Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s 86 Metascore Is the Series’ Best Since 2011
Modern Warfare 3 still holds the higher mark at 88, while critics have also praised the new game's campaign and DMZ.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has an 86 Metascore, the franchise’s highest since Modern Warfare 3 scored 88 in 2011. The new game has not topped that mark, but no later Call of Duty entry has scored higher.
Good marks are coming from more than one part of the package. Game Informer’s 8.5/10 review praises the multiplayer and DMZ, while GamesRadar’s 4.5/5 review highlights the campaign alongside those modes. GameSpot’s 8/10 review also points to the campaign, multiplayer, and DMZ as strengths.
DMZ gives the game a distinct extraction mode alongside its campaign and traditional multiplayer. Its Hajin deployments feed into FOB progression, and Story Missions, Dynamic Operations, and Free Roam offer different ways to enter the map, as detailed in DMZ’s FOB progression and deployment options.
The aggregate score may still move. IGN’s review and PC Gamer’s review were both marked in progress and had no scores yet.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Developed by Infinity Ward
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is a first-person shooter and the follow-up to Modern Warfare III (2023), continuing the rebooted Modern Warfare storyline. The campaign is set during a North Korean invasion of South Korea and features dual perspectives: a young South Korean soldier named Private Park facing his first combat deployment, and Captain Price operating outside official channels on a personal mission. The game also includes multiplayer with 6v6 core maps, large-scale vehicle combat maps, and a dynamic map system called Kill Block that reshapes layouts between rounds. A DMZ extraction mode is also featured. The game is released exclusively on current-generation platforms and PC.
- Genre Shooter
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Perspective First person
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release October 23, 2026
- Publisher Activision
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