







Call of Duty WWII is on its way to becoming one of the biggest games of the year. We previously reported on the possibility of it coming to the Nintendo Switch but E3 came and went, with plenty of surprises, yet no Switch WWII was announced.

Instead, what we got was more confusion, secrecy and hints at something going on behind the scenes.

A birdie told me

It all started when the co-lead developer from Sledgehammer Games, Michael Condrey, tweeted the following response to an eager fan:

The gaming media went wild. Surely this is a confirmation that Call of Duty isn’t coming to Switch, right? Nope. Notice the careful wording he uses, instantly transferring the heat to Activision. As previously reported on BadFive, Beenox is said to be behind the Switch version of WWII. SH Games and Michael Condrey are not at liberty to comment on the business side of Activision things. It’s not their job or their place, hence the careful statement.

Not long after Condrey’s tweet, Robert Workman from comicbook.com published an article detailing his phone conversation with an Activision representative, who asked to remain anonymous, where the following statement was made:

I contacted Mr. Workman, asking about the nature of the phone call and he confirmed that he verified the rep’s credentials. He also mentioned that this representative contacted them to specifically comment on their earlier article regarding Condrey’s tweet and asked to remain anonymous.

Lest we forget

Still with me? Good, because this is where the plot thickens.

The past 3 versions of Call of Duty skipped Nintendo consoles. In the past, when a Call of Duty game would not come out on Nintendo consoles, Activision made a press release stating that fact loud and clear. They haven’t done that for WWII. What we got instead are vague statements and reps hiding behind anonymity.

Not only does this look suspicious based on the leaks we previously reported on, but it also points to the existence of a non-disclosure-agreement (NDA) between Nintendo and Activision. Hints of this NDA surfaced when one source contacted a Beenox employee asking about CoD WWII on Switch.

The Nintendo Switch is selling like hotcakes with the company’s stock prices rising following strong sales and big E3 announcements. That’s a fact. Activision would be stupid not to put their biggest game on the hottest hardware of the year. The leaks, the vagueness, the anonymity and the lack of an official press release are all signs that Activision/Nintendo are saving Call of Duty WWII on Switch as a surprise announcement for the future. Let’s not forget, Gamescom is just around the corner.

Nintendo’s decision to push back their paid online subscription to 2018 instead of Fall 2017 may have something to do with the Call of Duty uncertainty. It wouldn’t be surprising if Call of Duty WWII launches later on Switch, in the beginning of 2018, away from Super Mario Odyssey and just in time to profit from the start of the paid subscription model for online play.