Activision and Infinity Ward have pulled the trigger on this year's Call of Duty. The publisher revealed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 on Thursday with its first official trailer, confirming an October 23, 2026 worldwide launch across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam and Battle.net, and - in the headline platform surprise - Nintendo Switch 2. It marks the first time a mainline Call of Duty has appeared on a Nintendo console in 13 years, and the game launches as an Xbox Play Anywhere title with pre-orders live today.
The reveal trailer sets the campaign on the Korean Peninsula, where a full-scale invasion threatens to tip the wider world into chaos. A young squad of South Korean soldiers fights to hold a collapsing front line, while half a world away a vengeful Captain Price wages a personal, off-book war from the shadows - staying one step ahead of the people hunting him. As Price's mission collides with the forces behind the invasion, the conflict spirals beyond anyone's control.
Three modes at launch: Campaign, Multiplayer and DMZ
Infinity Ward is shipping Modern Warfare 4 with three pillars on day one: the cinematic Campaign, the series' competitive Multiplayer, and the return of DMZ - the open-world extraction mode that built a cult following during the Warzone 2.0 era. Bundling all three at launch is a notable shift back toward the content-dense package fans associate with the Modern Warfare sub-brand, rather than spinning extraction or PvE out as a later add-on.
Pre-order bonuses, Switch 2, and what comes next
Pre-ordering any digital edition grants early access to the Open Beta plus a Hunter Killer Operator Skin, which unlocks immediately in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone for players who want to use it before launch. The Switch 2 version is the big talking point - Nintendo hardware has sat out the mainline series since 2013, and getting a current-year Call of Duty running on the platform is a direct dividend of the Microsoft-Activision deal that promised exactly this kind of cross-platform reach.
Activision has not yet detailed multiplayer maps, the DMZ map pool, or the open beta dates beyond confirming pre-order holders get in early. Expect that drip-feed to begin over the summer ahead of the October 23 release, with a Warzone integration almost certainly following the campaign's launch as it has every year. For now, the headline is simple: Price is back, the war has moved to Korea, and Call of Duty is on a Nintendo console again.
