Call of Duty is coming to a Nintendo platform for the first time in a long time. Modern Warfare 4 will arrive day-and-date on Switch 2 this fall alongside its PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC versions, upending a 13-year cycle of the blockbuster military shooter franchise skipping the Mario maker’s less powerful hardware.
Activision confirmed that Infinity Ward, in partnership with Digital Legends, is developing Modern Warfare 4 natively for Nintendo Switch 2. While the publisher hasn’t yet confirmed additional details, that suggests there should be some level of feature parity between the Switch 2 version and the others, even if the 2026 entry won’t be running at the same framerates and resolutions on Nintendo’s console.
Digital Legends Entertainment was a mobile game developer that Activision acquired back in 2021. It helped make 2024’s Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile and was one of the many support studios assisting with last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
The last Call of Duty to appear on a Nintendo console was 2013’s Ghosts which came to the Wii U. As part of its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in 2023, Microsoft entered into a 10-year agreement with Nintendo to bring the hit shooter to its consoles. Nearly three years later, Switch 2 owners will finally begin to benefit from that deal. 2026 also marks the first year in over a decade that a new Call of Duty won’t be coming to PS4 and Xbox One.