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Call of Duty 2013 Confirmed by Actvision

Posted by GraphicX , 08 February 2013 · 36 views

Activision has just confirmed that they will be launching a new Call of Duty title for this year. During Activision's Q4 Conference Call, they highlighted that one of the priorities for 2013 was producing a Call of Duty title for the year, although they have not officially announced which developer(s) are in charge of this installment in the franchise yet.

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Meanwhile, Activision Publishing CEO, Eric Hirshberg, has also announced that the company will be expecting that this year's title will not perform as well as last year's Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, mainly due to "a challenged global economy" and "the ongoing console transition."

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"For Call of Duty, consistent with our past practices, we are planning for the mainline release in Q4 to be down versus 2012," Hirshberg said. Activision's fiscal year runs along with the calendar year, so the company's fourth quarter runs from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31.

Black Ops 2 helped push Activision to record revenues in 2012 — it was the year's best-selling game in dollars throughout the U.S. and Europe, and brought in $1 billion of revenue within 15 days of its launch in November.

"For 2013 on the Activision Publishing side, there is increased volatility this year due to the ongoing console transition, which makes predicting the future more challenging than in normal years in the cycle," he said.

(Source: Polygon)

It is very likely that Activision will continue the Call of Duty franchise on the next-gen consoles due to the past success, but they will probably make more official announcements regarding this later on.

Other Sources: MP1st & CharlieINTEL

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