Call of Duty Patriots Release Date, Rumors: Next Game in Franchise Allegedly Takes Place During WWI

Call of Duty: Patriots is rumored to be the next game in the popular video game franchise and it is set to take place during the World War I.

Bubble News originally reported that, Call of Duty: Patriots will follow the character of Smith Black as he fights for America during WWI. This would be in stark contrast to the numerous WWII games available through the early CoD and Battlefield games, and Medal of Honor. The game will reportedly be for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

Further reports allude to the setting having a bit of a fantasy element in it as it will be an alternate version of the WWI era. The character will also be an alternate version of a past CoD character as well.

According to Bubble News, the campaign will last roughly six hours and will contain two sub-campaigns. It will be the first in a series of three games, and will allegedly launch on November 14.

MP1ST had stated the game will be announced in May, and YouTube user Drift0r claimed he saw the game when it was code named "Call of Duty: Blacksmith.

Important to note is these are all rumors and nothing has been confirmed by the studios developing the franchise.

Just last week, Sledgehammer Games revealed a preview of their next title, and it seems unrelated to the new rumors. See the leaked image here.

Sledgehammer has taken over the reigns of the popular video game franchise and is looking to make this version more real than any of the others.

"We can't talk at all about Call of Duty for this year," Sledgehammer's Michael Condrey said with his studio co-founder Glen Schofield at GDC Vault. "[Activision] said you can't show anything from Call of Duty this year, and you certainly can't show in-game rendered characters from this year's game."

The images in the slides along with the one seen above, are created using "realistic facial modeling."