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The short version: 2020’s Call of Duty game is likely tied into the Black Ops universe, but won’t directly carry on the name. The game will reportedly deal with Cold War-era conflict including the Vietnam War, and one of the proposed names for the game is Call of Duty: Vietnam. Treyarch is said to be taking the lead on this one, with support from Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software.

This week’s leaks and rumours start with a new video from YouTuber TheGamingRevolution, correcting his earlier report on a Black Ops reboot with new information from new sources. Reliable CoD fansite Charlie Intel says some of that info lines up with what it’s heard from its own sources.

Today, a report in the New York Times – from industry insider Jason Schreier, formerly of Kotaku – suggests that Call of Duty is still on track for release in 2020, despite potential delays due to COVID-19. While this aside is not directly connected to Call of Duty, the report indicates that many developers and publishers are choosing to “cut scope rather than delay their games”.


Schreier adds on Twitter that the new game will, indeed, follow the Cold War and conflict in Vietnam, and adds that Call of Duty: Vietnam has been “thrown around” as a potential title.