Via Kotaku, Activision just a little while ago came out with various announcements concerning the future of the Call of Duty franchise.

The key notes of interest:

– New Treyarch developed COD this fall that everyone already knew about.

– New “action-adventure”-esque Call of Duty game by newly formed developer Sledgehammer Games to be released in 2011.

– This corporate speak, straight from the PR:

Activision announced it will form a “dedicated [Call of Duty] business unit that will bring together its various new brand initiatives with focused, dedicated resources around the world.” It plans to expand the Call of Duty brand “with the same focus seen in its Blizzard Entertainment business unit” placing a focus on “high-margin digital online content and further the brand as the leading action entertainment franchise in new geographies, new genres and with new digital business models.”

New digital business models doesn’t quite mean “We wanna charge you all monthly now” but, there aren’t many other things it could mean.

Oh and they also officially confirmed the departure of former Infinity Ward studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella. – The Ben