Microsoft has said it’s committed to bringing Call of Duty to Nintendo Switch, and it could be coming as soon as next year. Reporter Jez Corden said “the first CoD Switch version is nearly done.”
He added that the game, whatever it is, will launch “in a few months.”
In another post, Corden said the release may not be “close” but it’s “on the way” for a 2026 release. He added that the game is “hitting milestones,” which is a reference to how a game is proceeding through development.
It remains to be seen if the reported Call of Duty game for Switch is a port of an existing Call of Duty game, like Black Ops 7 or Warzone, or a new title.
In 2022, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said there was “definitely” work to be done to get Call of Duty running on Switch. Since then, Nintendo has released the more powerful Switch 2.
In 2023, amid the FTC vs. Microsoft court case, Microsoft said it had signed a “binding 10-year legal agreement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo players.” The statement said Microsoft would launch Call of Duty on Nintendo platforms “the same day as Xbox, with full features and content parity.”
Then in June 2025, a spokesperson for Activision said, “We’re committed to getting the [Call of Duty] franchise on Switch,” adding that both Microsoft and Activision were working on making it happen. The companies never set any expectations for a release window, however.
If a Call of Duty game is indeed coming to Switch, one possible venue for its announcement could be the January 2026 Xbox Developer Direct.
Activision has skipped Nintendo platforms for Call of Duty for more than a decade, as the last Call of Duty release on a Nintendo platform was a port of Call of Duty: Ghosts for Wii U in 2013. Call of Duty has a long, strange history on Nintendo platforms.
Since Microsoft acquired Activision and the Call of Duty series, the company has continued to release new Call of Duty games on PlayStation day-and-date with the Xbox and PC versions.
GameSpot has contacted Activision in an attempt to get more details on Call of Duty’s future on Switch.