Victor___Z (opens in new tab) tweeted out an image today showing an image from the 2017 Call of Duty: WW2 game and simply captioned the tweet with a sledgehammer emoji. This is another hint pointing towards Sledgehammer Games developing the game, which would confirm those earlier rumors from this month.

For those counting, It’s now been four years since Call of Duty: WW2 released in 2017, which was the last entry in the franchise spearheaded by Sledgehammer Games. The most recent Call of Duty games, on the other hand, have been handled by Treyarch and Infinity Ward.

It does seem strange that Sledgehammer would be returning to make what could be an incredibly similar game to WW2 that the studio already released, but perhaps this could be an effort to change things up from the modern shooters we have at the moment.

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The leak is being discussed at great length on Reddit, where people are suggesting what they want to see in the new game and guessing towards its title.

On the prospect of Sledgehammer returning to ‘try again’ with CoD WW2, one person noted: “Usually I’d be against the idea of them repeating WWII since they tried and failed it in 2017. However, I feel like this is a redemption shot. This time they’ll focus on other theatres of war, they’ll use the MW engine and make it look beautiful”.

At the moment, there’s plenty of speculation and leaks suggesting conflicting information regarding the new Call of Duty 2021. 

Commented on this, one user stepped in to back up Victor’s most recent leak about the WW2 setting: “Tom Henderson said Guerrilla Warfare. Okami said 1950s Korea. ModernWarzone said 1950s. Now Victor Z says it’s WWII? Victor Z is reliable though”.

As ever with these incessant information leaks, take it all with a pinch of salt.

As for the validity of this leaker, well, Victor has previously correctly leaked crossplay and other features which eventually headed to Modern Warfare so has something of a track record in this department.

If their claims ring true, however, is something we simply must wait for.

It’s important to note that neither Sledgehammer, Treyarch or Activision have officially confirmed anything about this unknown 2021 Call of Duty game other than it is currently in development (opens in new tab), but everything does seem to be pointing towards a World War 2 title again helmed by Sledgehammer.

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In their financial results for the first quarter of 2012, Activision took the opportunity to tout some seriously impressive numbers about their most popular series. Not only is Call of Duty still kicking some serious tush online, but Skylanders is growing as well.

“Through March 31 , players have logged more than 1.6 billion hours of online gameplay of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,” said Activision CEO Bobby Kotick in a statement recorded by VG247 (opens in new tab). “And for the quarter in North America and Europe, including the accessory packs and figures, Skylanders Spyro’s Adventures was the #3 best-selling game overall in dollars across all platforms.”

He also added that the Call of Duty series is still played (at least monthly) by 40 million users. On top of that, there are 10 million subscribers to Call of Duty Elite, 2 million of which are premium annual members.

They also added that the kid-phenomenon, Skylanders has continued to grow, and they expect it to soon top Star Wars as the number one toy franchise.

Furthermore, they added that they have bolstered Battle.net, and that World of Warcraft subscriptions have stabilized following the exodus in the wake of the release of Star Wars: The Old Republic. They’re also expecting another subscription boost when the Mists of Pandaria expansion launches.

“On May 15 Blizzard Entertainment will release the highly anticipated Diablo III and we are proud to report that pre-orders for the game worldwide have set a new record for Blizzard,” Kotick said. “For the remainder of 2012 and beyond, our product pipeline includes some of the most innovative games we have ever developed for our established franchises, including Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and all new MMORPG game, as well as Activision Publishing ‘s Skylander ‘s Giants, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and a new universe from Bungie.”

Activision may be the evil empire these days, but wow, that’s a seriously fantastic lineup of games. From Heart of the Swarm to Skylanders, they’ve got half a dozen #1 hits and even a few worldwide sensations.

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Note that the first time we saw anything like a Black Ops 2 release date teased (opens in new tab) – which was also the moment everyone threw up their hands and agreed that Activision wasn’t fooling anyone and Black Ops 2 was pretty much a definite thing – the date given was far closer, cementing suspicions that May would be when the game was officially announced for proper (it’s now scheduled for unveiling on May 1, during the NBA playoffs).

Since then we’ve seen hints of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 doing future warfare (opens in new tab), giving you a few remaining unknowns to look forward to when Activision unveils the title and the gaming world feigns polite surprise. And then, knowing CoD’s preternatural powers of publicity, we’ll all go out and reserve ourselves three copies apiece.

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