Beenox Confirmed Working on PC Port for Call of Duty 2026

Beenox, the Québec City studio formally responsible for every Call of Duty PC port since 2018, has been confirmed for the PC version of COD 2026, with Xbox insider Klobrille flagging the studio's involvement on Bluesky.

The confirmation adds texture to what is already known through leaker channels. TheGhostOfHope reported before the end of 2024 that Infinity Ward is leading development on the title, making it the fourth entry in the studio's Modern Warfare reboot timeline, following Modern Warfare (2019), Modern Warfare II (2022), and Modern Warfare III (2023). TheGhostOfHope also noted the game is being built for the next generation of Xbox and will not support PS4 or Xbox One, unlike COD 2025. Neither Activision nor Microsoft has officially confirmed any details.

Beenox's road to becoming the franchise's dedicated PC studio is one of the more interesting origin stories in Activision's development network. Dominique Brown founded the studio in Québec City in May 2000 originally to develop games for Apple's Mac platform. The studio's name came from a chemistry class: Brown wrote the word at random in a notebook, deliberately including the 'X'. Activision acquired Beenox on May 25, 2005, and the studio operated under Brown's leadership until December 2012, when his departure shifted its focus from original development to support and porting work.

Call of Duty entered the picture in 2015, when Beenox handled the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Black Ops III. The studio then assisted Raven Software on Modern Warfare Remastered, and by 2018 had become the formally designated PC port studio for the entire franchise, working alongside Blizzard Entertainment. Beenox stepped up as lead studio on Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered in 2020 and also developed content for Warzone maps including Caldera and Rebirth Island. As recently as November 2025, Beenox and Treyarch jointly revealed the PC system requirements for Black Ops 7.

That operational scope reflects real staffing investment. Beenox now employs approximately 400 developers, with more than 150 hired since 2021, and opened a second office in Montreal to support continued franchise growth. Studio Head Nour Polloni said the Montreal expansion was intended to "broaden creative perspective and bring even more diversity to development."

The studio's name has also been surfacing in a completely different conversation. In early November 2025, Beenox briefly updated its official X banner with a montage that included an unannounced piece of artwork: Crash Bandicoot riding a kart, rendered using Crash's character model from Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (2020), a design that post-dates the studio's acclaimed 2019 remaster Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled. The image went viral and was quickly replaced with a standard Black Ops 7 promotional banner. Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled earned widespread acclaim for its faithful recreation of the 1999 original, adding every track and character from Crash Nitro Kart alongside a full slate of post-launch Grand Prix events. The franchise has now produced 23 games since its 1996 PlayStation debut, with Crash Team Rumble the most recent in 2023. Since Microsoft completed its Activision Blizzard acquisition in late 2023, fans have been waiting for any sign of a new Crash title under Xbox ownership, and the briefly glimpsed kart artwork has only sharpened that anticipation.

For COD 2026, the picture is already clearer: Beenox is on the PC version, and if a next-gen-only build is coming, the studio's seven-year track record of keeping the franchise's PC experience competitive suggests the platform transition is in practiced hands.