Looks like the last week of March, or if you want to call it, the week after Easter 2016, is starting slowly. We do not have some significant news on the airsoft and tactical community front, and OptimusPrime says that he is still slowly uploading the videos taken during the IWA Outdoor Classics 2016. If you are all still having the Monday sickness from the Easter Break, I’ll just tell you what we may expect in 2016 from the biggest franchise in the first person shooter genre --- Call of Duty.

We are expecting to hear some news in late of first quarter of the year, or early part of April, about initial details of what Activision are planning to release for the Call of Duty Franchise in November 2016, which is their tradition in releasing Call of Duty Titles. So far, I can say that details emerging are either rumours or if mentioned to be “confirmed sources”, it has not been corroborated by other reliable gaming news sites.

But the talk about the Call of Duty 2016 is around “Ghosts”, one the titles in the franchise that does not have a sequel yet. Released in 2013, it was praised for “Extinction” and multiplayer modes whilst criticized for the single player campaign which critics say is not innovative or just a rehash of features of previous COD titles. Even if it had earned over US$1 billion, “Ghosts” was underwhelming in sales when compared to “Black Ops 2” which was released in the previous year.

So now we have some news outlets reporting that “Ghosts 2” will be the COD 2016.  According to Fraghero, UK magazine Games TM has leaked “Ghosts 2”. The screenshot they provided shows a short but authoritative-sounding report that “Ghosts 2” will be what Infinity Ward will be working for the year, although so far it is only Games TM reporting that it will be a sequel of “Ghosts”.

Or will it “Bloodlines” in which other games news sites are reporting about? According to DualPixels and other sites, Activision will be developing for the Nintendo NX “Skylanders” and along with it “Call of Duty: Bloodlines”. “Bloodlines” as replacement for Ghosts still is iffy for me, if this means it still picks up from where “Ghosts” left off, and it is about the story of a family in one legendary unit.

Details are still sketchy, so until Activision or Infinity War will reveal some details later this week, others may see it an opportunity to write April Fools stories about. If they do, I just hope they will be really hilarious.

“Call of Duty: Ghosts 2” or “Call of Duty: Bloodlines”? For now, I’ll file this as “unconfirmed.”