Xbox’s Starfield-style “Redacted Direct” is almost certainly for Call of Duty

It looks like Call of Duty is the “beloved franchise” Xbox is teasing for a Summer Game Fest deep dive

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TheXbox Games Showcase for 2024has been confirmed, andMicrosoftis teasing a big deep dive on an unannounced game in the style of last year’sStarfield Direct. The small teaser all but confirms this “Redacted Direct” is for the next Call of Duty game – rumored to beBlack Ops 6.

Xboxdescribesthis Redacted Direct as “a special deep-dive into the next installment of a beloved franchise” that will air immediately after the Xbox Games Showcase on June 9. A teaser image shows a shield-style logo with three dog heads in orange, overlaying an image of the US capitol building. If you zoom in real close on the lower right of that image, you’ll see a not-quite-fully-concealedActivisionlogo.

After theXbox Activision deal, Microsoft says this will be the “first Showcase featuring games from our portfolio of studios across Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda andXbox Game Studios.” Call of Duty is traditionally an annual franchise, so it’d be a real shocker if we didn’t get a game this year, and the 2024 Xbox Showcase would make perfect sense as a venue for that announcement.

On top of that, previous rumors had suggested thatCall of Duty 2024 would be another Black Ops game, and the orange and black color scheme of this teaser matches the aesthetics of that subseries. If all the official hints aren’t enough for you, Tom Warren atThe Vergeis reporting from inside sources that the Direct is definitely looking COD-shaped.

The Showcase - and the rest of theSummer Game Fest schedule for 2024- will certainly tells about a lot ofupcoming Xbox Series X gamesto look forward to.

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