Forget the zombies. Forget the battles of the second world war. Forget Future Weaponry – Call of Duty returns to one of the franchise's most popular series with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, a highly praised 2007 first-person shooter revival. This is the cruel reality of warfare, with the modern title "Modern Warfare" referring to today's high-tech equipment, the advanced killing machines used in combat today. More than the fantasies of science fiction. With the type of battle royale taking more and more time for shooter fans, Call of Duty's crown as the king of competitive shooters has slipped in recent years. Can a return to his most popular roots return him to glory? Read on for what we know so far.
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- What is the 16th game of Call of Duty
- What can I play in? PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC
- When can I play? Oct 25, 2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Release Date
Announced just before E3 2019, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was leaked ahead of the event, but a trailer gave us a first look and a variety of details for the game. It included the release date, which is scheduled for October 25, 2019. You can already pre-order the game on the official website.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Trailers
The first trailer for the game was released on May 30. You can see it below:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare News
Does it mean a reboot of classic Modern Warfare?Not quite. If you want to relive this Call of Duty 4 experience, you'll want to download it to your PS3 or Xbox 360, or play the recent remaster of this game. Instead, Infinity Ward uses the name Modern Warfare here to evoke a similar sentiment, and some of the same characters will return, but this is a whole new setting in a different setting. It is completely independent of what we have seen in previous games because here these events did not happen. We'll always be following Captain Price in this different timeline, which may mean we'll always see characters return. Price figures heavily in the trailer above, and he ends by saying that there's a team of "old mates" of his. We may be witnessing the return of other fan-favorite characters like Soap or Gaz.
Image credit: Infinity War. This new timeline also explains why the game isn't called Modern Warfare 4. This should mean it's a good place for newcomers to the game to play, but there's no doubt there will be some head markings in the original series. . Hardcore fans. Taylor Kurosaki, Infinity War's narrative director, also noted that the game's setting was still being fine-tuned, but that it lasted between five and nine hours. This means the game won't be long, but at least this time, there is a setting. Call of Duty: Blacks Ops 4 has chosen to drop the story to focus on online play, which we've heard very little about so far for this game.