It might be over a year away, but it's never too soon to get excited about Call of Duty 2024 (which we believe will be called Black Ops 5 or Black Ops Gulf War). We don't have much official info yet, but we do already have a couple of leaks.
Are you an Infinity Ward fan or a Treyarch kind of guy? Based on your answer to that question we can probably already tell what kind of CoD player you are (and no, we don't believe anyone is genuinely a Sledgehammer fan).
Now, the Infinity Ward fans have been eating real good over the last couple of years, because with MW2 and MW3 they effectively had two IW games in a row. But, in 2024 it will be time for Treyarch to take the reins again with Black Ops Gulf War / BO5 (the name is yet to be confirmed).
So, if you like Black Ops games with their traditionally higher TTK and more vibrant art style, keep reading. In this article you can find all the latest news and leaks regarding CoD 2024. We scrape Reddit, Twitter and Telegram every day for new info, so you can be sure these are the most current leaks.
CoD 2024 Release Date
We don't have an official release date for CoD 2024 yet, but Activision have been following the exact same schedule for so many years that it's almost certainly going to look something like this:
- May 31 - June 7, 2024: Black Ops Gulf War Alpha (exclusively for content creators & CDL pros)
- October 4 - October 7, 2024: Black Ops Gulf War Beta Weekend 1 (PS4/PS5)
- October 11 - October 14, 2024: Black Ops Gulf War Beta Weekend 2 (All Platforms)
- November 1, 2024: Black Ops Gulf War Campaign Early Access
- November 8, 2024: Black Ops Gulf War Full Release
We will update these dates if necessary when Activision give us further details.
CoD 2024 Theme & Setting
As you might have already guessed, Call of Duty 2024 will be set during the Gulf War. If you're unfamiliar with the Gulf War, we're talking about Kuwait in 1990-1991.
Dozens of leakers have revealed this setting, and it was always somewhat predictable after BOCW. Here is how our favorite leaker shared the news:
— Ralph (@RalphsValve) June 27, 2023
Ralph isn't the most active leaker, but what he does say is almost always correct. Plus, we've heard about the Gulf War setting from many, many other sources at this point, so we firmly believe it.
In terms of art style we don't have any specific leaks, although we think you should expect it to be similar to BOCW; still maintaining the vibrancy that we've come to expect from Treyarch, but not to the almost cartoony extent of say Black Ops 3.
CoD 2024 Gameplay
Before we talk about gameplay leaks we want to be very clear: None of the leakers with serious credibility have spoken about gameplay, and so we would classify the following info as merely "rumor". But if you are still curious, they've basically been describing it like a slow BOCW: high-TTK and sliding/dolphin-diving, but very little Tac Sprint,
Here's a good bullet point list of the gameplay details from a small-time leaker who goes by the name "ModernWarfare2Informer":
Call of Duty 2024 NEWS: Sequel to Cold War, set in the gulf war. Multiplayer is planned just to be 6v6. The TTK is similar to BO4. Sliding is in the game... Tac Sprint only lasts a few seconds.STAY TUNED for updates by FOLLOWING @CODMW2Informer
— Modern Warfare II Informer (@CODMW2Informer) April 2, 2023
It's a boots-on-the-ground CoD from Treyarch. If you've been around the franchise for long enough, you can probably image how it plays. But we'll keep updating this page with leaks if new gameplay details emerge.
CoD 2024 Platforms
The Activision-Microsoft deal might be finalized by release, but even if it is, Microsoft have guaranteed PlayStation-users that they will still get CoD. We also know that Nintendo consoles are simply not powerful enough to run modern Call of Duty games. We can therefore assume that Call of Duty 2024 will be released on PS5, Xbox Series X/S & PC.
There is a small chance that the game is released on the old-gen consoles as well, although the last time Call of Duty was being released cross-gen that only lasted for 3 years (Ghosts, AW, BO3), and so we expect the last cross-gen title of this generation to be MW3, not CoD 2024.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, was everything we know about Call of Duty 2024. We keep this article updated, so stop back in a few months if you want to keep a tab on this game.
We're praying that none of the CoD 2024 protagonists act like this in the campaign...