Infinity Ward has released a new playlist update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC updating the playlist options in-game.
These are the following Playlist Changes:
Grind is live, replacing Drop Zone
“Shot the Ship” has been removed, replaced by Shoot House 24/7
Snowfight mode has been removed
Playlist update! – Grind is now live! (replaces Drop Zone) – Shoot House 24/7 is back! (replaces Shoot the Ship) – Removed Snowfight#ModernWarfare
This is the final update of the year for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Season 1 continues through January in the game, but all of the content in the road map has since been released. It’s not clear what plans there are for new content in January, so stay tuned.
Infinity Ward’s Joe Cecot has shared on Twitter that they are aware of the ask to make it easier to see who is sitting at the highest rank for each Season in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
With Modern Warfare, Infinity Ward changed the ranking system in the game to remove prestige and add season based ranks. The max rank in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is 55, followed by 100 Officer Ranks to earn new items, new challenges, and more in-game.
Cecot has stated that there is definitely room to make improvements in highlighting who is max rank in Modern Warfare.
I definitely think there are improvements we can make in this area.
Whether that be a new icon at the highest level or another indication is yet to be seen. Infinity Ward’s Art Director also commented almost giving a green light from his side to make it happen.
When this will happen is still up in the air, so stay tuned.
2019 and the decade is coming to an end here shortly. Charlie Intel started up in the early part of this decade, back in 2011 with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. 8.5 years later, nine Call of Duty games covered, we’re at the end of this decade.
Now, with the end of the decade almost here, we wanted to put together a post on what we’re looking forward to going into 2020 – from Call of Duty to consoles and more. Due note, some of the stuff we’re speculating are rumors (and will be noted as such!).
Without further ado, let’s get into what we’re looking forward to in 2020.
Next-Generation Consoles
2020 will be another big year for consoles. The new PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X will both be arriving in Holiday 2020. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One both launched in 2013; so seven years later, we’re getting a new generation of consoles – just in time for the start of the new decade.
PlayStation 5
The next PlayStation console will be arriving in Holiday 2020. Sony has thus far announced just a few details on the new console, including first details on the console’s specs and the controller.
If you missed it, here’s quick recap of the console details:
Backwards Compatible with PS4 games
Still using Physical Media
8 Core AMD Processor
Radeon Navi GPU (Supports up to 8K resolution)
SSD and More Storage (Spider-Man loads times from 15 seconds to 0.8)
Raytracing
And here’s what’s known about the new DUALSHOCK controller for PS5:
New PS5 Controller uses USB Type C
PS5 Controller has Haptic Feedback
Controller has now adaptive triggers
New Speaker system on the controller
Better Battery Life
Heavier than the DUALSHOCK 4, but will be lighter than a Xbox One controller
There’s a lot more information to come in 2020 as PS5 launch approaches. We’ll be closely looking to see how Sony positions the PlayStation 5 for 2020 and the launch price for the console.
Xbox Series X
Microsoft first announced that a new generation of Xbox would be coming during E3 2019, where the company announced that the new generation is “Project Scarlet.” The told fans it would be a top of the line console with advanced specs and more.
The company then surprised everyone by announcing and revealing the look of the console at the 2019 Game Awards in mid-December. The console is called the Xbox Series X, as shown above, and is launching Holiday 2020.
If you missed any details, here’s a high level recap:
From a technical standpoint, this will manifest as world-class visuals in 4K at 60FPS, with possibility of up to 120FPS, including support for Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), and 8K capability. Powered by our custom-designed processor leveraging the latest Zen 2 and next generation RDNA architecture from our partners at AMD, Xbox Series X will deliver hardware accelerated ray tracing and a new level of performance never before seen in a console. Additionally, our patented Variable Rate Shading (VRS) technology will allow developers to get even more out of the Xbox Series X GPU and our next-generation SSD will virtually eliminate load times and bring players into their gaming worlds faster than ever before.
We are minimizing latency by leveraging technology such as Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) and giving developers new functionality like Dynamic Latency Input (DLI) to make Xbox Series X the most responsive console ever. Xbox Series X is also designed for a future in the cloud, with unique capabilities built into the hardware and software to make it as easy as possible to bring great games to both console and elsewhere. Xbox Series X will deliver a level of fidelity and immersion unlike anything that’s been achieved in previous console generations.
Call of Duty
Modern Warfare Content
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launched on October 25, 2019 with mixed reaction from the Call of Duty community.
Activision revealed recently that Modern Warfare is the most played Call of Duty game of the last six years, despite a lot of the negativity online about the game. It seems more of the casual players are playing Modern Warfare a lot while some of the long term fans are frustrated with some of the design choices.
