Those basketballs probably won’t be part of the final logo (Picture: Twitter)

Some people outside Activision have already seen this year’s new Call Of Duty, as Activision show the game off at the NBA Summer League.

The public reveal for Call Of Duty 2023 is likely only weeks away now, as Activision has already demonstrated the game to a bunch of NBA basketball players in the US, during a promotional event in Las Vegas.

This is not the first time they’ve done something like this, as last year Modern Warfare 2 was debuted to a group of NFL players. Although it’s not clear what Activision gains from such an exercise as nothing substantial has leaked out in either instance.

Footage of people milling about outside the event has appeared online, but the only playable games seem to be Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone – suggesting they were probably only shown a trailer.

Although nothing official has been announced it’s widely believed that this year’s game is called Modern Warfare 3, with even the judge in the Xbox vs. FTC case referring to it as that.

That’s unusual though, because Call Of Duty games usually rotate between sub-franchises each year. In this case, it’s believed that the game originally started as DLC and was beefed up to a full game because Activision didn’t want to go a year without a full release.

Previous rumours have suggested that the game is being made by Vanguard developer Sledgehammer Games, not Modern Warfare’s Infinity Ward, and will be publicly unveiled in August.

Although few specifics about the game itself have been leaked, it will apparently have the usual campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies modes – as well as a new map, called Las Almas, for Warzone.

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The release date is believed to be November 10, with Activision apparently looking to avoid the traffic jam of new releases in mid-October.

Presumably there’s now a bunch of NBA players that know a bit more than just that, but so far they don’t seem to have revealed any new information themselves.

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Some people outside Activision have already seen this year’s new Call Of Duty, as Activision show the game off at the NBA Summer League.