Activision has rejected Sledgehammer Games' pitch for Advanced Warfare 2 for the second time. The information comes in the wake of the terrible development of Modern Warfare III, a game Sledgehammer didn't want to make:
2015 — In development before Call of Duty: WWII, executive decision to switch to WWII
2021 — pitched after Call of Duty: Vanguard, executive decision to switch to Modern Warfare 3.