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 15h03] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be available within a few hours, marking the return of one of if not the biggest video game franchise on the front of the stage. 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 and Xbox Series the Thursday, October 27 at 7 p.m.while players computer will have to wait until Friday, October 28 at 6 a.m.. The game is already available for pre-download.
The gameplay of COD Modern Warfare 2
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.
Among the new gameplay features, we can expect a lot from the new “Gunsmith” weapon customization system. You will have, in addition to the ten accessories to equip on your weapons, the possibility of changing the receiver, ie the caliber or even the primary function of the weapon. It will therefore be possible to transform an assault rifle into a submachine gun and vice versa. Also count on new accessories and equipment to pimp the multiplayer modes a bit, as usual.
Except that, to engage players to play a new Call of Duty every year, a cross-generation console therefore limited in terms of innovation, Activision must (and owe the player) to offer more, always more. And the juggernaut studio has understood this well by multiplying the content in this new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. In addition to the campaign mode and the various multiplayer modes, the game will be accompanied by the release of a free-to-play : Warzone 2.0. The essential Battle Royale is therefore offered an offspring, as well as a brand new game mode: DMZ.
DMZ is a brand new experience brought to you by Infinity Ward in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0. This is a multiplayer game mode that can accommodate a good hundred players, and which 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 chords between the two competing companies as to the future of the licenses directly acquired by Microsoft, in particular on questions 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 website from Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.
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.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Operating system : Windows 10 64 bit
- Processor : Intel Core i3-6100/Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Graphic card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470
- RAM : 8 GB
- Video memory : 2 GB
- DirectX : Release 12
- Storage : 72 GB of free space (at launch)
RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION
- Operating system : Windows 10 or Windows 11 64 bit
- Processor : Intel Core i5-6600K/Core i7-4770 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400
- Graphic card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
- RAM : 12 GB
- Video memory : 4GB
- DirectX : Release 12
- Storage : 72 GB of free space (at launch)
“COMPETITIVE” SETUP
- Operating system : Windows 10 64 bit or Windows 11 64 bit
- Processor : Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
- Graphic card : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
- RAM : 16 GB
- Video memory : 8 GB
- DirectX : Release 12
- Storage : 72 GB of free space (at launch)
“ULTRA 4K” SETUP
- Operating system : Windows 10 64 bit or Windows 11 64 bit
- Processor : Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
- Graphic card : NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- RAM : 16 GB
- Video memory : 10 GB
- DirectX : Release 12
- Storage : 72 GB of free space (at launch)