Former COD dev drops another hint that Modern Warfare 4 is coming

A former Call of Duty developer has added to the current wave of rumours suggesting that this year’s COD will be Modern Warfare 4. Replying on Twitter to a fan who declared their intention to defecate if this were to transpire, the developer said “you better buy some brown pants” (via Dexerto).

That developer was Robert Bowling, former creative strategist and community manager at Infinity Ward. As COD fans will know, that’s the studio which created the Modern Warfare sub-brand, and revolutionised the shooter genre with its first entry back in 2007.

We’re in the midst of a wave of Modern Warfare 4 rumours, thanks to four American football players who said on Instagram that they had played this year’s Call of Duty at a private preview event (via All Games Delta). A fan then slowed down the footage they posted, claiming to hear the words “killstreaks” and “Modern Warfare 4”, though the audio is far from clear.

It’s also possibly notable that, in Eurogamer’s coverage of that story, reading the first word of the first four paragraphs spells out ‘Modern Warfare 4’, though there’s no reason to think this is anything more than a cheeky nod to the rumours. Bowling clearly thinks they’re credible, and as he likely still has connections with Infinity Ward – whose turn it is to release the next COD – he’s in a position to know.

This just adds to a pre-existing body of Modern Warfare 4 rumours. In a February earnings call, Activision-Blizzard confirmed that COD 2019 is “rooted in some of the franchise’s most important history” and will have a single-player campaign (via PC Gamer). Earlier this year, Infinity Ward’s communications manager was regularly tweeting mysterious, macabre imagery which some took as a hint that COD 2019 would be a sequel to 2013’s Ghosts, until Kotaku’s well-connected Jason Schreier quashed that idea.

It seems pretty unlikely that Infinity Ward would launch a new sub-series given the hostile reception to its last effort, 2016’s Infinite Warfare, and those comments about the franchise’s history. So while we still haven’t heard anything official, Modern Warfare 4 is looking like an increasingly safe bet. The annual COD is typically revealed well ahead of E3, so we shouldn’t have much longer to wait either way.

Posted: Apr 25, 2019 2:22 pm
Related Forum: Call of Duty Forum

Source: https://www.pcgamesn.com/cod-2019-modern-warfare-4

Comments

MazePosted: Thu. Apr 25, 2019

d0ct0rxwh0 CoD is dead, will definitely never buy another again.

I try to not buy them unless I hear really good things. But cod is no where near dead... it won't be for a long time. They mess up time and time again, and everyone agrees that their games are more on the garbage side, but they still always do insane numbers because of the name.

SHOTTYLEANPosted: Thu. Apr 25, 2019

No game brought the boys together more than CoD ever did... I will continue to chase that high every year... and every year I will be disappointed... but... every year I will try.

ReckzXPPPosted: Thu. Apr 25, 2019

Cookie This might be CODs last chance in the gaming spot light. If they screw this up i think that's the end of it for them. Coming from a COD player who doesn't like battle royals much. But MW 1,2,3 were all good games IW only screwed up on Ghosts and Infinite Warfare IMO. So this should be nice hopefully they make a MW2R bundle though that would completely obliterate Fortnite if they don't ruin that either but I can't wait to see what the future holds.

I have herd this since cod ghosts days and still hits breaking records every year in sales

iTOKEnCHOKEPosted: Thu. Apr 25, 2019

CoD is dead, will definitely never buy another again.

XboxPosted: Thu. Apr 25, 2019

I would like to see MW4 and actually hope for a half way decent cod.

PinkRibbonPosted: Thu. Apr 25, 2019

If this is happening Then I can not wait till Its released i just hope this year Franchise is better than all the other cods besides remastering MW.

SR20DETPosted: Thu. Apr 25, 2019

Mario350 dont know how mw4 will work when soap and quite alot of the original guys are dead and the original iw is also dead, unless new iw doesnt add stupid iw jet packs or black ops 4 150hp(wait too much when you dont have an lmg)

if its mw4 it better be telling the back story of all the past mw series up to the current day of whatever year its set in, it also better be set in 2022 or 2021 not this futuristic crap we dont want, since modern warfare takes place two years(ie mw1 was 2007 took place in 2009) mw2(2012) mw3(didnt play the story but im assuming it was 2014) so mw4 better follow this style so 2022 would make sense same with 2021.

but i do have my doubts its mw4 its most likely ghosts 2 which ghosts wasnt a bad cod it was the last real bog game before bo4 but cant wait to be proven either wrong or right at e3 or earlier

See this is why I don't think it'll be MW4, I can't see a story that can come from this, as much as I would love to see the return of Price I just don't see it happening. BUT on the off chance it is actually MW4 I want it to be a prequel to CoD 4, about Price and McMillan. Like the events leading up to All Ghillied Up.

XeCookiePosted: Thu. Apr 25, 2019

This might be CODs last chance in the gaming spot light. If they screw this up i think that's the end of it for them. Coming from a COD player who doesn't like battle royals much. But MW 1,2,3 were all good games IW only screwed up on Ghosts and Infinite Warfare IMO. So this should be nice hopefully they make a MW2R bundle though that would completely obliterate Fortnite if they don't ruin that either but I can't wait to see what the future holds.

MazePosted: Thu. Apr 25, 2019

We should find out at e3, I hope it doesn't ruin the series