioscontrolled by a Chinese company Tencent… The latter recently announced the closure of the shareware shooter for PC Call of duty onlineby inviting players to look for a more promising mobile version that boasts its own variation of the battle royale.
According to a recent report, about 435 million people (+ 16%) play games from Activision Blizzard on a monthly basis. Over the past three years, the audience Call of duty grew from 50 million to 150 million, driven by success Warzone and Call of duty mobile…
The leader is still the mobile game Candy crush from the studio King, although its audience has dropped from 285 million to 258 million over the past three years.
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