Infinity Ward targets late 2022 release for Modern Warfare and Warzone sequels

[Jimmy2x]

Something to look forward to: There's no arguing that the Call of Duty (CoD) franchise has had a rough ride over the last few years. Players have suffered through everything from unchecked cheaters to broken game mechanics, making the titles all but unplayable. In 2021, Ricochet anti-cheat also failed to deliver the solutions promised to improve the state of the game. Rather than continuing to bandage the same wounds, Infinity Ward has announced work on the next iteration of the Modern Warfare and Warzone games.

The new titles, teased by a Call of Duty blog community update, will use a brand new game engine developed by Infinity Ward (IW). The new engine's design provides better integration between the primary CoD and Warzone titles, which has been a continuous struggling point for developers. The new game engine will enable IW to create content across a common platform and establish a solid foundation for what the company describes as "a new Warzone experience."

The blog post was packed with information from the development team on their priorities, community requests, and future plans. The single-engine approach departs from the current game's architectures, which rely on different game engines from Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, and Treyarch. Using this approach across all CoD titles and developers provides an opportunity to create more seamless content integration points for future games.

Activision recently hosted a group call with Infinity Ward co-studio head Pat Kelly, Activision game director Josh Bridge, and Raven Software senior creative director Eric Biessman to discuss the current and future state of the CoD franchise. The group openly addressed the many issues plaguing Warzone.

The developers note that the urge to integrate other CoD titles into Warzone, such as Black Ops and Vanguard, has presented significant technical challenges. These challenges, and their solutions, contributed to the bloated state of a game that was initially meant as an extension of 2019's Modern Warfare.

The new titles and game engine will roll out sometime later in 2022. Infinity Ward also told players to expect a massive evolution of the battle royale experience. Let's hope that includes preventing wallhacks and flying cars.

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[emmzo]

I really liked CoD MW, probably the first CoD I had really enjoyed. And then, as always, cheaters happened. I struggled for a couple of months until it became unplayable. My breaking point was a game that I got killed instantly from spawn for the whole duration of the match. At that point I think there were only cheaters vs cheaters and two or three misfortunates like me.

 

[Nobina]

Modern Warfare 2019 doesn't need a sequel, it's still very active, I play it occasionally. It beats anything they released after. It needs to become THE Call of Duty game, the one game they will support till time runs it over.

What's a new game going to bring except that it's going to be more demanding which is terrible for esports audience and in times of hardware shortage? "A new Warzone experience" sounds like they don't have anything in store so they had to say something this bland to get people interested.

 

[m4a4]

Modern Warfare 2019 doesn't need a sequel, it's still very active, I play it occasionally. It beats anything they released after. It needs to become THE Call of Duty game, the one game they will support till time runs it over.

What's a new game going to bring except that it's going to be more demanding which is terrible for esports audience and in times of hardware shortage? "A new Warzone experience" sounds like they don't have anything in store so they had to say something this bland to get people interested.

I'm hoping this talk of a new engine has something to do with better built-in anti-cheat.

My friends and I stopped playing both because we just kept running into cheaters.

 

[QuantumPhysics]

The original Modern Warfare was revolutionary in storytelling and multiplayer progression.

MW 2019 was OK, but ultimately it was more of the same. The only mission in the game worth talking about was CLEAN HOUSE and it was short.

 

[hahahanoobs]

BF2042 is probably a complete bust, so I hope Warzone 2 is really good.