2020 is looking strong for the game with more Post Launch content seasons for Modern Warfare with new Battle Passes, maps, and more. With the elimination of the Season Pass in this game, it’s great knowing all players will receive all of the new maps to come for free. We hope to see more Modern Warfare classic makes into this game, like Rust, Terminal, and more.
There’s so many options to pick from – let’s hope Infinity Ward picks the right ones…
Call of Duty: Mobile
Call of Duty: Mobile debuted in 2019 as one of the new ways Activision can bring Call of Duty to more users worldwide. Call of Duty: Mobile has been a hit for Activision, racking in millions in revenue and becoming the most downloaded new mobile game in history.
In 2020, we’re looking forward to seeing how Activision evolves the Call of Duty: Mobile game with more content and new features. They’ve added in the Zombies mode and promised more Zombies maps, new MP maps, and more to come to the game as the year progresses.
We’re also interested to see if they plan to bring any of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s maps and content to the mobile game. The mobile game has brought Call of Duty to a new audience – especially in Asia, where in some regions home consoles are not as popular.
Rumor: Modern Warfare Battle Royale
Another thing we’re also hoping and waiting to see pan out in 2020 is this long rumored Battle Royale mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Activision has not officially confirmed a Battle Royale exists, but there has been so many rumors about its release.
The rumors state that the Battle Royale is expected to be free to play, standalone from the main Modern Warfare game, and release in “early 2020.” Rumors also state that Raven Software is tasked with leading development of this project. The studio was recently hiring a Community Manager for the studio, in a sign that they are becoming lead in some regard for Call of Duty.
Even beyond the rumors, so many details on this potential BR have been found in the game files for Modern Warfare, including a look at the in-development map for the mode.
Here’s that leaked map, in case you missed it:
Fans have even glitched in-game to be above the entire Battle Royale map inside of Modern Warfare.
With all of the rumors, the numerous in-game references, and more, we’re patiently waiting to see if this ever pans out. And if it does, it would be remarkable. Free to play Call of Duty BR? That would be a major hit for Activision.
But for now, it’s just a rumor.
Speculation: Call of Duty 2020
Every year, a new Call of Duty game releases, and 2020 will of course be no different.
But 2020 will be different in regards to the release cycle. Since 2013, Call of Duty devs have been on a 3 year development cycle rotating between Treyarch, Infinity Ward, and Sledgehammer Games.
But in May of 2019, Kotaku reported that Activision put Treyarch in charge of 2020 Call of Duty game because of bickering between SHG and Raven. Treyarch even slipped up a bit with a job listing earlier saying they’re working on a “next-gen title for 2020.” This makes Sledgehammer and Raven support studios with Treyarch.
2020 will be the first two-year developed Treyarch title since 2012’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, which is now a beloved game. It will be interesting to see the direction Treyarch goes with developing a new game in two years, and with that, a new game for new consoles. This will be Treyarch’s first as the leading dev for a new console launch for Call of Duty. 2013 was Infinity Ward with Call of Duty: Ghosts.
The rumors floating around are that the 2020 game from Treyarch encompasses the Cold War era, including the Vietnam War. There is a campaign expected to be part of the game.
With all of this to look forward too, 2020 is looking to be a busy year! As always, stick with CharlieIntel for the latest on all things Call of Duty and new generation consoles.
A new Game Settings Update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is now live on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
This new update brings some playlist changes, Double XP, and more to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to celebrate the Holiday weekend.
Here’s what’s live in Modern Warfare from now through December 27 at 10AM PT:
2XP in Multiplayer
2X Tier Earn Rate for the Battle Pass
NEW Playlists live now in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Snowfight – a Gunfight mode variant with snowballs on the Winter Docks map
Drop Zone – 6v6 MP Mode
Shoot The Ship – Shoot House & Shipment 24/7 Playlist
Playlist update! – Drop Zone (replaced Infected, which is now in the Quick Play filter) – Snowfight (Replaced Cranked) – Shoot the Ship: All Shoot House. All Shipment. All the time. – 2XP – 2X Tiers
There’s also going to be a sale on Battle Pass tiers starting after December 27.
NEW Store Bundle now live:
The ‘Mad Chemist’ ups Krueger’s already menacing look with a gas mask ready for an experiment gone wrong. The bundle includes the ‘Final Countdown’ watch, two tier skips, the ‘Moral Argument’ weapon blueprint, a Legendary handgun weapon blueprint the ‘Volatile’ and more. Go to the Store to see all the goods available this week.
When the new maps as part of Season One launched for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare last week on December 18, Infinity Ward removed the Shoot House 24/7 playlist, which caused another fire storm of users asking for its return.
