Rumour: Switch References In Call Of Duty Site Code Start Chins A-Waggin'

I wish, but I highly doubt it, they would have already put something on the switch!

Neeeever gonna happen. The only Western support Switch gets is mid tier titles from the larger publishers and and everything from mid tier ones.

And sometimes not even that...

wag wag wag wag wag.

Yeah, this isn't proof of it coming to the Switch. As you literally point out in the article, that media-query there is to do with how the website renders when viewed on Switch (why they're doing that in the first place, who knows). The JavaScript file even mentions 3DS which doesn't have a single CoD title.

Could Modern Warfare be coming to the Switch? Possibly, given that this game will have been in development long enough to see how successful Switch sales are to make that decision. But this isn't proof.

It's just some JS to set screen sizes for various Nintendo consoles. There are references to Wii U and 3DS on the left, so 3DS and Wii U CoD confirmed?

I very much doubt we will ever get anything Call of Duty related on the Switch, not even a spinoff game created for the hardware - something even the Vita managed to get, even if it was crap.

However I guess we will find out later today when the new Call of Duty is revealed.

If Switch ever gets COD it’ll probably be a free to play battle royale version like the Switch version of Fortnite.

They should just do CoD Online for consoles and PC globally already.

To be fair, don't really care about the Call of Duty games and never have.
If others want it fair enough and good luck to you.

It’s only a matter of time till Cod comes to Switch. It won’t be one of the newer games, but one of the last gen titles. Performance will likely be underwhelming, but better than some of the knockoffs already on the Eshop.

Looks to me like they left something in there for a dodgy hacker to find, then they get some fake news for free!

@Knuckles-Fajita like mk11?

Well I don't personally care but it will be good to have one for the interested ones.

But for me the most relevant thing is to see the name Cobalt before the switch references.... (P.s: I know it is a color... Just kidding here)

@BulkSlash

This

With the amount of Switch consoles out there and the way it's selling I would not be surprised to see some call of duty content at some point,it's all down to money at the end of the day.

And developers will already have Switch Pro specs/kits if the rumors of a more powerful Switch model turn out to be true,so It's not beyond belief.

i loved to be proven wrong. but, i don't see it happening.

All I want from CoD is just a survival mode like from CoD: MW3 or CoD:BO 1 zombies mode. Just give me that and I will play your game over 500 hours.

Under the Nintendo Switch reference it also mentions “killswitch.” Sooo, confirmation that Activision wants to kill the Switch. 😜

I would get it because it would be call of duty on switch. You know exactly what to expect, a solid playing FPS. And even though I haven’t bought any since Wii U, I would get it day 1.

Veeeeery easy to debunk.
Note how the references are to a file named "base.js".
I looked at the site and saw where the base.js file was loaded from.
The answer: https://www.youtube.com/yts/jsbin/player_ias_remote_ux-vflNZHfVl/en_US/base.js

Yep, it's not even code written by Activision, but part of Youtube's embedded player!

Modern warfare 2 was the best cod, the rest suck

What it may very well mean, considering the Wii U and 3DS references on the side, is that Switch will have a running, accessible web browser. That's actually better news to me personally, than getting an overblown macho global American terrorism simulator.
Unless it's WaW remake or something, I might enjoy revisiting that one. A quick cash grab (for the publishers and shareholders at least) to make up for the losses made through -forgive the expression- milking this cow bloody.

Hey, NintendoLife. Just ask your web designer what this code means and they will debunk this story for you. Job done.

Call of duty mobile ported to switch?

If it’s Call of Duty mobile port that would make sense

@Knuckles-Fajita I don't know about that, Bethesda seems to be supporting the Switch with some nice AAA content..

It appeals to children, so it would make sense.
Not interested in playing it or the 100 other identical bullet sponge emulators.

This means nothing.

I highly doubt CoD is coming to Switch.

Not giving up hope on this one, but something of a 'remaster' of some of the older titles could happen. Other than that, I still love how many people on this site were picking on all COD fans and saying how they 'didn't care' about the game coming, and now it's a different story!

Anyways, they definitely need some of the first-player shooters for their console to get even more attention to it. I'm not a fan of this genre, but it apparently helps sales with the other consoles. Maybe Modern Warfare will get the remaster like it did on the others, but even that took up 64GB of space to download on the PS4, so it'll be something different to see if, and if it actually happens for even a new title in the franchise, this could be the first game for Switch that would have a possible 2x cartridges in the case.

@Balta666 That made me chuckle. Here's an internet cookie.

Curious that so many folks are sure that a CoD would never be on Switch. With Doom and Wolfenstein present, there's really no reason to believe it could never happen.

@Knuckles-Fajita Only mid-tier titles from big publishers and everything from mid tier ones?

You realise when you factor in indies too that's the vast majority of the industry right?

I seriously doubt we'll see a new mainline entry come to the Switch alongside the XStation versions, but maybe an exclusive, watered down entry, similar to the one the Vita got. Or, even more likely, a port of an older game. I would not be opposed at all to a collection of some of the first COD games, the WW1 /2 entries...

Doesn't this happen almost every year, that the Switch version is hinted at by a websites source code but not actually happening.

I, for one, would not hold my breath until an official announcement.

Literally couldn’t care less

Make single player focussed game exclusively for switch or even just remastered original cod.

I just care about split screen Shipment.

@HobbitGamer
Exactly, I'm sure alot of people didn't see those 2 titles ever being on the Switch and thankfully they are.

Is settle for a straight up port of CoD4: Modern Warfare remastered. That was the last good CoD game.

Here we clickbait again...

Edit: It's possible a CoD game will come to Switch, but this is weak "evidence".

