Call of Duty: Ghosts is moving to a three year development cycle of games, bumping it up from the standard two year it has been running on. 

Eric Hirshberg, president and CEO of Activision Publishing, made the announcement yesterday reported Polygon. A third game developer will be brought on board as well. joining Treyarch and Infinity Ward is Sledgehammer Games.

Sledgehammer Games will begin creating the newest CoD game this year. They previously helped out on CoD: Modern Warfare 3 along with Infinity Ward, reported Polygon.

"[The change] will give our designers more time to envision and innovate for each title," Hirshberg said reported Polygon. "It will give our content creators more focus on DLC and micro-DLC which ... have become large and high-margin opportunities and significant engagement drivers. It will give our teams more time to polish, helping to ensure that we deliver the best possible experience to our fans each and every time."

He continued, "They've demonstrated their skill on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and on their past highly rated games. They're the perfect choice to support our new approach and bring fresh ideas and creativity to this great franchise and to raise the bar for next-gen games overall."

Call of Duty has become a billion dollar franchise due to the popularity of the game's in the franchise.