Activision gave us an early year bombshell Thursday afternoon with the revelation of the next title in the Call of Duty franchise: Call of Duty Black Ops IIII.

While the announcement tease was painfully short on information, featuring about five minutes of someone forging the Call of Duty Black Ops IIII logo out of steel, we did at least get an official release date: October 12, 2018 for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.

There are also credible rumors that Call of Duty Black Ops IIII will also arrive on the Nintendo Switch as well.

A growing force in the world of, well, black op gaming leaks, Marcus Sellers, tweeted back in February that the next COD title would indeed be Call of Duty Back Ops IIII and would arrive on the Switch.

COD 2018 is Black Ops 4 and is coming to PS4/Xbox/PC/Switch. It is set in the modern times and is boots on the ground. The Switch version will support DLC, HD Rumble and motion controls. The Switch version is also being ported by a company which is familar with COD games.

— Marcus Sellars (@Marcus_Sellars) February 4, 2018

A full gameplay reveal for Call of Duty Black Ops IIII will take place on May 17th.

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