Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 campaign early access details announced
Early access to the campaign is a perk for preorders only.
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The upcoming launch of Infinity Ward’s latest premium title,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, is approaching fast. Players who preordered digitally can get their hands on the game’s full campaign up to one week early as a bonus and can even begin preloading said campaign a little early in anticipation of the soft launch. All players with a digitalpreorder for Modern Warfare 2(2022) will be able to download and install the campaign starting at10PM PTonOct. 19regardless of which platform they’ve purchased the full game for. The early access period for the campaign only will then begin the next day onOct. 20at10AM PT.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s campaign is a direct sequel to 2019’sCall of Duty: Modern Warfare, which itself was a reboot of the series popularized by the release ofCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfareback in 2007. The series follows the military actions of Task Force 141 and features several fan favorite characters, some of whom have been resurrected from the dead to return in the reboot. Despite sharing a title with 2009’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 the narrative for 2022’s Modern Warfare 2 is expected to rehash very little of its namesake’s plot.
Finishing the campaign for Modern Warfare 2 (2022) will unlock rewards for use in multiplayer following the full release onOct. 28as well as the upcoming free-to-play battle royale tie in,Warzone 2.0, which is expected to launch as part of the Season 1 update onNov. 16. The current reward list is as follows:
In addition to rolling out preloading for Modern Warfare 2’s campaign early access event, Infinity Ward and Activision also announced the dates in which all players will be able to preload Modern Warfare 2 (2022). The full game preloads will be more properly staggered across platforms with Xbox players getting pre-load options first onOct. 19at10AM PT.Playstationusers will see a regional rollout that begins onOct. 20at4AM PTwhile PC players onSteamand Battle.Net will need to wait untilOct. 26at10AM PTto begin downloading the full game.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022)
There’s still time to place a digital preorder for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and get early access to the highly anticipated blockbuster campaign featuring members of Task Force 141.
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