Although the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is just a few weeks away, a leak may have already uncovered details surrounding the 2021 instalment of the popular first-person shooter franchise.
As the Modern Warfare cycle comes to an end and fans turn their attention to a return to the Cold War, some are already looking ahead to what Call of Duty 2021 has in store.
Black Ops Cold War is a direct to the very first Black Ops title originally released in 2010 and it appears that next year’s game has taken inspiration from 2020’s Black Ops reboot.
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Notable Call of Duty leaker Tom Henderson has emerged with some information surrounding the setting and potential title for Call of Duty 2021.
In a Twitter post, the leaker states that the next Call of Duty game will be another Modern Warfare title in some capacity. A perfectly valid theory after the Modern Warfare series was rebooted in 2019.
I hate to be "that guy" before BOCW has released, but it's looking like CoD for 2021 is another Modern Warfare title of some kind. Understandably not a lot of information as of yet, but it's a modern day setting. Modern Warfare 2 seems like the only logical next step?
— Tom Henderson (@_TomHenderson_)
October 29, 2020
Although this is only a leak, Henderson has proven to be a reliable source for information surrounding Modern Warfare, Warzone and most recently, Black Ops Cold War.
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It’s certainly early days when it comes to details surrounding CoD 2021 and with any leaks, it’s always best to take the information with a pinch of salt.
One thing that is guaranteed is that Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward will be spearheading development after it was revealed that the franchise would return to a two-year development cycle shared by Infinity Ward and Treyarch.
This isn’t the first time that a sequel to the 2019 edition of Modern Warfare has been mentioned. In April, TheGamingRevolution revealed that a sequel to Modern Warfare would be the first title of the new two-year cycle.
There’s plenty of time until any official details surrounding Call of Duty 2021 are revealed so there is plenty of time for things to change.