Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 revealed

Infinity Ward and Activision today unveiled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, the next installment in the previously popular Call of Duty sub-series. The name of the game is expressed as 'sa', which means 4 in Korean.

The trailer depicts a group of soldiers from the United States and South Korea in the latter country as war with North Korea breaks out after North Korea appoints a new fictional supreme leader.

Modern Warfare 4 brings war to the Korean Peninsula

Here's the plot synopsis provided in the YouTube trailer description:

“In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea launches a full-scale invasion that threatens to destabilize the world. A squad of young South Korean soldiers fight for survival on a crumbling front line, while on the other side of the world, a vengeful Captain Price wages a personal war in the shadows, staying one step ahead of his hunters. As Price's off-book mission clashes with the forces behind the invasion, the war pushes anyone's limits. Control it.”

As the plot synopsis suggests, the crux of the plot concerns the modern-day Korean War, in which the two halves of the Korean peninsula are at war with each other, and Captain Price returns with a personal plot that will no doubt become intertwined with the struggle in Korea. The synopsis suggests that we play as a group of young Korean soldiers fighting a war in their homeland.

The second half of the description promises “darker, more dangerous territory” for the series.

“Modern Warfare 4, developed by Infinity Ward, pushes the series into darker and more dangerous territory. The consequences and expansions bring the long-running storyline to powerful and emotional breaking points. The campaign engages players in trench warfare in Korea, close combat in New York, intense chases through Paris, SAS night raids in Mumbai, and city-wide assaults to retake captured territory.”

The game is scheduled to release on October 23rd for PC, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5.