The shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has been out for almost a month. But it does not live up to the promises made during its announcement. A new mode, which has now been discovered by data miners, could change that. It would fulfill the promises made by the heads of Activision Blizzard.
That’s why the new CoD Modern Warfare doesn’t make sense: A company like Activision Blizzard speaks to investors a year before the release of a game about what they are developing and how great a success it will be.
Investors decide based on this information whether to keep their money in the company, invest new money, or pull out their investment.
This “talking about unlaid eggs” was done by Activision Blizzard for Call of Duty Modern Warfare in their 2019 business reports.
In February 2019, it was said, Call of Duty Modern Warfare will receive a “huge multiplayer world.” In English: “huge and expansive Multiplayer World.”
In May 2019, the COO of Modern Warfare painted a rosy picture of the new title:
- it was supposed to keep the player base “through the launch quarter”
- internal excitement was said to be “immensely high for the game”
- and it was believed that the “post-launch” content for Call of Duty would provide a “game-changing” experience
That was the promise: For investors, it was clear that the “new Call of Duty” was supposed to target mega-hits like Fortnite – remain active for a long time and generate a lot of revenue.
It was supposed to be more than just “the regular” Call of Duty. Activision Blizzard signaled to investors that they recognized the signs of the times and wanted to respond.
That was the problem: The “finished” Call of Duty, which has been out since October 25, does not keep these promises. There is no “huge multiplayer world.” The closest it comes is the 64-player mode “Ground War,” which does not correspond to a “huge and expansive multiplayer world.”
Nothing has been announced that could even partially fit the description of “game-changing experiences.”
The current Call of Duty does not fit the promises that Activision Blizzard has made.
The focus of the game and the development seems to be more on the single-player campaign than on multiplayer. It seems to ignore market developments.
Data miners find mode that fits all promises
This could change now: Data miners have now found a “Battle Royale” mode for 200 players. It would bring this “huge multiplayer world” that Activision Blizzard promised in February 2019.
And the mode would also provide the “game-changing experience” that the bosses spoke of in May 2019.
Therefore, there is a lot to suggest that taking a closer look at this “leak” is worthwhile. Because it would actually change the “gaming experience” significantly and could make CoD Modern Warfare – also from the investors’ perspective – as attractive as it was promised to them back then.
Modern Warfare is currently already the biggest game of 2019 in the USA – with such a “second boost,” the success would only grow larger.
Such a mode could become a huge success – especially since the gunplay of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is highly praised. Criticism tends to focus on the maps. In addition, Activision Blizzard would achieve a major coup: Because with such a move, adding such a large feature at a later stage would be something hardly anyone would expect.
- then they would have made the first sale for the October release primarily through the “single-player mode”
- and a second sale later in the year, primarily through the “multiplayer mode”
Many details about the supposedly new mode are already known. For instance, there are said to be “1vs1” battles in a Gulag:
