Black Ops story arcCall of Duty: World at WarMain article:
, developed by Treyarch, is the fifth installment of the main series and a prologue to Black Ops. It returns to the World War II setting of earlier titles. It is set in the and of World War II. The game uses the same proprietary game engine as Call of Duty 4. Call of Duty: World at War was released for the PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 consoles and the handheld in North America on November 11, 2008, and November 14, 2008 in Europe. As of June 2009, Call of Duty: World at War has sold over 11 million copies.
Call of Duty: Black OpsMain article:
is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for release on November 9, 2010. It is the seventh installment of the Call of Duty series, the third game in the series to be developed by Treyarch, and the first game to take place during the , partially in the . It was initially available for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3; later it was also released for the as well as the Nintendo DS.
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIMain article:
Black Ops II was revealed on May 1, 2012.Black Ops II was the first game in the Call of Duty franchise to feature settings and weapons.
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIMain article:
Call of Duty: Black Ops III is an upcoming 2015 video game, developed by and published by . On April 9, 2015, Activision released a teaser entitled #backinblack, later confirming it to be a new entry in the Black Ops story arc and that the game will be released in 2015. The game is set in a "dark, twisted future".
Teasers have been released beginning with Snapchat links appearing in the gameplay of Black Ops II as well as a teaser video released by Treyarch and analyzed repeatedly within its first 24 hours of release. On April 26, 2015, the first reveal trailer for the game was released and revealed the return of the Zombies mode and beta access for people that pre-order the game for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. It will be released on November 6, 2015.
Ghosts story arcCall of Duty: GhostsMain article:
is the tenth main installment in the series, and was developed at . The game was released on November 5, 2013.
Advanced Warfare story arcCall of Duty: Advanced WarfareMain article:
Advanced Warfare was released in November 2014.
Before being switched to become the co-developers of Modern Warfare 3, Sledgehammer Games were already working on a Call of Duty game. This game was announced before Modern Warfare 3 and after Black Ops, however, no details were released. The game was said to be an action-adventure first-person shooter video game. A Call of Duty was also rumored to be in development. Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg later stated that Modern Warfare 3 was not the same title as Sledgehammer Games' action-adventure Call of Duty game. When asked if the action-adventure game was also in development, Hirshberg then stated that the Sledgehammer team was fully focused on Modern Warfare 3 and that their own title had been put on hold.
Rotation
In 2006, Treyarch launched their first official Call of Duty game to the main series, Call of Duty 3 and is now a primary developing team for the series. Treyarch and Infinity Ward went by a contract to confirm that there will be a rotation every year of who produces the next upcoming title. In 2010, Sledgehammer Games announced they were working on a title to appear in the main series of Call of Duty. This game was postponed in order to help Infinity Ward produce Modern Warfare 3. In 2014, it was confirmed that Sledgehammer Games would produce the 2014 title, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Instead of the two-year rotation between Infinity Ward and Treyarch, there is now a three-year rotation starting from Infinity Ward, Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013), Sledgehammer Games, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014), and Treyarch, Call of Duty: Black Ops III(2015).
