Call of Duty 2027 seems primed for Nintendo Switch as Sledgehammer hires for devs with handheld experience

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27 November 2025

Last Updated: 27 November 2025

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has been a major disappointment for a number of reasons. There’s the unsatisfying campaign, a weaker Zombies mode than usual, and the large amount of ugly AI art that litters the game. However, for Nintendo fans, the game disappointed by simply not being on Nintendo Switch or its new successor.

When Microsoft acquired Activision, the company did so with the promise that the CoD franchise would be available on Nintendo devices for ten years. That agreement was forged in 2022, and not a single Call of Duty game has arrived on Nintendo platforms since.

However, that seems set to change with 2027’s CoD. A recent job listing for Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer Games for a Senior Technical Artist specifically mentions Nintendo’s handheld – alongside mobile – as a bonus skill that potential employees should have.

The job listing asks for “AAA Mobile or Switch experience” for the role, hinting that Sledgehammer’s next CoD title will be present on Nintendo’s handheld for the first time.

Sledgehammer Games’ next Call of Duty isn’t expected until 2027 with Infinity Ward’s project filling in for 2026. It’s not known if Infinity Ward is also targeting Nintendo platforms at the time of writing.

When the franchise does come to Nintendo platforms, the 10-year deal requires that the games will release “the same day as Xbox, with full feature and content parity.” This means that features like Warzone, Zombies and more will all be present on Nintendo’s handheld, likely meaning that it will only come to the more powerful Nintendo Switch 2.

While Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 skipped the platform this year, Microsoft and Activision claimed that they are “still committed” to bringing the franchise back to Nintendo gamers. (The last CoD to release on a Nintendo platform was 2013’s Call of Duty: Ghosts.)

Sledgehammer’s upcoming CoD project isn’t expected to be a Modern Warfare or a Black Ops title, but instead something brand-new. In the past, Sledgehammer’s title have aimed to be more experimental with the futuristic Advanced Warfare, the historical WWII, and Vanguard.

However, Sledgehammer Games is also a satellite support studio that helps with almost every CoD release. This means that next year’s Call of Duty could also be targeting Nintendo Switch hardware.

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