The upcoming installment of developer Infinity Ward of the long-running Call of Duty series, which was previously confirmed to be a sequel to a near future Modern Warfare 2 (not to be confused with the 2009 game of the same name), will be released on October 28th. Platforms have yet to be detailed.
Activision Blizzard formally unveiled Modern Warfare 2 and its logo in April, after months of rumors and even a pre-February official announcement.
Following confirmation of today’s release date, the details remain extremely clear, but the game-free trailer that accompanies the Activision Blizzard announcement includes a description that reveals a little more of what’s in store.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Revelation of works of art.
“Task Force 141 is making its massive comeback with a global team of iconic veterans,” he says. “These operators include Captain John Price, Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley, John ‘Soap’ MacTavish, Kyle ‘Gaz’ Garrick and Mexican Special Forces Colonel Alejandro Vargas.”
Fortunately, last month’s leaks had a bit more to say, suggesting that along with a single-player campaign and a multiplayer mode, Modern Warfare 2 would also introduce a new “third mode,” known as DMZ, which it has been reported that it would be a mode of extraction. similar to Escape From Tarkov. In addition, serial filter Tom Henderson claimed that they would return a series of favorite maps from fans of the original Modern Warfare 2, including Highrise, Quarry, Terminal, and Afghan.
In addition to the October release of Modern Warfare 2, which Activision Blizzard hopes will help boost Call of Duty sales, a follow-up to the promising Battle Royale Warzone spin-off will also be revealed later this year. innovative innovations “. .
Today’s announcement comes as Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft for $ 69 billion in January, continues its efforts to put the latest year of shocking allegations at work.
Following a lawsuit filed by the state of California last July, which described the publisher as a “breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women,” CEO Bobby Kotick became the focus of an accusatory report claiming he was aware of inappropriate sexual conduct in the company “for years”. More recently, the parents of a former Activision Blizzard employee who committed suicide during a retirement from the company in 2017 filed a lawsuit suing the publisher for unlawful death, alleging that suicide was the result of sexual harassment by co-workers.
Yesterday he bought the news that a group of 28 quality control testers at the Raven Software studio of Activision Blizzard, based in Wisconsin, had won their vote to join the union, despite the ongoing anti-union efforts of the editor. Following this announcement, a team member said the victory meant that employees of the besieged company could finally “fight for respect, fight for better wages, better profits, a better work-life balance.” , fight for sustainability and job security and continue to fight for our colleagues in solidarity “.