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Activision and Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is seeing a strong early reception ahead of its official October 23 launch. Campaign early access unlocked on Friday for digital pre-orders, and the game has secured a "Very Positive" 92 percent rating across more than 3,100 user reviews on Steam. The shooter also brings the franchise back to a Nintendo console for the first time in 13 years with a release on the Switch 2. [1][2]
The campaign runs a little over six hours, and IGN awarded it an 8/10 score. On Nintendo's upcoming hardware, technical analysis from Digital Foundry found that the title looks sharper using Nvidia's DLSS technology compared to SMAA. Modern Warfare 4's DMZ extraction shooter mode unlocks early for pre-order customers on October 20, followed by the general multiplayer rollout alongside the full launch. [1][2]
The early praise marks a major turnaround after pre-launch community drama and lower PC beta numbers. Modern Warfare 4 currently ranks as the highest-rated Call of Duty entry on Steam in over a decade, easily outpacing the 37 percent "Mostly Negative" reception of last year's Black Ops 7 and surpassing the 79 percent score of the 2019 Modern Warfare reboot. [2]
It may be hard to believe, given all the Call of Duty: Modern 4 pre-launch community drama and the beta's lower-than-expected numbers on PC, but the final game may have turned things around - so far, at least.
via Eurogamer
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is special for at least one good reason: it's the first time in the highly popular first-person shooter franchise to hit a Nintendo console in 13 years. Competitive military shooters aren't really big on Nintendo's platforms, after all, as their fans tend to prefer other types of games. Still, from Activision's perspective, luring more players to the IP can't be a bad thing, even though the impetus actually came from Microsoft.
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