One of the best Call of Duty games in recent times, 2019’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from developer Infinity Ward, is out now on Xbox Game Pass. The game is available for the Premium and Ultimate tiers of Game Pass, as well as PC Game Pass.
Modern Warfare scored generally positive review scores upon release and was a blockbuster success in terms of sales. The campaign was a bright spot for many, telling another globe-trotting story and kicking off a new Modern Warfare series following the popular games earlier in the 2000s.
Modern Warfare’s campaign brought back Captain John Price (with a new actor) and introduced Commander Farah Karim. She was played by Claudia Doumit, who starred on Prime Video’s The Boys. Her missions were some of the best and most memorable from the campaign.
The 2019 Modern Warfare is also remembered for its popular multiplayer mode, which brought back the large-scale, 32v32 Ground War mode, this time with tanks. The multiplayer also served as the foundation for 2020’s battle royale game Call of Duty: Warzone, which was an enormous success at launch.
When Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard and the Call of Duty franchise, many assumed Microsoft would stock the Game Pass library with Call of Duty games. That didn’t happen, though, and today, Modern Warfare is just the third game released prior to the buyout to come to Game Pass, the previous two being Modern Warfare 2 (2022) and Modern Warfare 3 (2023).
Black Ops 6, meanwhile, was the first brand-new Call of Duty game to come to Game Pass at launch in 2024, with Black Ops 7 following in 2025.
2019’s Modern Warfare sold more than 41 million copies, according to court filings from Activision found by Game File, and the publisher spent more than $640 million on production expenses during its lifetime.
In other Game Pass news, it’s been reported that Microsoft is considering several drastic changes to the service under the leadership of Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma. Microsoft could debut a new tier of the service that only includes first-party games, the report said, with another possibility being that Microsoft no longer includes new Call of Duty games with Game Pass.
2026’s Call of Duty game is rumored to be Modern Warfare 4 from Infinity Ward. Beyond the game series, Activision and Paramount are working on a Call of Duty movie from writer Taylor Sheridan and director Peter Berg.
