Call of Duty moving to 3-year development cycle: Modern Warfare 3 co-developer is making 2014 game

Every Call of Duty from this point forward is gonna get just a little bit longer in the oven.

Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 co-developer Sledgehammer Games is the team responsible for the next entry in the popular shooter franchise, which will debut in 2014. That means that the publisher now has three teams — Sledgehammer, Infinity Ward (Ghosts), and Treyarch (Black Ops II) — making Call of Duty titles. Each developer will have three years to make their game.