Prepare to go dark, Modern Warfare is back!

The stakes have never been higher as players take on the role of lethal Tier One operators in a heart-racing saga that will affect the global balance of power.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will make its return in a powerful experience reimagined from the ground-up, engulfing players in a modern-day conflict, where split-second decisions could affect the global balance of power.

In the visceral and dramatic single-player story campaign, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare pushes boundaries and breaks rules the way only Modern Warfare can. Players will engage in breathtaking covert operations alongside a diverse cast of international special forces throughout iconic European cities and volatile expanses of the Middle East.

And the story doesn’t end there.

In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, players will be thrust into an immersive narrative spanning the entire game. Players can experience the ultimate online playground with classic multiplayer or squad-up and play cooperatively in a collection of elite operations, accessible to all skill levels.

PC gaming is all about customization and with Modern Warfare, the team is delivering the most robust set of customization options ever seen in a Call of Duty PC game. The team’s goal is to allow each player to tailor their gameplay experience to their individual playstyle. This ranges from a variety of graphics settings so you can find your perfect balance between graphical fidelity and framerates, as well as expansive customization so you can control the game exactly how you want to.

In each of the Specs, the HDD references HD space of 175GB. 175GB is the storage space we recommend players keep available in order to download the post-launch content we’ll be bringing to Modern Warfare. At launch, the initial download will be smaller.

PC System Requirements

Minimum Specs:

• Requires DirectX 12 compatible system
• OS: Windows 7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit
• CPU: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
• Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1650 or Radeon HD 7950
• RAM: 8GB RAM
• HDD: 175GB HD space
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Recommended Specs (run at 60fps in most situations with all options set to medium):

• Requires DirectX 12 compatible system
• OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600X processor
• Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / GTX 1660 or Radeon R9 390 / AMD RX 580
• RAM: 12GB RAM
• HDD: 175GB HD space
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Recommended Specs (for use with Ray Tracing):

• Requires DirectX 12 compatible system
• OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600X processor
• Video: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
• RAM: 16GB RAM
• HDD: 45GB HD space
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Competitive Specs (run at a high fps for use with a high refresh monitor):

• Requires DirectX 12 compatible system
• OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
• CPU: Intel i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 1800X
• Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 / RTX 2070 SUPER or Radeon RX Vega⁶⁴ Graphics
• RAM: 16GB RAM
• HDD: 175GB HD space
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Ultra RTX Specs (run the game at a high FPS in 4K resolution with Ray Tracing):

• Requires DirectX 12 compatible system
• OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
• CPU: Intel i7-9700K or AMD Ryzen 2700X
• Video: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
• RAM: 16GB RAM
• HDD: 175GB HD space
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Taking advantage of Modern Warfare’s incredible new graphics engine capabilities, the Activision Games Blog has already taken a detailed look at how real-time ray tracing (powered by NVIDIA GeForce RTX) and NVIDIA Adaptive Shading is coming to the PC game at launch (see the Related Article below).

In addition to ray tracing and NVIDIA Adaptive Shading, two additional technologies are also being implemented into the PC version of Modern Warfare for GeForce PC gamers: NVIDIA Ansel and Highlights. What are these technologies, and how do they affect your game? Glad you asked:

What is Ray Tracing (PC)?

Ray tracing simulates the physical behavior of light to bring real-time, cinematic-quality rendering to even the most visually intense games.

What is NVIDIA Adaptive Shading?

For NVIDIA GeForce GTX 16 Series and RTX gamers on PC, NVIDIA Adaptive Shading adjusts the rate at which portions of the screen are shaded, meaning the GPU has less work to do, boosting overall performance.

What is NVIDIA Ansel?

NVIDIA Ansel is a powerful photo mode that enables you to take amazing in-game photos on PC during the Campaign from unique angles, which you can further customize with filters, tweaks, and other adjustments, before being optionally shared on social media, forums, or the Shot With GeForce website. Make sure to download GeForce Experience to take advance of Ansel in your game.

What is NVIDIA Highlights?

Highlights automatically captures key moments, clutch kills, and match-winning plays, ensuring that your best multiplayer gaming moments are automatically saved, which you can easily share online. Make sure to download GeForce Experience to take advantage of Highlights in your game.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare features a new engine delivering an immersive and photo-realistic experience. The new technology utilizes the latest advancements in visual engineering, including a physically-based material system allowing for state of the art photogrammetry, a new hybrid tile based streaming system, new PBR decal rendering system, world volumetric lighting, 4K HDR, DirectX Raytracing (PC) and more as well as a new GPU geometry pipeline. Spectral rendering delivers thermal heat radiation and infrared identification for both thermal and night-vision in-game imaging. The technical investment provides a cutting edge animation and blend shape system, while the new suite of audio tools supports full Dolby ATMOS, on supported platforms, along with the latest in audio simulation effects.

Modern Warfare multiplayer delivers a thrilling and game-changing online experience with best-in-class down the barrel gameplay, along with an all-new level of strategic and tactical play. Players can jump into new play spaces that redefine Call of Duty multiplayer, from quick-action, close-quarters 2 vs. 2 experiences in Gunfight, traditional 6 vs. 6 multiplayer gameplay, modes that support 10 vs. 10 and 20 vs. 20 firefights, along with high-player count maps and combat, such as the all-new Ground War, an epic large-scale mode supporting more than 100-players. And, that’s just the beginning for Modern Warfare fans.

With a complete weapon overhaul and the most choices in Call of Duty history, players will be able to outfit their multiplayer operators for every combat encounter, with unprecedented customization and modifiability in the new Gunsmith system. Modern Warfare features cutting-edge visuals, authentic sound design, with realistic recoil and weapon ballistics throughout the game. In addition, gameplay mechanics, including bullet penetration, gun mounting, door breaching and night vision multiplayer gameplay maps featuring night vision goggles (NVGs), allow for an amazing tactical experience.

Activision also confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will have no season pass, and that it will feature cross play between Xbox One, PS4 and PC platforms.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare features a fully-optimized PC version, developed in partnership with Beenox, which will be available exclusively on Blizzard Battle.net

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is scheduled for release globally October 25th on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.