Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is coming toward the end of this month, and everything I’ve heard about the game to date has made me keener on it. There’s the return of a proper, gritty, hard-hitting single player campaign, missing from last year’s multiplayer-centric Black Ops 4. There’s cross-play with all three of the bigger platforms, letting PC, Xbox and PS4 players play together – which should do wonders for lobbies, especially in smaller regions like South Africa.
The game also dispenses with the traditional Season Pass and DLC cycle, with maps and modes being offered to players for free. That means there will no longer be the pervasive issue of split, segregated players. Of course, it is Activision and a Call of Duty game, which means that there’s be post-purchase recurrent spending involved. Many have assumed those would come in the form of loot boxes or supply crates, something we’ve seen in previous games.
Speaking on Reddit, Infinity Ward Art Director Joel Emslie affirmed that the game would have no loot boxes or supply crates.
“There continues to be misinformed and incorrect info being pushed about Modern Warfare. What I can say right now is that we are definitely NOT working on any kind of supply drop or loot box system. Also, functional stuff is unlocked through GAMEPLAY. Stay tuned, we’re planning to release info this week.”
Hopefully, the lack of loot crates continues through the game’s entire life cycle; Black Ops 4 launched without loot boxes, but they were added in to the game this year, after the game already had a Season pass, a Fortnite-like battle pass and direct cosmetic purchases.
My guess is that Modern Warfare will either have pages and pages of cosmetic microtransactions, or it’ll use a Rainbow Six Siege-style DLC model, where players pay cash for new operatives.
Last Updated: October 14, 2019
SagatatiaRZA
October 14, 2019 at 13:25
They could just do NO transactions and essentially buy some goodwill. But that ain’t their business.
Admiral Chief
October 14, 2019 at 13:26
DOUBT KWADRAAT
HairyEwok
October 14, 2019 at 13:35
Loot boxes/Surpise mechanics is soooo 2018, 2019 is all about the battle passes.
Pariah
October 14, 2019 at 13:44
TELL THAT TO 2K’S CASINO NBA2K19
HairyEwok
October 14, 2019 at 14:02
I would, but it seems their fax machine is offline.
Kromas
October 14, 2019 at 13:43
Let me use my Activision Translation for you.
“What I can say right now is that we are definitely NOT working on any kind of supply drop or loot box system.” Translates to “It is already done and in the game ready to be unlocked at a moments notice”
“Also, functional stuff is unlocked through GAMEPLAY.” translates to “In the single player campaign”
Llama In The Rift
October 14, 2019 at 12:58
at launch that is.
Admiral Chief
October 14, 2019 at 13:26
LIES
Hammersteyn
October 14, 2019 at 13:44
It wont at launch, a few months later when all the reviews are in they’ll add them, they do this every year.
Admiral Chief
October 14, 2019 at 13:53
SAME OL’ COPY AND PASTE, GAME, AS WELL AS BUSINESS PRACTICE
G8crasha
October 14, 2019 at 14:13
I was always more a BF fanboi than a CoD fanboi, but, for some reason, I just may return to the fold. I’m already playing the mobile version, and at least ATM, wasting everyone!
P.S. They will have to find some way to generate income to maintain servers and infrastructure, so they might just throw these other purchase options in later on. The mobi version has enough in-app purchases, and they ain’t cheap (admittedly, the game is free at the outset, unlike its bigger brother in this article which you have to pay for initially).