Despite the recent launch of Season 1, Infinity Ward continues to look ahead, setting fan expectations for some of the things coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, including the return of a highly requested multiplayer mode. As a live service experience, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 developers need to continue looking ahead and with Season 2 already being planned, fans are finally getting one highly requested mode.
Season 1 has already brought a tidal wave of new content for Modern Warfare 4 players, with more on the way when the midseason update arrives in a few weeks. In addition to the new content though, the Modern Warfare 4 season 1 update also made changes to code pieces of the game, including a bunch of buffs and nerfs for many of the launch weapons. Even the controversial DMZ perk called Possum wasn’t safe, as Infinity Ward changed how it functioned to prevent players from spamming it to take instant revenge on their killer. While Season 2 largely remains a mystery for now, Infinity Ward has begun teasing some upcoming content.
Modern Warfare 4 Bringing Back Ranked Mode in Season 2
Even as fans continue to get familiar with all the new content in Modern Warfare 4‘s major Season 1 release, a new weekly update to fans is looking ahead to Season 2. While the team isn’t ready to reveal the full set of content coming next season, it was confirmed that the highly requested Rank mode is launching for both Multiplayer and Warzone. Infinity Ward is collaboration with Treyarch and Raven Software to ensure it is ready to go when Season 2 arrives.
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The update also confirmed that some players got an early look at Ranked during the Monster Invitational event during the first weekend of November. Players got to experienced Ranked during the third round of the championship event in a mode called Hijacked. Interestingly enough, Ranked didn’t actually have a tiebreaker overtime condition coded in at that point, so the Grand Final event forced both teams to play the map again. Naturally, it was confirmed that an overtime rule set would be added prior to launch in Season 2.
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Many fans in the comments were seemingly disappointed in the news avoiding the topic of matchmaking in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. The Call of Duty series, as a whole, has had a complicated relationship with matchmaking and how it brings people together. Although the game has seen glowing reviews and positive word of mouth from players, many remain unhappy with the decision to utilize skill-based matchmaking, saying that it ruins the experience that results in overly competitive and “sweaty” matches. Call of Duty has added “open” style playlists in the past, though as of now, nothing has been mentioned about doing something similar for Modern Warfare 4.
However, it’s not entirely impossible as Infinity Ward continues to update the game at a very consistent rate. Unfortunately, not every update seems to be a hit with fans, as a recent Call of Duty update made changes to Modern Warfare 4‘s unique Kill Block map. Instead of first to 6 when playing Gunfight, it’s now reduced to a best of 3. Fans have noted that less time spent in the game mode results in less loadouts being seen, a reduction in potential game-winning comebacks, as well as some players staring at a spectator screen since there are no respawns in this game mode.
- Released
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October 23, 2026
- Multiplayer
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Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
