Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is set to launch in October 2022. While there are still a lot of secrets, here’s everything we know about the newest COD title.
Along with death and taxes, we can always be certain a new Call of Duty game will launch every year — at least for the foreseeable future. The franchise has received annual releases since the launch of Call of Duty 2 in 2005, raking in tons of money for publisher Activision. Unsurprisingly, we’ll get a new Call of Duty game in 2022, and now that it has been officially unveiled, there’s a lot we know about the upcoming title, which will be called Modern Warfare II.
That’s right, this game will serve as a sequel to 2019’s Modern Warfare, continuing the story, time period, and (hopefully) beloved mechanics from that game. This isn’t a reboot of 2009’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, but rather a new game — which can get confusing since the naming scheme is similar. Now that Activision has held its Call of Duty: Next event, we know much more about the upcoming game.
Below is everything we know about 2022’s Modern Warfare II, including info about its developer, release date, and Warzone 2.0 integration.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is set to launch on October 28, 2022. This follows Infinity Ward’s typical release schedule for its COD titles.
This will be a sequel to the 2019 game, not a remake of the 2009 title of the same name. Since Modern Warfare 2019 was so successful critically and commercially, it’s a no-brainer Activision is following it up with a sequel.
On June 8, 2022, Activision released the first-ever trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, which you can watch above.
It only features cinematic footage, but it does give us a sense of the overall tone and themes. The game seems to be steering away from traditional bombastic military combat with a greater focus on smaller-scale battles — at least based on what was shown during the trailer.
Since Modern Warfare II‘s marketing cycle has begun, we’ll likely get many more announcements in the coming months. Activision recently held its blowout Call of Duty: Next event, revealing much more about the game.
The new Multiplayer trailer was shown during Call of Duty: Next, and it gave us a look at many of the new mechanics, maps, weapons, and features.
Many modern games have completely ditched the previous generation of consoles (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One), but don’t expect this to be the case with Modern Warfare II. In looking at previous releases, Activision supported the previous generation for a couple of years after the launch of next-gen consoles. For example, the PS4 and Xbox One launched in 2013, but the Call of Duty series continued on Xbox 360 and PS3 until 2015 with the launch of Black Ops III.
With that in mind, Modern Warfare II will probably be the last COD game to launch for PS4 and Xbox One. It will, of course, be available for current-gen PS5 and Xbox Series X/S systems, along with PC. We don’t expect the game to come to Nintendo Switch, as the series hasn’t been on a Nintendo platform in nearly a decade.
The new hardware will hopefully serve the game well since Infinity Ward will be able to push the boundaries of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S systems. It’s worth noting that Modern Warfare II could slightly suffer from launching across multiple generations of consoles, just as Warzone and many other games have before.
