Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Announced, releasing October 23

 Written by Omar Solanji

Key art for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, releasing October 23.

Big news coming from Activision regarding this year's entry in the Call of Duty series: on May 28, Activision announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, releasing on October 23 of this year (trailer below). 

Let's take a look at what to expect from the next Modern Warfare game.

Campaign

One of the most infamous parts of the last entry in the rebooted Modern Warfare series, Modern Warfare 3, was the very short, very under-delivering campaign.  Activision seems to try to fix that with this next entry, promising this new campaign as a "return to form" with a darker story via the official Call of Duty X account.

The campaign will see you follow multiple perspectives of a squad of South Korean grunts face a war against their will amidst a full-scale invasion, featuring the return of series veteran character John Price.

First look at John Price in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 campaign.

Multiplayer

Activision seems to be planning a lot for their multiplayer in this entry as well, claiming that gameplay is "king" in this year's multiplayer.  The development team at Infinity Ward claims to have developed the most fluid movement suite to date, with seemingly hundreds of new additions to gameplay & weapon mechanics. 

Some of the key multiplayer features include a classic perk structure, apex attachments, & two prestige paths.  A full list of key gameplay mechanics can be found in the full official Call of Duty blog post here.

A possible in-game screenshot of new movement in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.

Pre-Orders

As mentioned before, Modern Warfare 4 will be releasing this year on October 23, with pre-orders live right now on PC via Steam & Battle.Net, PS5 & Xbox Series.

A big announcement coming from pre-orders is that later this year, Modern Warfare 4 will be available for pre-order on Nintendo Switch 2, bringing the Call of Duty franchise to Nintendo platforms for the first time in 13 years, since the release of the Call of Duty: Ghosts port on the Wii U.

A deluxe Vault Edition is also available for pre-order, which comes with early access to the Open Beta & bonus in-game operators, weapons & cosmetics.

With the game releasing in only 4 months and an open beta confirmed via Vault Edition pre-orders, only one age-old question remains:  will Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 live up to the hype and potentially save the series, or is it going to be another let-down and raise the question of if the Call of Duty series needs to rest for a while?

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