Call Of Duty 2019 Is Modern Warfare, Release Date Set For October

The annual pre-E3 announcement of the next Call of Duty game has arrived. Leaks and rumors suggested this would be a new entry in the Modern Warfare sub-series, and those have proven to be mostly correct: Activision has revealed 2019’s entry as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Its release date is set for October 25 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and it features some significant and welcome changes on the multiplayer front, along with an attempt at a more realistic style of single-player campaign.

Notably, this is not Modern Warfare 4, which would have been the next numbered entry in the series. The game’s subtitle is simply Modern Warfare, and it serves as a reboot of sorts of 2007’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. It’s decidedly not a remake, with developer Infinity Ward–the studio responsible for all of the Modern Warfare games–describing it instead as a reimagining. The new game is not set in the same universe as the existing trilogy–Infinity Ward says that world had left little room to raise the stakes further–but it does feature some familiar faces. Captain Price is back, for example, but with a new voice actor.

As was previously confirmed, this year’s Call of Duty will include a single-player campaign. It seems as though the story will concern Russian interactions with the Middle East, while enemies will include an ultranationalist group helping to execute terrorist attacks in major cities such as London.

Modern Warfare will of course include a multiplayer mode, but Infinity Ward hasn’t yet revealed much more detail on that portion of the game. It did say, however, that your progression in the campaign will carry over to multiplayer, meaning you’ll always be working towards unlocking new killstreaks, perks, and weapons.

Excitingly, the game will feature cross-play across PS4, Xbox One, and PC, allowing players on all platforms to jump into matches together. Another major change for multiplayer fans is that Activision will not be selling the standard season pass that locks off new, post-launch multiplayer maps. Instead, new maps and events will be available to all players for free. The company has not confirmed what might take its place, if anything, nor do we know if the Blackout multiplayer mode from Black Ops 4 will return.

One thing that isn’t changing is the game’s timed PS4 exclusivity. Like recent CoD entries, DLC will release first on PS4. Like with Black Ops 4, this window is only seven days. Beyond that, we don’t know any specifics of how Activision will handle the rollout of this content or if it will impact cross-play during that exclusivity period.

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