Activision has announced that the story campaign for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will now release a week earlier than initially scheduled, with a new date of October 21st. The company is introducing an early access period specifically for the game's campaign mode, however, there's a slight catch.
First off, this is exclusive to pre-orders, which makes sense given the nature of the bonus. However, it's also exclusive to digital pre-orders, meaning folks who opt for the physical version have no early access option for campaign.
Thankfully, there's no platform bias here as is the case with the upcoming multiplayer beta. While the online beta has an exclusive period just for PlayStation users, campaign early access is the same across all platforms: one week early for digital pre-orders.
To be honest, we're okay with this in general! While we'd like the deal to reach physical versions as well, it is purely the story campaign, so there's no pre-release multiplayer advantage to be gained through early access. The full game is set to launch on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on October 28th.
Does this sweeten the deal enough for a pre-order? Let us know in the comments!
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Oof, a significant blow for physical media!
Well at least someone on here can give us an honest opinion of the campaign before full release ☀️
@Olliemar28 Yep, pain.
I always only ever play the campaign element of Call of Duty, and as much as I want to play this game, this is the first time that I might not actually pre-order the game, which is typical considering that they are actually giving early access to the only component that holds any interest for me.
The reason that I'm not going to buy it this time round (or at least probably not, as I am pretty weak-willed when it comes down to it) is that I think this game will be one of the earliest entries on to the Game Pass once the acquisition goes through as adding this title will really make a splash.
Having said all that, knowing me, I will struggle to contain myself, and I'll end up buying it either in a sale, or worse still, pre-ordering it.
So weak-willed...
@Fiendish-Beaver I don't think they'll be able to add any of the recent cod's to gamepass until after Sony's marketing deal is finished they could always put mw2 remastered on gamepass & update it to add the multiplayer though
Hmmm, you maybe right, @Would_you_kindly, however, the only thing that may count against that is that Sony were completely blindsided by the AB acquisition, and so it is probably unlikely that they have blocked its inclusion on to Game Pass as they just didn't think it likely to happen. I mean, why pay to block something appearing on Game Pass that you never expect to arrive there anyway?
Having said that, you have now sowed a seed of doubt in my mind, and I can feel my will weakening still further....
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