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Next year we could run out of FIFA and Call of Duty

Call of Duty takes a gap year

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The first Call of Duty It came out in 2003 on PC. It had very good reviews, and since that year, Activision has not stopped taking out tickets with the franchise. During 20 years, Call of Duty has completed an annual degree with the precision of a Swiss watch.

However, that predictable rhythm that has accompanied us over the years will take a breather after the release of call of duty 2022: modern warfare 2, which is expected to arrive later this year.

Breaking the routine a bit, the studio has announced that the 2023 installment of Call of Duty will be pushed back to the year 2024. As collected Bloombergthis decision would be due to Call of Duty: Vanguard It has had a perceived quality lower than expected.

The decision comes at a time of debate. During these last weeks, the buys sudden and unexpected from Activision by Microsoft has raised the cry to heaven. There are not a few players who have speculated that Call of Duty could disappear from PlayStation, this being a dirty and monopolistic move by those of Redmond. Although, for now, Activision has calmed the masses by stating that there are no plans to abandon the Sony platform – at least, until all antitrust agencies in the United States approve the acquisition of Microsoft.

Electronic Arts could also give up FIFA in 2023

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It is an open secret since October 2021. FIFA has notably raised the price of its licenses to Electronic Arts, and Americans don’t seem too happy about the idea. If everything goes this way, FIFA 22 be the latest fifa from a long line of titles.

FIFA (the international body) says it wants to open its license to more companies, putting finish So to EA exclusivity. Electronic Arts, for its part, believes its game is bigger than FIFA itself. In this way, the studio continues to consider the possibility of not going through the federation’s hoop and continuing to produce its game, but without using the ‘FIFA’ brand. Will the game become a kind of ESP with fake players and clubs? Not necessarily. EA has and has renewed the FIF Pro license, which is the one that allows you to use players in your video game. If this were to happen, the title would most likely be renamed FUT23, as the FUT (FIFA Ultimate Team) brand is an asset that EA has been working on for more than a decade. And, even if it integrates the ‘FIFA’ mark within its acronym, they can always justify that it means ‘Football Ultimate Team’ or any similar excuse to get rid of the dead.

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