Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 release date set for October 2022
Infinity Ward’s next mainline game is dropping in the fall.
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What you need to know
Call of Duty games traditionally launch in the fall, and the next big game being led by Infinity Ward is no exception. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 now has a release date of Oct. 28, 2022.
The official Call of Duty Twitter accountsharedthe reveal of the release date on Tuesday. The announcement video also revealed some of the official artwork forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. A prominent, spray-painted “June 8, 2022” seems to indicate that more will be seen in just a couple of weeks.
You can check out the official key art for the game below:
#ModernWarfare2 10.28.22 pic.twitter.com/SepbRHtqwaMay 24, 2022
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a sequel to the 2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which served as a reboot for the sub-franchise. While it told a different story, familiar characters such as Captain Price still showed up, and the game ends with the beginnings of Task Force 141.
Alongside Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Infinity Ward and other Activision-owned studios have also been working onCall of Duty: Warzone 2, a “next-generation” refresh of the popular free-to-play battle royale game.
This comes as publisher Activision Blizzard is currently in the middle ofbeing acquired by Microsoft, in a deal worth almost $69 billion. The deal is currently undergoing regulatory review and is slated to finalize sometime in Microsoft’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.
Once it finalizes, the deal will see Activision Blizzard and all its studios like Infinity Ward added to the Xbox first-party roster alongside Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks.
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
