The Call Of Duty Sequel Activision Needs To Make (But Never Will)

Call of Duty is like a hydra. Though it has a core that defines all the games, the thing that allows to continue being at the top of the industry every single year is the separate sub-series that make up the brand. The longest running (and most successful) has been Black Ops, followed swiftly by Modern Warfare, but not every single attempt to get a new name off the ground has ended up being a $1billion win for publisher Activision.

From Advanced Warfare never getting a sequel to World At War being continued via spiritual successor Black Ops, there have been plenty of false starts, but it was studio Infinity Ward in particular which struggled to catch a break after originally wrapping up the Modern Warfare trilogy in 2011.

While the team initially occupied the role of lead CoD developer, an incredibly public controversy following Modern Warfare 2 saw the company haemorrhaging key staff, and needing help from support studios within Activision to rebuild. Their games suffered as a result, with Modern Warfare 3 being the weak link of the trilogy and Ghosts arguably being the worst modern Call of Duty title.

They've bounced back now with 2019's Modern Warfare reboot, which has even allowed them to leapfrog the other COD developers to the top of the pack yet again. Packed with content and completely overhauling a dated engine, MW is the groundwork all future instalments will be built off, and for good reason.

However, the studio's real comeback game actually happened three years prior to this, with 2016's Infinite Warfare...