Overview
- Activision and Infinity Ward officially revealed Modern Warfare 4 on May 28, confirming a global launch date of October 23, 2026 for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2.
- The single‑player campaign focuses on a full‑scale North Korean invasion of South Korea and follows new protagonist Private Park alongside returning character Captain Price.
- The game will ship with three core modes — Campaign, Multiplayer and the returning DMZ extraction mode — with additional DMZ details scheduled for a June 7 reveal.
- Infinity Ward is overhauling combat with a new Ballistic Authority weapon system that removes weapon bloom, adds realistic bullet trajectory and will launch with 12 core multiplayer maps plus a dynamic Kill Block map type.
- Modern Warfare 4 drops support for PS4 and Xbox One to target higher technical fidelity, ships on Switch 2, and will not arrive on Xbox Game Pass day‑one with publishers reporting roughly a one‑year delay before it appears on the service.