The direct answer
The next Call of Duty game is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, developed by Infinity Ward with support studios, published by Activision. It was announced on May 28, 2026 and launches on October 23, 2026 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch 2. It is the 23rd mainline entry and the fourth game in the rebooted Modern Warfare sub-series. The release date, hour by hour.
If you want the current state of the game in one page, the homepage covers it, and the modes overview explains what you actually play.
What is confirmed about it
- Setting: a full-scale North Korean invasion of the South; the campaign follows Private Park and a hunted Captain Price. Campaign detail.
- Multiplayer: 12 six-vs-six maps at launch, Kill Block with 500+ layouts, the Ballistic Authority gunplay overhaul. Multiplayer detail.
- DMZ: rebuilt around the Hajin Exclusion Zone with a persistent FOB loop. DMZ detail.
- Price: $69.99 Standard, $99.99 digital-only Vault. Pricing detail.
- No last-gen versions: no PlayStation 4 or Xbox One edition exists.
The rumors that were wrong
Before May 28, 2026, the rumor mill produced a steady stream of predictions, and every concrete claim in them missed:
- "It will be announced in 2025." It was not. The reveal came May 28, 2026.
- "It will be a Ghost-focused story." No story details were public before the reveal; the actual framing belongs to Park and Price.
- "It will come to last-gen consoles." It does not. This is the first mainline entry to skip them entirely.
- "It will launch into Game Pass day one." It will not. Activision says months after launch.
The lesson is the one this wiki is built on: the official news timeline beats rumor aggregation, every time.
If you searched for something older
A large share of "next Call of Duty" searches actually mean earlier games. If you meant the 2007 classic or its remaster, the MW4 vs CoD4 page untangles it, and the franchise timeline lists all 23 mainline entries.