(Via IGN.com)
Fans were greeted yesterday with the announcement of two huge titles slated to release later this year. Division 2 wasn’t given a release date just yet, but Call of Duty: Black Ops IV will be arriving in stores on Friday, October 12th.
Activision has officially announced Call of Duty 2018 is Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, the next entry in Treyarch’s Call of Duty series.
Black Ops 4 will be released for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC worldwide on Friday, Oct. 12. Those interested in actually seeing what’s in store from the fourth entry in the Black Ops franchise can look forward to a community reveal on May 17.
No details about its campaign, multiplayer, or other modes were revealed as part of this initial announcement.
Reports and other leaks have suggested in recent weeks that this year’s Call of Duty would indeed be the next entry in Treyarch’s franchise. Reports in February suggested Black Ops 4 will tone down its sci-fi elements in favor of a “more grounded feeling” as a response to the reception of Infinite Warfare in 2016.
As for Division 2:
No real details of the game have been revealed, but we know the sequel will run on an updated version of the Snowdrop engine that powered the original Division two years ago, as well as Mario + Rabbids.
As ever, several Ubisoft studios will support the lead developer – in this case Ubisoft Annecy, Redstorm, Reflections, Ubisoft Bucharest and Ubisoft Shanghai.
On an official Division stream today, Massive said that there would be no further details until E3 2018.
Creative director Julian Gerighty has said the sequel will take “everything we learned over the past two years and applying it towards the sequel to make sure we get it right.”
This news doesn’t come as a huge surprise – while Massive has made much of its support for the original game, Managing Director David Polfeldt has previously hinted that a sequel could be on the way:
“I think it’s a wonderful, wonderful brand that has so many potential stories in it. There are a lot of things that we didn’t do in The Division 1 that are interesting to look at for that brand. I definitely think there’s lots of space for continuation which is beyond just keeping The Division online.”
