Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You know last year’s Call of Duty didn’t do numbers when you start hearing rumours about this year’s entry so early in the year. Modern Warfare 3 was poorly received by critics and many casual players, and it broke Call of Duty’s best-selling streak in North America. Call of Duty 2024 looks to be set to turn things around, but not in the way you may have expected. As for next year’s game, well, that’s a whole other story. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":737973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[473,47,88,9719,1908,424,59,44,45,1748,86,3509,475,60,4616],"class_list":["post-737972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-activision","tag-blockbuster","tag-call-of-duty","tag-call-of-duty-2024","tag-infinity-ward","tag-open-world","tag-pc","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-raven-software","tag-shooter","tag-sledgehammer-games","tag-treyarch","tag-xbox-one","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"\n
This year's Call of Duty may be more Far Cry than CoD, and next year's game has no lead studio - report | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You know last year's Call of Duty didn't do numbers when you start hearing rumours about this year's entry so early in the year. Modern Warfare 3 was\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This year's Call of Duty may be more Far Cry than CoD, and next year's game has no lead studio - report | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You know last year's Call of Duty didn't do numbers when you start hearing rumours about this year's entry so early in the year. Modern Warfare 3 was\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-22T21:55:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"This year’s Call of Duty may be more Far Cry than CoD, and next year’s game has no lead studio – report\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-22T21:55:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":110,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"activision\",\"blockbuster\",\"Call of Duty\",\"Call of Duty (2024)\",\"Infinity Ward\",\"Open World\",\"PC\",\"PS4\",\"PS5\",\"raven software\",\"Shooter\",\"sledgehammer games\",\"treyarch\",\"Xbox One\",\"Xbox Series X\\\/S\"],\"articleSection\":[\"VG24\\\/7\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/\",\"name\":\"This year's Call of Duty may be more Far Cry than CoD, and next year's game has no lead studio - report | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-22T21:55:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"You know last year's Call of Duty didn't do numbers when you start hearing rumours about this year's entry so early in the year. Modern Warfare 3 was\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"This year\u2019s Call of Duty may be more Far Cry than CoD, and next year\u2019s game has no lead studio \u2013 report\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"This year’s Call of Duty may be more Far Cry than CoD, and next year’s game has no lead studio – report\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"This year's Call of Duty may be more Far Cry than CoD, and next year's game has no lead studio - report | Arcader News","description":"You know last year's Call of Duty didn't do numbers when you start hearing rumours about this year's entry so early in the year. Modern Warfare 3 was","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"This year's Call of Duty may be more Far Cry than CoD, and next year's game has no lead studio - report | Arcader News","og_description":"You know last year's Call of Duty didn't do numbers when you start hearing rumours about this year's entry so early in the year. Modern Warfare 3 was","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-11-22T21:55:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"This year’s Call of Duty may be more Far Cry than CoD, and next year’s game has no lead studio – report","datePublished":"2025-11-22T21:55:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/"},"wordCount":110,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report.jpg","keywords":["activision","blockbuster","Call of Duty","Call of Duty (2024)","Infinity Ward","Open World","PC","PS4","PS5","raven software","Shooter","sledgehammer games","treyarch","Xbox One","Xbox Series X\/S"],"articleSection":["VG24\/7"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/","name":"This year's Call of Duty may be more Far Cry than CoD, and next year's game has no lead studio - report | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-22T21:55:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"You know last year's Call of Duty didn't do numbers when you start hearing rumours about this year's entry so early in the year. Modern Warfare 3 was","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"This year\u2019s Call of Duty may be more Far Cry than CoD, and next year\u2019s game has no lead studio \u2013 report"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"This year’s Call of Duty may be more Far Cry than CoD, and next year’s game has no lead studio – report"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1401215,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737972\/revisions\/1401215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/this-years-call-of-duty-may-be-more-far-cry-than-cod-and-next-years-game-has-no-lead-studio-report.jpg\")
<\/p>\n