Now, it appears the return may happen soon.
Infinity Ward’s Joe Cecot has teased on Reddit that there could be a Shoot House & Shipment playlist coming to Modern Warfare.
A user on Reddit asked Infinity Ward to make new playlists that include small maps, and others that include throwback maps to make everyone happy, and now he’s replied with a cryptic teaser:
“Shoot The Ship”
We also have been able to confirm independently that the in-game files for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has references to a “Shoot House & Shipment 24/7” playlist.
There’s no ETA for when to expect this, but hopefully Infinity Ward considers adding this for the Holiday week ahead…
Activision has shared a new blog post detailing what’s coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare this week.
This week in the game includes new playlists – Snowfight and Drop Zone; Holiday celebrations including Double XP & 2X Tier Earn Rate, and more.
Drop Zone returns to Call of Duty since Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 this week – starting on December 24 at 10AM PT, alongside Snowfight – a variation of Gunfight on the Winter Docks map.
There will also be Double XP and Double Tier Earn Rate starting December 24 at 10AM PT and ends on December 27 at 10AM PT.
From Activision:
The Holidays from Modern Warfare continue with an epic new limited time Gunfight game mode – Snowfight and the debut of Drop Zone for standard Multiplayer. Both new modes will be available on December 24 at 10AM PT until December 31 at 10AM PT.
In celebration of the Holidays, global Double XP and Double Tier earn rate will be active on December 24 at 10 AM PT! Raise your rank and accelerate your tier progression during this event until December 27 at 10AM PT. Following this, there will be a tier sale for those looking to make even further progress on the Battle Pass.
Available on the Holiday-themed map Winter Docks, grab a partner and enjoy a classic snowball fight in this new game mode, Snowfight. Players will have only snowballs instead of weapons to eliminate their opponents.
Drop Zone comes to Modern Warfare with its distinct objective play that rewards players even more than standard game modes for playing the objective. The only way to earn Killstreaks is by continually holding the drop zone to have a Care Package delivered to your location.
Alongside, the Nikto Operator Bundle which launched last week there’s another new Featured Bundle coming to the Store: the ‘Mad Chemist’.
The ‘Mad Chemist’ ups Krueger’s already menacing look with a gas mask ready for an experiment gone wrong. The bundle includes the ‘Final Countdown’ watch, two tier skips, the ‘Moral Argument’ weapon blueprint, a Legendary handgun weapon blueprint the ‘Volatile’ and more. Go to the Store to see all the goods available this week.
An in-game update for Call fo Duty: Modern Warfare is now rolling out on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Infinity Ward has shared the patch notes:
GENERAL FIXES:
While using keyboard and mouse, an error could occur while right clicking on a player that is not on your friends list
Improvements to player collision near walls
Fix for a bug where players who received the Juggernaut suit from a Care Package would have two Juggernaut suits available instead of one
A few additional exploit fixes
Winter Docks, Gunfight:
Fix for a bug where snowballs thrown into the air would explode before making contact with any other surface
Fixed a bug that allowed players to melee during snowball/practice rounds
Earlier this week, Infinity Ward released a big match update to Season 1 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with new maps, new modes, and more. A full list of Wednesday, December 18’s patch notes are available here.
Infinity Ward has released the full patch notes for the December 18 update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The update is pretty big, adding several new pieces of content and implementing numerous balance changes and bug fixes.
In terms of what’s new, the update adds three maps to the multiplayer rotation: Shipment, Vacant, and Winter Docks (the latter being a winter-themed variation of the Docks map). Long-time Call of Duty fans will recognize Shipment and Vacant as remakes of the same two maps from 2007’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. With the addition of these new maps, both Vacant and Shipment have been rotated into the 24/7 multiplayer playlist. Cranked mode has also been rotated in, as has Gunfight.
The new update also adds a new Operator to Modern Warfare, Nikto. A former Russian FSB undercover agent, Nikto is an Allegiance Operator. Thanks to the update, you can also now jump into Special Operation Strongbox and classic Special Operations Disinform and Bomb Squad.
