- Out
- 23 October 2026. Campaign a week early on 16 October for digital pre-orders.
- Platforms
- PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Switch 2. Not PS4 or Xbox One.
- Game Pass
- No, not at launch, and no later date has been announced.
- Zombies
- Not announced. The official modes are Campaign, Multiplayer and DMZ.
- Reviews
- None exist. The game is not out, and nobody outside Activision has played the full Campaign.
Before launch
When exactly does it come out, and when do I get the Campaign early?
Friday 23 October 2026 worldwide. Campaign Early Access starts Friday 16 October for anyone who digitally pre-ordered or pre-purchased the Standard Digital or Vault edition. Activision footnotes the date as subject to change and notes time-zone differences.
Does a physical copy get the Campaign early?
No. Activision limits Campaign Early Access to digital pre-orders and pre-purchases. The physical Standard Edition did get a Beta Code for Open Beta early access at the point of sale, but the betas are over.
How much of the Campaign do I get on 16 October?
The full Campaign. Activision's Nintendo Switch 2 post says it plainly — finish the Campaign before launch, then the rest of the game arrives on 23 October.
Is it on Xbox Game Pass?
Not at launch. Activision's own editions post and the Xbox store page both say so, and Activision has advertised the point directly. It reportedly arrives on Game Pass at least a year later; nobody has named a date.
Is it on PS4 or Xbox One?
No, and Activision states this twice in the announcement. Modern Warfare 4 is built for current-generation consoles and PC only.
Is there a Zombies mode?
None has been announced. Activision's own material describes three things — Campaign, Multiplayer and DMZ — and third-party listings give single-player and multiplayer. No source says there is a Zombies mode, and no source says there is not.
Is it Omnimovement like Black Ops 6 and 7?
No. The Omnimovement system is reportedly not used, and both hands-on previews confirm it: one says you cannot slide or dive in any lateral direction, and the other describes the movement as faster than Infinity Ward's last game but nothing as drastic. Activision's own list of new mechanics is about mantling, hanging and pipes, not omnidirectional movement.
How long is the Campaign?
Nobody has said. No mission count and no hour figure has been published. Infinity Ward associate design director Alex Norris has said in an interview that it is probably the largest Modern Warfare campaign, which is a claim about scale, not a length.
How much does it cost?
$69.99 for the Standard and $99.99 for the Vault Edition, per the Xbox store listing and Insider Gaming. Activision's own editions page publishes no full prices — only the $30 cost of upgrading from Digital Standard to Vault. A 10% Loyalty Discount applies to the Vault Edition for eligible buyers until 23 October 2026.
Do I qualify for the Loyalty Discount?
If you own and have played any edition of Modern Warfare (2019), Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered, Black Ops Cold War, Vanguard, Modern Warfare II, Modern Warfare III, Black Ops 6 or Black Ops 7 — bought, or played through Game Pass or PlayStation Plus Monthly Games — on the same platform and account you are buying on. It does not apply to upgrades from the Standard edition.
How big is the download?
The only published numbers are the PC requirement of an SSD with 115 GB free, and Nintendo's eShop listing for Switch 2 at about 84.9 GB, reported by Nintendo Life. No install size has been published for PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S.
Does it run at 60 fps? At 4K?
No resolution or frame-rate target has been published for PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S. On Switch 2, Digital Legends, the studio building that version, says multiplayer reaches 60 fps docked and about 44 fps handheld, and the Campaign 30 fps; no resolution has been published. On PC, the recommended spec is aimed at 90 fps in multiplayer on High settings, and a separate tier covers ray tracing at 4K upscaled.
Did my beta progress carry over?
The cosmetic rewards did — eight of them, tied to your Activision account and available when the game launches on 23 October. Player level, weapon unlocks and other in-beta progression did not.
Is DMZ the same thing as Warzone?
No. DMZ is an extraction mode inside Modern Warfare 4, set in Hajin. Warzone stays a separate free game, though it starts taking Modern Warfare 4 content and seasonal progression from Season 1, and Hajin is itself coming to Warzone's Battle Royale then.
How many players are in a DMZ match?
Activision has not said. Its DMZ deep dive describes solo and squad play without a number. Twenty squads of up to three has been reported, which is the only figure with a source behind it and is not Activision's.
Is there campaign co-op?
Nothing has been said about it, in any official post or preview. The Campaign is described only in single-player terms.
Who actually made it?
Development is led by Infinity Ward, with Beenox on PC and Digital Legends on Switch 2, plus nine other Activision studios in the credits including Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software. The Xbox store page, read on 3 October 2026, names only Activision Publishing as publisher and gives no developer.
Are there reviews yet?
No. The game is not out. What exists is press hands-on time with multiplayer, a hands-off campaign presentation, and two public beta weekends in August 2026.