Call of Duty Next event will showcase the future of the franchise
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#63ETF)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Image: Activision Blizzard Activision has announced a showcase that it says will reveal the future of the Call of Duty franchise. Dubbed Call of Duty Next, the showcase will take place at 1PM ET on September 15th, broadcast on Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.
According to the press release, the showcase will focus on the upcoming sequel to 2019's Modern Warfare as well as what it's calling Warzone 2.0 and the new Warzone mobile experience.
Though it's the premier jewel in Activision's crown, Call of Duty has been underperforming lately. Activision Blizzard's proposal for a $68.7 billion acquisition by Microsoft revealed Call of Duty: Vanguard badly underperformed and did not meet its Q4 expectations. As a result, according to a report by Bloomberg, next...