#Call of Duty

Infinity Ward drops its August 30 Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta update: double XP and double weapon XP from 10 AM PT, plus a Transit 213 24/7 playlist, 6v6 Gunfight on Kill Block, and Warzone HUD and ground-loot fixes.

Activision says RICOCHET Anti-Cheat personally served a cease-and-desist on Cheat maker Elocarry in Ohio, now disrupted more than 375 reseller operations and shut down more than 30 vendors ahead of the Modern Warfare 4 Open Beta this weekend.

Samsung has used its Gamescom 2026 keynote to formally reveal its 2027 Odyssey gaming monitor lineup, led by what it calls the world's first 49-inch DQHD OLED running at 360 Hz, plus a 1,100 Hz Odyssey G6, an expanded HDR10+ GAMING partnership with Activision Blizzard on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and broader Odyssey 3D support.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's open beta opened to 115,145 concurrent players on Steam before dropping to roughly 51,000 a day later, with user reviews now sitting at "Mixed" and 45% negative.

Infinity Ward has used its official channels to confirm the first Modern Warfare 4 beta patch is already in the oven, listing footstep audio tuning, the return of map voting, weapon balance adjustments and bug fixes as the immediate priorities after a rocky Day 1 for the Early Access Multiplayer and Campaign beta.

Early hands-on clips from creators briefed by Activision call the native Nintendo Switch 2 port of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 a "pretty impressive" build, with stable frame rates and only minor resolution and draw-distance compromises ahead of next week's Open Beta.

Activision and Infinity Ward have confirmed Digital Legends Entertainment, the Barcelona-based studio behind Black Ops 6 and Warzone mobile, as the partner developer working on the native Nintendo Switch 2 version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.

EA's Battlefield 6 free trial runs from August 18 through August 25, sitting almost perfectly inside Activision's first Modern Warfare 4 beta window of August 21 to 25. Both seasons collide this weekend, with Battlefield 6's Top Gun mid-season update and Modern Warfare 4's first-ever campaign-mission beta lined up side by side.

Activision and Infinity Ward have released the official Meet the New Squad Campaign trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, introducing the US and ROK marines of the new campaign ahead of the October 23 launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC.