Not much is known about the next "Call of Duty" game beyond the fact that it will happen, but there are some fairly solid rumors floating around. For example, the title: Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War. Activision confirmed that the rumor is true in its Q2 FY2020 financial results released today, revealing that the game is being developed by Treyarch and Raven.

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" and "Warzone" continue to be highly successful, with "Modern Warfare" sales continuing to grow primarily through upgrades from the free-to-play "Warzone" battle royale, Activision said in its earnings slideshow. Net in-game sales, primarily from DLC and microtransaction purchases, also more than doubled quarter-over-quarter and are about five times higher than in the same period last year.

All of this reveals a relevant piece: Activision's direct, digital relationship with this expanded community as it delivers the next premium release of Call of Duty from Treyarch and Raven Software continue to build on this relationship.

It is somewhat unusual to see Raven credited as a co-developer for the new "Call of Duty," as Raven has been involved in the development of numerous "Call of Duty" games dating back to the original "Black Ops," but as a support studio has focused primarily on multiplayer. I've always found that a little disappointing, since Raven's standalone games like "Quake 4," "Wolfenstein," and "Singularity" have always been pretty good: not genre-defining, but reliable and satisfying shooters like a really good meatloaf. It was a reliable and satisfying shooter, like a good meatloaf. So it's nice to see it get a little spotlight here.

Interestingly, one of the reasons there has been so little information on the new "Call of Duty" so far seems to be the "warzone," which Activision seems to be focusing more on to directly interact with the "Call of Duty" fan base.

"Warzone in particular is not only a great gaming experience, but also a great platform to share new franchise news and information directly with the community, which we have not done before," Activision President Rob Kostich said during today's earnings call.

"This is also a big, positive change for us in the way we think about our business ....... [As for why we've waited so long [to reveal details], we have and we haven't. But I think it is Warzone." That caused us to reconsider how, when, and where we will reveal our upcoming title.

However, Kostich said that internal testing of the campaign and multiplayer modes is well underway and that "I think we'll have more details on this pretty soon."