It’s no secret that Infinity Ward has been working on a sequel to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019 and now the studio is finally presenting its next blockbuster. It’s called Modern Warfare II and includes both a single player campaign that is a direct sequel to the previous game, as well as a multiplayer campaign that includes a new tactical cooperative mode.
First, the campaign. This is how Infinity Ward describes the configuration:
Modern Warfare ll picks up the action as the sequel to Modern Warfare (2019), as the newly formed Task Force 141 faces a massive global threat through a campaign of missions that push the boundaries of the game. The action brings players from around the world as Task Force 141 works to neutralize a terrorist conspiracy and attack in the United States, which is spreading around the world. A newly aligned threat conspires to create chaos within U.S. borders and Task Force 141 must unite against all odds.
Players will battle alongside the most iconic characters in Modern Warfare, such as Captain Price, Ghost, Soap, Gaz and Laswell, as well as a host of new lethal new allies such as the Mexican Special Forces, Colonel Alejandro Vargas and adversaries drawn from the darkest corners. of the World War on Terror.
Given the current state of the world, with an ongoing war in Ukraine and a sudden focus on armed violence in the US, Modern Warfare II opens at a tricky time. (This is not even to mention the many, many demands that Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard faces).
In a preview for the press release, Patrick Kelly, co-director of the Infinity Ward studio, said: “We’re telling fictional stories. But it’s inspired by real-world military events that shape the world. This is a sensitive issue for me, because with the events that are happening in the world, the war in Ukraine, it is important for me to be sensitive to this. He explained that one of the goals was to present the game’s characters as “heroic but also human.”
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Meanwhile, multiplayer will feature two large-scale maps for many players simultaneously; the studio says he learned a lot by making the map of Verdansk for Battle Royale Call of Duty: Warzone, as well as smaller ones designed for six against six. parties. There is also what the study describes as “an evolved special operations game mode that includes tactical cooperative play.”
As part of its official release of Modern Warfare II, Activision also reiterated that Call of Duty: Warzone would arrive on mobile. (The publisher said something similar earlier this year.) There aren’t many more details, such as when it will be released or how it will differ from the console and PC version, but the publisher says that part. of “a new era” for the franchise. This includes a number of developments, such as the use of the same engine in Modern Warfare II and the upcoming iteration of Warzone that will be released later this year, as well as treating this new Warzone experience as “an extension of the Modern universe Warfare II “.
Here is the publisher’s statement:
October 28 marks a new beginning for Call of Duty with the release of Modern Warfare II. Shortly afterwards, a completely new Warzone will be released as an extension of the Modern Warfare II universe. With it comes new technology, new features and new gameplay that work perfectly. Over time, we’ve taken into account a wide range of community feedback. To fully deliver this state-of-the-art experience, Warzone 2.0 will include new Modern Warfare II content and systems with new progression and inventories. Today’s Warzone will continue as a separate experience that will include a continuation of player progression and inventories within this Warzone experience.
Modern Warfare II is set to launch on October 28 for a variety of platforms, including PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S and PC via Battle.net, and for the first time in years, Steam.