The full patch notes for this update are long, too long to cover in any meaningful depth. Instead, the remaining bug fixes and balancing changes are outlined in bullet list form below. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC–if you haven’t tried it, you may want to as the game has set new records as the most-played Call of Duty title this console generation.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare December 18 Update Patch Notes
What’s New
New Operator: Nikto
New Maps
Shipment
Vacant
Winter Docks (Winter themed Docks 2v2 map)
Playlist Update
Vacant and Shipment 24/7
Cranked
Gunfight is back
New Special Operation! “Strongbox”
New Classic Special Operation Missions! “Disinform” and “Bomb Squad”
General
Fix for a bug that could players to be stuck in a “Update requires restart” loop
Fix for a bug where creating a custom mode could prevent access to private match game mode options
Fix for players disconnecting and experiencing the “TURTLE” error code
Fix for a bug where the green new notification icon was not clearing off the screen even though there weren’t any new items to view
Implemented fixes for various exploits and boosting techniques
Fix for some players experiencing a drift while using an Xbox controller
Fixed two bugs that could cause players to accidentally use multiple XP tokens due to a delay between clicking the button and confirmation on our end
Fixed an issue where Care Packages could fall through the roof of various buildings in Port
Fixed a bug where players were unable to swap Field Upgrades after selecting Field Upgrade Pro
Attempting to deploy the Weapon Drop Field Upgrade at the beginning of a round-based mode would result in the Field Upgrade becoming unusable until the player respawns. This has been fixed
Fixed a bug where all tablet-based killstreaks/Field Upgrades have a zoomed-in view when using on Aniyah Palace
Made some slight UI adjustments to the base and officer rank progression screens to both have similar designs
Fix for watches not appearing in modes with preset loadouts
Added a new menu that allows players to launch a specific Trial
Fixed a bug that caused keybinds to reset to their default values
Friend Request & Party Invite Notifications option will be set to Enabled by default after the patch. Players can disable that option through the Account tab of the Options menu
Implemented several settings for the Auto-Sprint option (Always Sprint, Always Super Sprint)
Added an Auto Move Forward feature for Keyboard and Mouse as well as Controller
For Keyboard and Mouse, a keybind can be added in the Options menu via the advanced section of Move Forward
For Controller, when this feature is enabled in the Options menu, it can be activated in game by pushing the movement stick forward twice
Keyboard and Mouse
Improved navigation in the Store and Battle Pass menus
Added a Change Zoom/Toggle Hybrid Behavior gameplay option to change which keybind triggers the Change Zoom/Toggle Hybrid
Audio
Footsteps: reduced audible range of 3rd person footsteps
Increased occlusion on footsteps
Adjusted various foley sounds that played at a larger range than footsteps during ADS/crouch movements
Fix for air vehicles not occluding properly
General occlusion adjustments to all air vehicles
Fix for knife impact sounds missing from kill cams
Weapons
Adjusted hip spread for the .357 Snake Shot so it’s consistent regardless of stance
Reduced flinch on the Kar98k, EBR-14, and MK2 Carbine
PC
Several fixes were implemented to prevent crashes and improve stability
Special Operations: Survival
Various exploit fixes
Classic Special Operations:
Fixed a bug where players were receiving inconsistent amounts of XP
Special Ops
Fix for rank up UI splashes no working as intended
When using a Respawn Flare, no UI icon would appear on the minimap (Operation Harbinger)
Fixed a bug where pistols were dealing too much damage against Juggernauts compared to other weapon classes
In Operation Crosswind, nearby enemies will not become alerted if a player uses a rocket launcher, causing the player to not break stealth. This has been fixed
Fixed a bug where players were able to go prone with the minigun if they get revived while having it equipped
Added the reward players could earn if completing an Operation within the playlist menu
Call Of Duty League
Reduced the lethality of non-car explosives
Adjustments to spawns for Hardpoint
Search and Destroy
Fix for a bug where the defending team could see the bomb carrier objective icon
With the Weapon Pings on Minimap option is enabled, the bomb carrier would not show as a red dot on the minimap when shooting their weapon. This has been fixed
COD Caster
Added an in-game data view to display various stats
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has reached new heights. Activision announced that the game has reached $1 billion in revenue worldwide, with players collectively spending more than 500 million hours in the game’s multiplayer mode. In total, nearly 300 million matches have been played.
Modern Warfare has now surpassed every other Call of Duty this console generation in terms of hours played, hours per player, and average daily players over its first 50 days.
The current-generation Call of Duty games have included:
Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015)
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (2016)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2016)
Call of Duty: WWII (2017)
and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018)
Of note, Activision’s sell-through numbers for Modern Warfare include physical units sold at retail and digital copies, with performance accounted for by Activision’s estimates and other data.
Modern Warfare’s development was a massive undertaking. Development was led by Infinity Ward, which created the Modern Warfare sub-brand, with other Activision-owned studios contributing as well, including Beenox, High Moon Studios, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, and Activision Shanghai.
Additionally, the new Fortnite-style Battle Pass–which costs $10 USD–is available now. It’s not immediately clear if Activision’s $1 billion sales estimate for Modern Warfare includes revenue from the Battle Pass and Modern Warfare’s other microtransactions. GameSpot has contacted Activision in an attempt to get more details.
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