Call Of Duty Leaves PS4 After Over a Decade

Call of duty is moving past PS4: Activision said on Monday that the next game is not being developed for the console. The franchise has stayed on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for over a decade, so this is the clean break readers who still use last-gen hardware have been waiting to see.

Monday’s PS4 denial

The official Call of Duty account cut off the weekend rumor cycle with two lines: “Not sure where this one started, but it’s not true,” and “The next Call of Duty is not being developed for PS4.” That directly answers the platform question and narrows the next release to current-gen systems and PC.

Over the weekend, leaker Alaix said Modern Warfare 4 was “currently being playtested on PS4,” which set off the opposite expectation. Activision did not address the title in its post, and the game’s official name is still unconfirmed, so the only hard detail now is the platform shift away from PS4.

June reveal window

This summer, the next Call of Duty is expected to be officially revealed, likely during the Xbox Games Showcase in June. That timing gives the publisher a short runway to reset expectations before marketing starts in earnest, and it also keeps the discussion focused on what the game will ship on rather than what it might still support.

Call of Duty will no longer release day and date on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, adding another sign that the franchise is being repositioned around a different launch model. For players, the practical takeaway is simple: anyone still on PS4 should not assume the next entry will be playable on that hardware.

Xbox Games Showcase in June

The reveal is the next checkpoint. Until then, the franchise’s first clear platform decision in this cycle is the one Activision put on social media Monday: the next Call of Duty is not for PS4.