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A free-to-play battle royale mode might be in the works for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the next entry into the enduring first-person shooter series.
Call of Duty YouTuber TheLongSensation posted on Twitter that the battle royale mode is planned to launch in early 2020. It seems that, although connected to the upcoming Modern Warfare, it wouldn’t be an update and instead would be a free-to-play standalone game.
So apparently Battle Royale in #ModernWarfare will be a free mode to release in early 2020. It will be downloadable as a separate game, but also will still be connected to the core game. If this is true then it's a very good move by Activision.
— LongSensation (@LongSensationYT) August 7, 2019
Infinity Ward has been cagey about whether the mode will come to Modern Warfare, but it’d be a nice surprise to get an entirely separate Call of Duty battle royale, even nicer if it’s free. Treyarch, the developer of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, held free-to-play weekends for the super-popular Blackout mode, which likely converted interested casual players into committed fans. This rumoured game would theoretically create the same effect, but of course, this is still unconfirmed.
TheLongSensation has made bold claims about the Call of Duty series before; he stated that next year’s game will be set during the Cold War with a campaign spanning two decades of historical conflict. But he was bang on with Call of Duty 2019’s title, predicting it would be a reimagining of Modern Warfare one week before it was officially announced.
Whether his powers of perceptiveness have lapsed remains to be seen, but we’ll keep an eye out and an ear to the ground. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launches for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on October 25.
