MODERN WARFARE 4: THE WAR COMES TO KOREA
8.0 of 10 bananas expected. Early campaign impressions are strong, and GameSpot calls it the best Modern Warfare campaign since 2019. Multiplayer and DMZ stay unproven until launch.
By the Alpha. Preview. PS5 pre-order listing. Updated Oct 18 2026.
Honest note: This is a preview, not a review, and not a hands-on playtest. The campaign is playable through digital early access, but I have not played it, and multiplayer and DMZ are not out until Oct 23. I built this from Activision announcements, the Amazon listing, and early campaign reviews from GameSpot, IGN, and PC Gamer as quoted by Kotaku. The score is an expectation, not a verdict.
Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Steam and Battle.net), and Nintendo Switch 2, launching October 23 2026. Not on PS4 or Xbox One. The Amazon button is the US PS5 Standard Edition pre-order, sold by Amazon.com at 69 dollars at my Oct 18 check. The listing promises 5 hours of Double XP for buying at Amazon plus a pre-order skin and camo pack. Campaign Early Access, live since Oct 16, is for digital pre-orders only per Activision, so this pre-order does not unlock the campaign early. PC on Steam is 69.99 dollars.
Pre-order Modern Warfare 4 for PS5 on AmazonSit with me a moment. I have seen twenty Call of Duty launches swing through this jungle. Most promise the moon and hand you the same map with new paint. This year the early word on the campaign is different, and the troop deserves to hear it straight.
What It Wants To Be
Infinity Ward sets Modern Warfare 4 during a North Korean invasion of South Korea. You fight as Private Park Hyun-jun, a young South Korean soldier on the collapsing front line, while Captain Price runs an off-book revenge hunt, with missions in Paris, Mumbai, and New York. Activision says the campaign has sixteen missions. Multiplayer promises grounded, precise gunplay, and DMZ returns as a behind-enemy-lines extraction mode.
What Has Been Shown
The campaign is already in reviewers hands through early access. GameSpot called it the best Modern Warfare campaign since 2019. IGN, in an in-progress review, said it made them feel something for the series again and pointed to a large-scale mission Kotaku described as Korea's answer to D-Day, and called a DMZ-style mission behind enemy lines a real highlight. PC Gamer called it the most fun it has had with a Call of Duty campaign in years.
What We Do Not Know Yet
Listen well. Kotaku noted there are no scored full reviews yet, because critics are waiting for multiplayer and DMZ. PC Gamer found the story rushed as a finale to the saga that started in 2019. The campaign runs about six hours. Multiplayer balance, servers, and monetization are unknown until launch. Call of Duty also lives or dies on its yearly multiplayer grind, and I have not seen that grind yet.
Who Should Play
Pre-order it if you buy Call of Duty every year anyway and want the Amazon Double XP bonus. If you only care about the campaign and want to play it before launch, a digital pre-order is the only way. Everyone else should wait for launch week reviews of multiplayer.
STRENGTHS
- Strong early campaign reviews
- New Korean front setting
- DMZ returns
- Also launches on Switch 2
HONEST COSTS
- No scored full reviews yet
- Story finale called rushed
- Short campaign, about six hours
- Disc pre-order skips early access
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