More and more information about the multiplayer part of the shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare suggests a “light MMO” service game. However, Activision Blizzard has shown nothing about it so far. While they promise a massive multiplayer world, they have only shown a 2vs2 mode so far.
What has been shown of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare so far? When the shooter was announced, the focus was on the story mode, which is the single-player campaign. This is supposed to tell an intense and emotional story. The presentation has so far focused on two missions.
However, CoD: Modern Warfare will also feature multiplayer modes. Only the fast 2-vs-2 Gunfight mode and larger PvP modes have been shown. Additionally, multiplayer and single-player are supposed to be linked. Characters from the story will also appear in the multiplayer mode.
Nevertheless, the multiplayer part of the shooter remains the big mystery. It is supposed to be huge with gigantic maps for a large number of players. The promise from February was a “large and sprawling multiplayer world.”
At investor conferences, the heads of Activision Blizzard repeatedly give scattered hints that we can expect a kind of “light MMO”, meaning an online game mode that is somewhat reminiscent of an MMO.
There are huge ambitions and plans for the new Call of Duty.
More DLCs than any other CoD
What are the latest hints about the multiplayer part? Activision’s Chief Operating Officer Coddy Johnson stated that more DLCs are already being planned for the game than for any previous installment in the shooter series. This means that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will be supported with many additional contents after its release, which sounds very much like a service game.
Previously, Coddy Johnson said that after the release of the game, they want to do more than they did with Black Ops 4 and want to keep the player base engaged long-term with the title. He said that the “post-launch” content is supposed to represent a “game-changing experience”.
Also, in the new financial report, Coddy Johnson reiterated that players can look forward to the largest “post-launch content plan” in the entire Call of Duty franchise.
What does this mean? It seems more and more that a game is expected to be released that wants to stay relevant in the market, especially in terms of multiplayer, based on the “Games as a Service” principle.
What the multiplayer will look like is still the big question. However, it seems that something really big is expected. Possibly a huge, open multiplayer world.
What it will actually be, we do not know at the moment. Perhaps we will learn more during the multiplayer beta in September – but this is not guaranteed.
When will we finally see gameplay?
What is still the big question? The hints about the gigantic multiplayer part of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with the massive world are making players eager, and many want to finally learn more and especially see what this part of the game looks like. Activision is keeping extremely quiet about the big multiplayer mode, and so far we only hear PR statements, but we simply do not get to see anything.
There are several questions at hand:
- Will Activision show gameplay of this mysterious “light MMO” mode before the multiplayer beta?
- Will we see more of the multiplayer part in the coming weeks?
- Will there be a chance to see this part of the game in the beta, or will this part be saved for later, just like apparently the battle royale?
Until something concrete is revealed or gameplay is shown, many players remain skeptical. Because, just like with Black Ops 4, there were similar PR promises from the publisher that the finished game could not really fulfill.
That’s why it’s about time that Activision and the development studio Infinity Ward present scenes of the “light MMO” mode, so we can get an idea of the multiplayer part.
