[GameSpot] - Call Of Duty 2020: So, What Was In Those Mysterious Boxes?

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There was some reason to believe that Activision was finally ready to announce the next Call of Duty game for 2020, but the reveal of Black Ops: Cold War--if that is indeed this year's game--will have to wait. The mysterious boxes sent out to certain streamers and fan sites seem to contain only more teases, rather than a proper announcement.

An announcement has seemed imminent for some time, but that accelerated recently. The latest update to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone added a suspiciously Black Ops-like teaser that would randomly appear during matches, and some sites began receiving packages from Activision with contents embargoed for today. Sites like Charlie Intel are now sharing what they've found inside, and they turned out to be old slide projectors with various images.

Those images aren't exactly a Black Ops: Cold War logo or fact sheet--instead, they include what look like satellite imagery, maps, and assortments of letters, among other things. There's nothing explicitly detailing what to expect from the new Call of Duty game or even when to expect an announcement. Presumably, fans will be digging into these to uncover some secrets that await. We'll report back as more emerges, although technical issues have rendered aspects of this process more challenging than you might expect. Charlie Intel had issues with slides being out of focus, while Chaos's unit seemed to have a broken light.

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