Modern Warfare 4 Delivers 6-Hour Campaign and 64-Player Battles as Activision Rebuilds After Black Ops 7
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 23
Modern Warfare 4 Delivers 6-Hour Campaign and 64-Player Battles as Activision Rebuilds After Black Ops 7
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 23
Summary
A six-hour campaign anchors Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 with a North Korea invasion plot, big-budget set pieces and an open-world snowy section that the review says stays polished despite a weaker ending for Captain Price.
Multiplayer refines Black Ops 7’s fast, lethal gunplay rather than overhauling it, adding new modes including 64-player Combat Outpost, round-based Collateral and the modular, randomized Kill Block.
DMZ returns as a larger extraction mode set around Hajin City, where squads of up to three complete PvE missions, evade rival players and upgrade gear through a Forward Operating Base and three-branch skill tree.
Infinity Ward faces added pressure after Black Ops 7 disappointed commercially, and the review says DMZ’s long-term success will hinge on retaining players against extraction rivals such as Escape from Tarkov and Arc Raiders.
The verdict is broadly positive: the package is glossy and content-rich, though the review doubts it will pull in a vast new audience with GTA 6 looming.