Call of Duty Switch 2 launch still has no update despite Xbox deal

Nintendo fans waiting for a modern Call of Duty on Switch 2 are still staring at an empty calendar. The console launched on June 5, 2025 without the franchise among its announced titles, and the latest word from the series remains silence, not a date, a trailer, or a platform confirmation.

That silence lands harder because Microsoft made a specific promise in February 2023. Microsoft and Nintendo signed a binding 10-year legal agreement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo players, with the same-day release as Xbox and full feature and content parity. It was part of Microsoft’s broader effort to address antitrust concerns around the Activision Blizzard acquisition, and it was framed as a long-term commitment, not a maybe. More than three years later, the gap between that pledge and the current state of play is impossible to miss.

There has been movement behind the scenes, just not the kind players can download. In June 2025, Activision said it and Nintendo were still working on bringing Call of Duty to Switch. A spokesperson told IGN, “We’re committed to getting the franchise on Switch. Both teams are working on it. Will share details when ready.” Kotaku’s Ethan Gach also reported in June 2025 that sources said Microsoft and Nintendo were still working on getting Call of Duty onto Nintendo hardware and would announce something in the future. Even so, the Black Ops 7 reveal did not include Nintendo platforms, leaving Switch 2 owners with no public sign that a release window is close.

The most plausible reading of the delay is also the most mundane one: the companies are still trying to make the promise fit the hardware and the release plan. “Same day” and “feature parity” are easy to say in a legal agreement, harder to deliver on a handheld system that needs to stand beside Xbox versions without feeling stripped down. What players should not infer is cancellation. What they also should not infer is urgency. The last Call of Duty game on a Nintendo console was Call of Duty: Ghosts on Wii U in 2013, and that long absence still defines the franchise’s relationship with Nintendo hardware.

For now, the story is not that Microsoft never promised Call of Duty on Nintendo platforms. It is that Nintendo fans were promised a future, Switch 2 is already here, and the future still has no launch day attached.