In late 2022, several private military companies begin to move into Al Mazrah, looking to wrestle control of the city from AQ forces as well as each other. At some point, Shadow Company was discovered to be running new operations in Al Mazrah, as well as the Asia-Pacific island Ashika and the elusive underground facility Building 21. However, this will, of course, depend entirely on your controller and if it's currently experiencing any drift. Goslin, Austen (September 15, 2022). "Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 and the other big announcements from Call of Duty Next". Polygon. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022 . Retrieved October 17, 2022. Maps created for Ground War are known collectively as Battle Maps, and are based on key learnings from the creation of Call of Duty: Warzone’s Verdansk. Topline intel includes the following:

Stuart, Keith (October 31, 2022). "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II review – new thrills from the old campaigner". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group plc. Archived from the original on November 1, 2022 . Retrieved November 1, 2022. Silver, Dan (November 16, 2022). "Call of Duty Modern Warfare II review: inventive campaign aims high but multiplayer remains surest shot". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022 . Retrieved November 21, 2022. Modern Warfare II will feature a massive amount of content from day 1 – squad up and fight alongside TF141 in a globe-trotting single-player campaign, play lone-gun or rally with your team in immersive multiplayer combat, complete with new locales and ways to play, and experience an evolved, narrative-driven Special Ops game mode featuring tactical co-op gameplay. Ensure you have enough teammates to defend your prisoner while pushing forward to secure the opposition’s hostage. Activision to Delay Next Year's Planned Call of Duty Game". Bloomberg.com. February 22, 2022. Archived from the original on May 20, 2023 . Retrieved February 23, 2023.The curent plan for the Open Beta and launch is to keep Third-Person and First-Person Playlists separate, but stay tuned down the road. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II was developed by Infinity Ward alongside a new version of the battle royale title Call of Duty: Warzone, later revealed to be titled Warzone 2.0, with both games using a new version of the IW engine, under a single cross-game launcher known as Call of Duty HQ. [18] The new upgraded engine features a physically based material system, a new hybrid tile-based streaming system, a new PBR decal rendering system, world volumetric lighting, 4K HDR, as well as a new GPU geometry pipeline. [19] The game features Activision's proprietary Ricochet Anti-Cheat at launch. [5] The real success is Invasion, which at 32v32 size is also massive, but mixes in the perpetual arrival of bot squads, dropped off by helicopter at various stages while you effectively play a game of tug-of-war over the front line. It's a gigantic team deathmatch based on progress - a progress that, despite my best efforts, I could not possibly explain to you. The game makes no effort at telling you how you actually win this mode, or really incentivise it either, and the bots are comically stupid. Actual platform availability and launch date(s) of MP Beta subject to change. See www.callofduty.com/beta for more details. Minimum Open Beta duration is 2 days. Limited time only, while Early Access Beta Codes last, at participating retailers. Online multiplayer subscription may be required.

Porter, Matt (June 8, 2022). "Game-changing water updates bring swimming to Modern Warfare 2 & Warzone 2". CharlieINTEL. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022 . Retrieved June 8, 2022. Modern Warfare® II launches with a globe-trotting single-player campaign, immersive Multiplayer combat and an evolved Special Ops game mode featuring tactical co-op gameplay. Alejandro Vargas) - written by Jeffrey Negus, Brian Bloom, and Justin Harris; portrayed by Alain Mesa

Unless you are playing Campaign or Raid mode, it is recommended that you switch to the 120 FPS mode for the best possible experience. You can tweak the following settings in Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox Series X|S accordingly: