Call of Duty: Mobile is a free-to-play shooter game developed by TiMi Studio Group and published by Activision for Android and iOS. Since its release in 2019, CoD Mobile had one of the most popular mobile releases of all time, generating over $480 million and 270 million downloads within a year. The game opened up the Call of Duty-style multiplayer experience to an entire audience of players without access to high-end gaming consoles or PCs, and gave fans the chance to experience CoD on the go. However, all that may soon be coming to an end as Microsoft appears to be phasing the game out.
Frequent players of Call of Duty: Mobile may be disappointed to hear that the game might not make it to the end of 2023, as noted in some Microsoft documents discussing the future of the game. In particular, a snippet of said documents discussing the games was posted to Twitter today.
The section of the document discussing Call of Duty: Mobile specifically discusses the practicality of continuing service for the game or adding any new content to it. As the document explains, the game was developed by a subsidiary of Tencent and may create conflicts of interest for Microsoft’s business plan going forward. The document suggests that the game will not be continued to be supported outside of China.
It’s not all bad news for mobile players, however. As the document goes on to say, Call of Duty: Mobile is more than likely going to be phased out and replaced with the new Warzone Mobile, which is set to release in 2023. While Call of Duty: Mobile may be leaving, players will have a new and improved mobile CoD game to play in its wake.
Activision has not yet commented on the news.