The next Call of Duty is Modern Warfare 4 and takes place in Korea – including a rough campaign, the well-known multiplayer, and a third major mode.
This is known about the new Call of Duty: The new Call of Duty will be Modern Warfare 4 and developed by Infinity Ward. It will be released on October 23, 2026, for XBOX Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Battle.net, XBOX, and Steam.
Modern Warfare 4 will, as usual, come with 3 major game modes:
- a story campaign
- the multiplayer
- the extraction shooter DMZ
Unlike the last three predecessors Modern Warfare 3, Black Ops 6, and Black Ops 7, there will be no zombie mode this year. Additionally, the shooter will no longer be released on the last-gen consoles Xbox One and PlayStation.
Call of Duty sends North and South Korea to war
This is what this year’s Call of Duty is about: According to Infinity Ward, Modern Warfare 4 is to move again more in the direction of authentic military action, delivering a rough, intense setting with a situation where much is at stake:
A war between North and South Korea.
In part of the story campaign, you follow a South Korean task force led by Private Park, who is patrolling the streets of a city when the invasion by North Korea shakes the country. In another part, you experience the perspective of the returning Captain Price, who now operates as a rogue agent outside the system.
From then on, you will repeatedly find yourself in various locations, not only on the Korean peninsula but also in Mumbai, New York, and Paris. This is also where the maps of the multiplayer are located, which is said to undergo significant changes in gameplay this year.
MW4 puts an end to hipfire bloom
What changes in gameplay? Modern Warfare 4 changes, among other things, the way weapons shoot from the hip in Call of Duty – there is now no weapon bloom anymore.
Instead of random spread, your guns will now shoot from the hip exactly where the weapon aims, clearly recognizable by an equipped laser. This principle is intended to make hip shooting more realistic and consistent. You might know it from military simulations like Gray Zone Warfare.
Additionally, in MW4, the gunsmith will receive an upgrade. Thanks to a new quality-of-life feature, he can now create weapon builds for you. You just choose the desired weapon and whether you want a build for short, medium, or long distances. The gunsmith then determines the appropriate attachments – at least those you have already unlocked. However, for fine-tuning your firearms, you can still create your own builds according to the current meta.
In the meta builds, the apex attachments could play a major role. You unlock these at the end of the weapon progression and change the gameplay of the weapons. For example, there was an attachment that has a kind of screen on which you can track the position of enemies even when they are moving in cover.
What you need to know about the maps: At launch, the multiplayer will offer 12 maps, the locations of which you will partly see in the campaign. The major highlight is a map called “Kill Block,” which generates its layout in each round from a selection of different building blocks. This map is said to have over 500 different configurations.
What we know about the third mode: Infinity Ward has officially confirmed that Call of Duty’s extraction shooter DMZ will return with Modern Warfare 4. DMZ was first playable in 2022 with Modern Warfare 2 in the form of a beta, but support ended as early as December 2023.
Currently, we can’t say anything about the new implementation of the mode in Modern Warfare 4.
Competition invigorates business
This is what Dariusz thinks of the announcement of the new Call of Duty: I can’t exactly say how many years ago the announcement of a Call of Duty sparked my personal (not professional) interest. Although I had fun with the previous games – especially the zombie mode – I usually watch the announcements calmly, without strong emotions.
However, the material shown for Modern Warfare 4 makes me curious. The entire setting and the authentically rough atmosphere appeal to me much more than the setting of Black Ops 7. Moreover, I appreciate the gameplay and QoL changes regarding the gunsmith and hipfire.
I can’t shake the feeling that last year’s release of Battlefield 6 had an impact on this year’s Call of Duty, and Infinity Ward wanted to quickly prove that competition is fought with fists and without gloves. I’m already looking forward to Battlefield’s reaction, as we gamers can only benefit from it!
Furthermore, I have to admit that I was already a fan of DMZ in 2022. The mode was free to play back then and did what Warzone never succeeded in until the end: I enjoyed playing it. You can still read my article from 2022 on MeinMMO: I could never get into Warzone, but thanks to DMZ, I now spend many hours in CoD
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