Activision has skipped Nintendo platforms for Call of Duty for more than a decade, as the last CoD release on a Nintendo platform was a port of Call of Duty: Ghosts for Wii U in 2013. That is changing this year, though, as Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will come to Switch 2 at launch on October 23. It’ll debut that day alongside the game’s other versions for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. The game is not coming to last-gen consoles.
The new Call of Duty game showing up on Switch 2 is not a surprise, but instead the realization of a promise that Microsoft made years ago.
In 2023, amid the FTC vs. Microsoft court case, Microsoft said it had signed a “binding 10-year legal agreement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo players.” The statement said Microsoft would launch Call of Duty on Nintendo platforms “the same day as Xbox, with full features and content parity.”
2024’s Black Ops 6 and 2025’s Black Ops 7 did not come to Switch 2, prompting many to wonder if Microsoft and Activision were actually going to follow through on the promise. In June 2025, Activision released a statement saying it was committed to bringing Call of Duty to Switch 2. A report from December 2025 said Call of Duty’s release on Switch 2 was imminent.
The Switch 2 version of Modern Warfare 4 is developed by Infinity Ward in partnership with Digital Legends. It is a native version for Switch 2. It remains to be seen if the Switch 2 edition of Modern Warfare 4 has any differences compared to the game’s other editions.
While Modern Warfare 4 is coming to Switch 2, Activision has not said if the popular Call of Duty: Warzone battle royale game is coming to Switch 2. Keep checking back with GameSpot for more.
Modern Warfare 4’s story is centered on the Korean Peninsula, with players taking on the role of Private Park, a young Korean grunt soldier who is entering combat for the first time. The campaign is described as a “zero-to-hero” story.
A familiar Modern Warfare character, Captain Price, returns in the campaign, which will take players beyond Korea to places like New York, Paris, and Mumbai.
Beyond the campaign, Modern Warfare 4 brings back multiplayer, of course, with 12 brand-new 6v6 maps coming at launch. The DMZ mode returns as well.
Call of Duty has a long, strange history on Nintendo platforms.
