Black Ops

After years of cross-generation releases, Activision has officially announced that the next installment of the Call of Duty franchise will not be available on the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. As first reported by Eurogamer, this decision marks a significant shift for a series that has managed to accommodate last-gen consoles even as hardware technology evolved.

In a significant shift for Xbox Game Pass subscribers, the service will start featuring older titles from the Call of Duty franchise, with plans to add them beginning in 2026. Asha Sharma, the new head of Xbox, announced these changes as part of her first major communication since taking over from Phil Spencer. The news comes at a time when Xbox is also implementing a price reduction for its Game Pass services, creating a mixed bag of responses among gamers.