CALL OF DUTY MODERN WARFARE 2. Only a few hours separate us from the release of one of the most anticipated games of 2022. The opportunity to take stock of some essential information.
[Mis à jour le 27 octobre 2022 à 12h38] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be available within hours, marking the return of one if not the biggest video game franchise to the fore. An opus developed by Infinity Ward and supposed to be in line with the Modern Warfare of 2019, also bringing with it a new version of its famous free-to-play mode, Warzone 2.0. In short, two releases of crucial importance to both the video game industry and fans, and a new opportunity to fill our long autumn nights with a little action. We take stock of all the essential information about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 just below.
If you want to be among the first players to enter the battlefields of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, know that the release of the game is planned in two stages which will span Thursday 27 and Friday 28 next October. Indeed, once again, Activision has decided to differentiate between console and PC players. Console players will therefore be able to discover the game slightly ahead of its release on PS4, Xbox One, PS5 et Xbox Series the Thursday, October 27 at 7 p.m.while players PC will have to wait until Friday, October 28 at 6 a.m.. The game is already available for pre-download.
From a technical point of view, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 does not differ much from Modern Warfare (2019). Based on the same graphic and obviously placed in the same time frame, the game intends to offer an experience sufficiently close to its beloved elder, while offering various innovations in terms of gameplay. We can notably speak of movements with the introduction of swimming on and under water, but also of some elements of destruction as well as the possibility of hanging on and shooting on the edges.
Without going into great detail, MW2 as we will call it, invites you to discover its new Gunsmith system allowing you both to add more than ten accessories to your weapon and to profoundly modify its operation by changing it. the caliber. But that’s not all, new more competitive game modes are appearing in the multiplayer mode, such as the Prisoner Rescue mode, which could be compared by its operation to Rainbow Six Siege.
But that’s not all, MW2 also marks the arrival of its first “Extraction Shooter”, the DMZ game mode. Although still quite mysterious even hours before the game’s release, the DMZ mode is defined as a unique tactical experience, immersing you in a large-scale tactical operation. You and your squad will have to infiltrate an open area and carry out sabotage missions while avoiding AIs and other player squads, before extracting yourself safe and sound. An appeal to players of Escape from Tarkov, The Cycle or Marauders, and an experience that is more realistic and tactical than the rest of the multiplayer modes.
DMZ is a brand new experience offered by Infinity Ward in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It is a multiplayer game mode that can accommodate a good hundred players, and is based on the principle of “extraction shooters” . Introduced with Escape From Tarkov, this kind of FPS offers you an ultra-realistic tactical experience, where you and your team will have to browse, search, and secure objects on an open map, avoiding other players and more or less deadly bots. A genre that attracts a lot of players, and which would benefit from being democratized by a mode like DMZ.
DMZ will therefore bring together 100 players on Al Mazrah, a fairly high number for a shooter that wants to be tactical and hardcore, and an experience that seems for the moment closer to a Battle Royale. There will of course be AIs patrolling and defending certain points of interest. No mention was made of the loot system and the objects to recover, a rather important detail in an extraction shooter. Knowing that the failure of Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone mode was mainly due to the total absence of a rewarding progression system, we hope that DMZ will not fall into the same pitfalls.
It is therefore the American studio Infinity Ward which is in charge of the development of this next release. Quite reassuring news when you consider his pedigree in terms of Call of Duty games. We owe him very popular episodes like Modern Warfare (2007) and Modern Warfare 2 (2009), but also Modern Warfare (2019) and soon Modern Warfare 2 (2022-2023). Proof of an undeniable ability to provide excellent FPS failing to find them original names. Modern Warfare 2 will of course be the opportunity to find the most popular operators of the first part, Captain Price, Ghost and tutti quanti, which we can of course see in its new Battle Royale mode, Warzone 2.0.
It’s a little bomb that Phil Spencer dropped on this first day of September. The Chairman and CEO of Xbox has confirmed certain suspicions about the future of Activision-Blizzard games after the acquisition of the studio by Microsoft. In a blog post, Spencer claimed that the studio’s biggest licenses will eventually join Xbox Game Pass. So no, we are not talking about immediately right away, this information should not concern Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, but the future of this titanic association between one of the largest publishers in the world, and Microsoft, which no longer needs to be presented.
However, this announcement has enough to cool Playstation players, who could worry about the availability of Activision and Blizzard titles on their consoles. But Phil Spencer quickly brushed aside these concerns, saying that the game releases would indeed take place in the Xbox Game Pass, but also and at the same time on Playstation consoles. Something to reassure avid square triangle cross and round, who can always enjoy their favorite licenses on their consoles.
And the decision of Xbox and Phil Spencer seems quite logical. Allowing Xbox Game Pass subscribers to take advantage of the biggest licenses in video game history could do a lot for Microsoft’s gaming subscription service. The scale of the success of this relatively recent formula is still difficult to grasp, but we know that around 30 million players take advantage of Xbox Game Pass services. And this figure could greatly increase with the arrival of Call of Duty, Overwatch and Diablo in its catalog.
However, this eventuality quickly ignited the flame of concern among Sony players, who, as we recall, represent the majority of console players, forcing Phil Spencer and Sony to clarify certain points. Indeed, there are agreements between the two competing companies as to the future of the licenses directly bought by Microsoft, in particular on issues of exclusivity. And according to Sony, these agreements should ensure the availability of Activision-Blizzard’s flagship licenses on Playstation consoles for a few more years. Information confirmed by the director of Xbox in person, who shows his credentials while various international trade or commercial competition authorities are in the process of validating the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard in different regions of the world.
Pre-order Call of Duty Modern: Warfare 2 today to enjoy various benefits when the game is released. This year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be offered in 2 versions, the Standard version which includes the game and the game. access to the open beta (a few days early on Playstation consoles), and the Vault version which has all the advantages of the Standard version, plus the battle pass from the first season of the game, 50 levels, cosmetics and operators . You will find the Vault edition for €99.99 on the official Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 website.
We are currently in a period of transition between two generations of consoles, and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 intends to integrate this fact into its offer. This is why you will be able to find different versions of the game, some of which are cross-generation packs. These games are therefore compatible with both console generations, just like the offer above for the Xbox One and Xbox Series consoles. You will find the cross-generation packs at €79.99, i.e. the same price as the PS5 and Xbox Series games.