If recent rumors are true, Call of Duty fans have a confirmed setting for next year's entry in the series. Keeping with the established pattern of yearly releases and alternating developers, a new title in the Call of Duty series will be launching in 2024 and is being developed by Treyarch. While little official information has been revealed about the upcoming game so far, it seems that leaks and rumors are all pointing to the same location and timeframe for this installment.Since 2010, Treyarch has been developing games for the Black Ops series in the Call of Duty franchise. In 2020, it released Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War which centered around clandestine operations between the United States and Soviet Union in the 1980s. This title compared favorably to others in the Black Ops series and left fans wondering where Treyarch would go next.According to leaks on Twitter from noted Call of Duty insider Modern Warfare II Informer, Treyarch's next game in the series will be a direct sequel to Black OpsCold War and take place during the Gulf War. This assertion has since been backed up by another noted leaker, CoD_Perseus, who claimed that the Gulf War setting has been known since major Call of Duty leaks were revealed last year.
The current leaks and rumors don’t reveal anything about the plot beyond its place in the series and the conflict it will be centered around. The fates of characters from Black Ops Cold War like Adler and Perseus are still unknown, which makes it possible that they could make a return. Still, the current rumors provide more than enough information to keep fans discussing and speculating until more information comes down from Treyarch.
None of this information has been officially confirmed so far but, given the track record of those supporting these rumors, it would be reasonable for fans to take them seriously. Further, it would make logical sense for the next Black Ops game to take place during the Gulf War. Black Ops Cold War took place during the 1980s, towards the end of the Cold War and the Gulf War, which lasted from 1990 to 1991, occurred as the Cold War was coming to an end and the Soviet Union was moving towards its ultimate collapse. This would make for an interesting period to set the next Black Ops game in the timeline and would place it immediately after the events of Cold War.
A Gulf War setting would also give Treyarch a chance to depict yet another US president in the series. Nixon, Kennedy, and Reagan have all previously appeared either in a campaign or in a Zombies mode. For this title, George H.W. Bush would be president and a possible character in the story. Just how the story will play out and what characters will make an appearance this time around remains to be seen. Still, these rumors will give gamers plenty to think about and look forward to as 2024 draws nearer.