Infinity Ward is engaged on a “next gen” game, so new consoles might launch in 2019

We all know the present console technology is winding down, however the subsequent might begin as quickly as subsequent 12 months, based on a latest job posting by Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward.

“Come work with the game industry’s brightest on an exciting, unannounced next gen title,” the posting reads. Given that Call of Duty is an annual collection, and it’s Infinity Ward’s ‘turn’ subsequent, we could possibly be seeing new consoles as early as subsequent 12 months.

Sony and Microsoft have been pretty silent about what their subsequent technology of {hardware} will appear like, however there have been hints right here and there. In a latest interview with the UK’s Financial Times (paywall), Sony president Kenichiro Yoshida mentioned “at this point, what I can say is it’s necessary to have a next-generation hardware.” This comes after Microsoft’s E3 2018 presentation, the place Xbox boss Phil Spencer confirmed the corporate is “deep into architecting” a number of next-gen consoles.

Sony’s resolution final month not to carry a PlayStation Experience this 12 months might additionally trace that it’s getting ready to launch new {hardware}. According to GI.biz, Sony’s Shawn Layden mentioned “we wouldn’t have enough to bring people all together in some location North America to have that event. We don’t want to set expectations really high and then not deliver on that.”

What does all this imply for PC? Given that CD Projekt Red has mentioned Cyberpunk 2077 will target the current console generation, it’s yet one more signal that it could possibly be upon us very quickly. And, since the following gen will continue to look similar to PCs under the hood, we will hopefully look ahead to one other technology of respectable ports.

That mentioned, cloud performance seems to be set to determine within the subsequent consoles fairly closely. With Google getting into the ring with Project Stream, and Microsoft saying its Project xCloud, we could possibly be seeing a decline within the want for high-end PC {hardware}.

You can take a look at Infinity Ward’s job posting on LinkedIn here (through SegmentNext). The winding down of this console technology brings with it a slew of hypothesis, however till one thing concrete is introduced hypothesis is what it is going to stay. Still, it’s enjoyable to think about what new tech is on the horizon.