Call of Duty beats Battlefield 1 as the most anticipated new release, according to study

Despite what the YouTube Likes and Dislikes might imply, Call of Duty is still hotly anticipated.

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is the most-anticipated upcoming video game release, according to a survey performed by analysts at financial firm Piper Jaffray (via Investors.com). This latest entry in publisher Activision’s long-running military-shooter franchise will take players into space and a hard sci-fi setting when it hits Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC November 4. Pipar Jaffray analyst Michael Olson claims that these findings suggest Activision’s marquee franchise will perform well in the $99.6 billion global gaming industry despite some suspicion that players were ready to move on from the series after more than a decade of annual releases.