Ahead of Modern Warfare 2's big release later this week, developer Infinity Ward has unleashed a bucketload of info about the game's launch, including all the release day details on Xbox platforms. Campaign early access is now available for digital pre-orders, with all eyes now focused on the game's full launch.
Anyway, here's everything you need to know about Modern Warfare 2's Xbox launch:
Modern Warfare 2 Release Date For Xbox
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 hits Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on October 28th, 2022. If you're going digital with this year's release, you'll also have exclusive early access to the game's full campaign from October 20th.
Warzone 2.0, the free-to-play successor to 2020's Warzone battle royale, then launches on Xbox the following month. Warzone 2.0 hits Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on November 16th, 2022, with specific timings coming at a later date.
Modern Warfare 2 Release Times For Xbox
How To Play The Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Early
If you've pre-ordered Modern Warfare 2 digitally on Xbox, you can play the full campaign from October 20th at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST. Physical pre-orders will have to wait for the full launch date to play any part of Modern Warfare 2, campaign included.
Modern Warfare 2 Full Game Release Time
Just over a week after digital early access, the full version of Modern Warfare 2 is set to release. Infinity Ward has revealed that MW2 will go live at midnight local time on October 28th (so, one minute after 11:59pm on the 27th). Here in the UK it'll be 12am BST, over in the US 12am PST, 12am EST, etc.
Modern Warfare 2 Preload Times For Xbox
Modern Warfare 2 pre-load has been available on Xbox since October 19th. At the moment, the full game on Xbox Series X is roughly 90GB, with an extra 20GB or so currently required as 'reserved data'. With this installed, you'll be good to go for the full launch on October 27th/28th, barring any day one updates of course.
Alongside all the info on Modern Warfare 2 release times, Infinity Ward has also dropped a bunch of intel on what to expect from the game at launch and beyond. This includes everything from weapons and operators to game modes and Spec Ops mission details; the blog post is well worth a look if you want to read over everything that MW2 will serve up on Xbox this October!
Are you looking forward to the full launch? Let us know down below.
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Could this be any more complicated? The fact you need a matrix to even try and explain it says it all.
@themightyant haha, I know!
Gone are the days when you get a cartridge/disc, put it on the console and play...
@themightyant Just wait until it asks you for your cell phone, tax ID, blood-type, and a human sacrifice whilst registering for multi-player.
Was easy enough to play the beta, I don't expect it will be any different at launch. Might as well give the SP a go until MP drops. Not keen on FPS campaigns.
I'm pretty sure you can blame PlayStation for the complication. They've made it quite clear that they want control of Call of Duty for as long as possible.
Anyways, this isn't that complicated.
I’ve been able to get the update done and ready to go on Friday but I’m not bothering playing at midnight, I’m too tired for that so will play when I get up. 🙂
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