I don't want a port of a recent COD title crammed onto the Switch. I do want a COD on the Switch, but one actually made for the Switch with the capabilities for the Switch in mind. I am not talking about joy-con gimmicks or wannabe VR, I am talking about the performance of the Switch. The best looking and best running games on the Switch are, almost always, those actually built for the system.

I don't buy that the Switch audience isn't interested in a conventional military style FPS. We just want one actually tailored to the system. Not a reworked mobile port, and a dumbed down PS4 port with half the game modes and features removed.

World of Call of Duty Maxima

@Knuckles-Fajita support from traditional 3rd-parties is really weak indeed

@Heavyarms55 like the Vita got? No thank you!

Good luck! 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾Will need all of it.

To play it at 25fps with crazy dynamic resolution kicking in every other scene... get locked out of the main community... use an "in-beta" online service with phone based chat.

Pay whoever they need to pay off with that cash - and Make a new Spyro for Switch instead.

Too late, I already lost interest in the Call of Duty series at this point.

I just want the remake of modern warfare and a remake of world at war.

For the love of... why didn't you just ask a coder? Window.matchmedia(query) is a query to the browser to ask if it meets those specification. That means they just optimized the site to be viewed on Switch.

Guys I'm a website developer for a living. Hate to burst your collective bubbles but that's literally code for how the website is rendered on the screen, NOT a confirmation of anything.

@nintendork64 @link3710 You guys do know the Switch doesn't have a web browser, right? (But you're right as well, though)

After the Persona 5 Royal debacle, I'm convinced that developers intentionally put references to Switch in the code to hype those that solely own Switches to get the game before the game is unveiled

It's a sadistic move but it is admittedly kinda funny
I'm gonna offend a lot of people by saying this

UPDATE: Yeah I was right, but I'm still gonna catch a lot of heat for this

@sanderev Yeah the web browser isn't accessible (though it does exist and get use for things like the eshop), which is intriguing in and of itself. My guess is it's a mix of future proofing and/or covering their bases. This looks to be a generic class used across many locations. It may have just been future proofed in case any of these pages do get exposed to the Switch via it's internal browser (which exists, just isn't accessible through normal means) through some game or other.

I just want another Brothers In Arms game

As expected, the game was not confirmed for Switch.

@graysoncharles Magic. Ofcourse.

I mean, it does have a browser but not one accessible on a normal manner i.e. no way to enter a url or go to a different website than those programmed.

would be cool if they added World at war to the switch

@westman98 yep but this site got its clicks so all is well in the world.

@koekiemonster @graysoncharles I never played the Vita game since I never owned a Vita (nothing against it, just at the time I was a college student with very little disposable income). What I really mean though is simply a "traditional" military shooter, with a campaign and an online multiplayer with the usual modes, deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag etc.

What I mean by "built for the Switch's capabilities" is built with the Switch's graphical and processing levels in mind. Full fledged COD titles have been made and been very fun on much older hardware and there is no reason they can't be made for the Switch. No reason outside laziness or unwillingness.

COD on Vita was terrible, single player campaign was non-existent. LOL, maybe they will remaster that

I would like a cod on switch as I do feel it’s missing a proper multiplayer FPS but I doubt we will get the new cod. If we do get one it’ll be a port of an older one, maybe from black ops 3 (I’m the only person who loved that game) backwards, or more than likely it’ll be cod mobile.

@nuovian And this rumor is even more discredited just because there is no reason to trust ones about COD on Switch anymore; remember when Black Ops 4's battle royale was coming? Or even further back, some people said we were going to be getting a version of WWII. To top it all off, there was, of course, that Cadence of Hyrule site code leak earlier this week that shows us that leaks of this type of source are fishy and fruitless.

Things very similar happened with WW2 and Black ops 3. I hope you guys could remember that.

Give it up already. Doesn’t matter how popular the Switch is, Activision aren’t going to put a CoD game on it.

@Dman10 it was there. It just was unbelievable hard (second level).

Yeah not happening. Fact that the Playstation and Xbox Youtube Channels have the new trailer but the Nintendo one doesn't is further proof in the pudding (waiting for the but Nintendo will announce it in their Direct.... WHY????)

So who knows? Everyone...now and the majority before.

As mentioned in the article, it truly is just code for formatting. The Wii U and 3DS are also listed, so no surprise there. That's about as much code that will be written for Nintendo hardware by Activision's incompetent devs.

Edit: I know they brought over the crash games, but that's only because of a dedicated programmer that actually likes the system. See? Just one competent developer there.

@graysoncharles @sanderev Actually you can. For instance, here's how you can easily access Facebook (I've done it before and it works but not sure if they've updated the page since then):

When you go into the screen to hook up your Facebook account, instead of typing in your username or password, use your controller to click on one of the Facebook links on the screen instead (privacy policy, terms, etc.). From there, you can go back to the Facebook home page by clicking on the Facebook logo using your controller. This will take you to the login screen. Go ahead and log in. This will keep you in the browser and allow you to use Facebook on the Switch.

There's also a way to do it in the system settings, but I honestly can't remember how it's done.

In an old version of the Switch OS, the eShop had an issue pulling up after losing the internet connection and I was able to do it there as well (since the eShop is essentially a PWA mobile app in disguise as @link3710 kind of alluded to). Again, this may have also been patched. I'm sure if you experiment, you might be able to find a way to get it to work.

@nintendork64 Sure, they made a website especially for people that take that route to access their website.

@koekiemonster
COD Declassified single player mission lasted anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes each. Excuse for short levels was because it was for on the go experience, but being able to put you Vita in a sleep mode eliminated a need for short levels. And I remember there were maybe 10 levels? There were no in between level movies to get you excited or in-game movies (and Vita could do it). I said no single player (maybe embelished that) because I really would not call this half baked travesty single player.

@sanderev That's exactly what happened here. The code does not lie.