[Scarlett.]

Activision today confirmed a new Call of Duty game will launch in 2013. The news was revealed during a post-earnings financial call, where Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg also revealed the new entry in the franchise is not expected to perform as well as the record-breaking Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

"The Call of Duty franchise continues to set the bar for innovation and we expect the new Call of Duty game in development for 2013 to raise that bar even higher," Hirshberg said.

"There is increased volatility this year due to the ongoing console transition, which makes predicting the future more challenging than during normal years in the cycle. For Call of Duty, consistent with our past practices, we are planning for the mainline release in Q4 to be down versus 2012," Activision CFO Dennis Durkin added.

This unnamed game is expected to launch in Activision's fourth quarter, which runs October-December. New consoles from Microsoft and Sony are rumored to launch around the same time. Next-generation Call of Duty games are believed to be in development.

According to the latest rumor, this year's Call of Duty game will be Modern Warfare 4. No developer for the project has been named, though Treyarch can likely be ruled out, as that studio shipped Black Ops II just three months ago.

Activision currently has five studios working on Call of Duty games: Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, and Neversoft Entertainment.

Gamespot

[Black Dagger]

Another game in the series I am sure to avoid like the plague.

[Ramsay]

Wow shocking, who could of predicted that

[Marc]

I thought these games weren't very popular?

[GiRTh]

Modern Warfare 4 eh? It'll be another 50 quid game that can be completed in just a few hours.

[Jake.]

Didn't see this one coming

[BBfanUSA]

Black ops 2 story isn't half that bad to be honest. And I'm addicted to Zombies.

and before you think I bought it I didn't I rented it.

[Drew.]

first year i wont be buying COD.. GTA 5 will dominate gaming this year

[Shaun]

exciting

[Ramsay]

The Modern Warfare series is so **** compared to Black Ops too

[Me. I Am Salman]

all crappy

[Scarlett.]

They seriously need to take a break from this series

[Brother Leon]

lol Activision. Their Last two games have been ****e. Unless there is something groundbreaking it's a miss.

[Scarlett.]

What actually are their recent games? All I can remember them releasing is Call of Duty.

[Brother Leon]

Dunno what else they do. I was mentioning Mw2 and 3.

[Niall]

Infinity Ward can shove it all the Modern Warfare games are the same recycled **** now. I know everyone minas about Call of Duty but at least the Black Ops series does try to shake things up a little.