In the last few days, there have been initial hints about what the new Call of Duty in 2019 could be. It looks like it’s heading towards Modern Warfare 4. Interestingly, this time Call of Duty comes with a campaign and a large multiplayer world. Some fans are even hoping for an open world like in GTA 5.
What we officially know: There are a few lines about Call of Duty 2019 from Rob Kostich, the president of Activision, in the Activision business report from February. He promised:
- a brand-new and complete campaign
- a large and expansive multiplayer world
- and fun coop gameplay
Furthermore, some developers are raising expectations for this year’s Call of Duty. It is said to be particularly challenging, especially ambitious, and it has been received particularly well in internal game tests, every time someone shows it to someone else.
That’s why there is a lot speaking in favor of it being Modern Warfare 4: By now, the hints are strengthening that the 2019 Call of Duty will be “Modern Warfare 4”:
- The new Call of Duty is being developed by Infinity Ward, who are responsible for the “Modern Warfare” series
- One of the football players who got to test the new Call of Duty said in a stream: They just let us play the new one. It’s pretty cool. It’s like the old … it’s like the old Modern Warfare
It is not officially confirmed yet that it will be Modern Warfare 4, but at this point, everyone is actually assuming so. It would be a surprise if it turns out to be another series.
The last Modern Warfare installment was released in 2011.
Open World like GTA 5?
This is interesting for multiplayer fans: For most fans, the news that there will be a new campaign is the big news after Call of Duty Black Ops 4 omitted the single-player story.
From a multiplayer perspective, however, the news that there will be a “large multiplayer world” is likely to be even more interesting. Especially the word “world” is interesting.
However, there is still no idea of what exactly is meant by “large and expansive multiplayer world”:
- On reddit, people are discussing that Infinity Ward has been secretly working on the game for 3 years and something “really big” could come out of it, like an “open world” similar to GTA 5.
- Others think it will simply be a “large battle” mode, where teams will go against each other.
If the game truly is as “ambitious” as stated, we might be in for a surprise here.
We will probably have to wait and see what the next information brings.
