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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's "Stranded" vignette shows a tense North Korea infiltration mission, but its real purpose is reminding pre-order customers they get campaign access a week early, on October 16, ahead of the October 23 global launch.

Activision published RICOCHET Anti-Cheat crackdown numbers, 375+ disrupted operations, 80+ cease-and-desists, right as Modern Warfare 4's wide-platform Open Beta went live ahead of its October 23 launch.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is heading to Nintendo Switch 2, its first appearance on a Nintendo console since 2011. Pre-orders are live and the Open Beta runs August 29 through September 2 with cross-play, Joy-Con 2 mouse support and the new Zodiac Warzone map.

Modern Warfare 4's Beta reworks Create-a-Class so Operators are tied to individual loadouts, up to 12 at once, while Weekend Two brings back Warzone Resurgence on a new map called Zodiac.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's Beta opens August 22 with a new anti-cheat hardware gate, TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are now required on PC, but it also marks the first time a single-player Campaign mission has ever been playable inside a Beta.

Season 05 Reloaded closes the Black Ops 7 Zombies storyline with the Rex Infernus finale map, turns Nuketown into a playable pinball machine for the new Turbo Tilt map, and quietly ends free access to Endgame after this season.

Modern Warfare 4's new "Traffic" vignette reveals Captain Price and Valeria working together in Paris ahead of the game's October 23 launch, an alliance beat Infinity Ward usually saves for later in a campaign.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 pre-orders now come with a week of early campaign access starting October 16, and Activision is previewing that early access with a first look at the Losing Ground mission, a ground-level battle through a burning city street.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone Season 05 arrives 24 July AEST with new maps across multiplayer and Zombies, a new Verdansk point of interest called Drone Labs, four new weapons and a Battle Pass led by Operator Spectre. It's also the last season before Endgame moves behind paid access.

Call of Duty and Aston Martin have unveiled the Dreadnought, a bespoke armoured SUV built for Modern Warfare 4 that arrives in-game on 23 October. In related news, Call of Duty movie director Peter Berg confirmed the film will be set in the Modern Warfare universe, with a theatrical release set for 30 June 2028.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has revealed Kill Block, a new multiplayer mode set inside a live-fire facility that physically rearranges itself between matches using three motorized steel Slabs. Fanatics Fest attendees get first hands-on access this week, while everyone else can watch the new teaser trailer. Kill Block arrives at launch on 23 October EDT with expanded Gunfight modes, including a new 10v10 variant, with more core Multiplayer modes planned for later.

Two Call of Duty classics just landed on modern PlayStation hardware. Black Ops and Black Ops II are now available on PS4 and PS5 as ports of the original games, bringing their Cold War campaigns, Zombies modes and competitive multiplayer back to current consoles.