Activision Teases Imminent Call of Duty Modern Warfare Reveal With Video Showing Korean Setting

Activision has teased an imminent uncover of the adjacent Call of Duty Modern Warfare crippled with a YouTube video that suggests Korea arsenic a setting.

The authoritative Call of Duty YouTube transmission has gone unrecorded with a video provender from “Camera 04,” showing what whitethorn beryllium a multiplayer representation acceptable successful municipality Korea. The banner connected the near of the footage includes a acceptable of numbers, including 26-06-07, which is the time of Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Games Showcase (June 7, 2026). The different acceptable of numbers, 04-13-26, could subordinate to the numbers of the alphabet, arsenic they spell retired DMZ, the sanction of Call of Duty's extraction mode.

There’s not overmuch other to spell on, but this caller video going unrecorded today, May 28, surely suggests a uncover is imminent.

Is this our archetypal look astatine Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4? Image credit: Call of Duty / YouTube.

Developer Infinity Ward has already confirmed this year’s Call of Duty is simply a caller Modern Warfare, which is rumored to beryllium Modern Warfare 4. “Yes, we are making the definitive Modern Warfare,” Infinity Ward tweeted earlier this month.

It’s worthy noting that Infinity Ward has said that this year’s introduction volition not merchandise connected last-gen consoles, confirming that the hugely fashionable first-person shooter franchise has finally, decently moved onto the existent procreation (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S).

What remains chartless astatine this clip is whether the caller crippled volition beryllium released connected Nintendo Switch 2. A twelvemonth ago, some Activision and Nintendo were said to beryllium moving connected getting Call of Duty connected Switch, but that ne'er happened for 2025’s Black Ops 7. In February 2023, Microsoft signed a 10-year statement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo gamers “the aforesaid time arsenic Xbox, with afloat diagnostic and contented parity.” The statement was portion of Microsoft’s effort to get its $69 cardinal acquisition of Activision Blizzard implicit the enactment successful the look of absorption from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and different regulators crossed the globe. The interest was that Microsoft mightiness person pulled Call of Duty from PlayStation, oregon made the crippled connected rival platforms inferior successful immoderate way. Promising to merchandise Call of Duty connected Nintendo consoles was designed to amusement Microsoft’s committedness to making Call of Duty arsenic accessible arsenic imaginable to arsenic galore gamers arsenic possible. Is present yet the clip to marque bully connected that promise?

It's besides worthy noting that this year's Call of Duty volition not motorboat time 1 connected Game Pass, Microsoft's subscription service. New Xbox brag Asha Sharma had decided to propulsion caller Call of Duty launches retired of Game Pass, alternatively added them successful a twelvemonth later, portion cutting the terms arsenic portion of a wider effort to rebuild the marque successful the eyes of hardcore fans.

Infinity Ward has caller co-studio heads going into the motorboat of this year’s game. Jack O’Hara, who came up successful production, has been astatine Infinity Ward since 2012, portion Mark Grigsby made his sanction successful animation starting backmost successful 2005, though helium near for a stint astatine Respawn Entertainment earlier returning successful 2012. IGN spoke to some successful a caller interrogation that’s worthy checking retired portion you hold for today’s reveal.

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