{"id":14334,"date":"2026-09-17T21:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=14334"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T07:38:19","slug":"activision-calls-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-the-epic-conclusion-leaving-fans-wondering-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/activision-calls-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-the-epic-conclusion-leaving-fans-wondering-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Activision Calls Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 &#8216;The Epic Conclusion,&#8217; Leaving Fans Wondering What&#8217;s Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is being advertised as the &#8220;epic conclusion,&#8221; suggesting an end of an era for the franchise.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In the social copy for the latest trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Activision stated that the game will be an &#8220;epic conclusion&#8221; for the Modern Warfare saga. It&#8217;s unclear if this is the permanent end to the current Modern Warfare universe, or if this is just the end of the ongoing storyline that began back in 2019 with the rebooted Modern Warfare.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Although it&#8217;s likely just a marketing buzz term, the branding comes at an interesting time. Earlier this week, Treyarch design director Kevin Drew stated that the studio was ready to &#8220;make something new and something that nobody&#8217;s ever experienced before.&#8221; The comments come as the studio waved goodbye to two back-to-back Black Ops games, with the most recent one being regarded as an underwhelming misfire for the series. The comments led fans to speculate that the Black Ops series may be coming to an end, or at least taking a break, allowing Treyarch to make its first new subfranchise in nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Best Call of Duty Campaigns<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\">&lt;img alt=&quot;Following its debut in 2003, Call of Duty quickly ascended to become the best-selling first-person shooter series ever, a title it continues to hold to this day. That\u2019s almost entirely down to its ever-popular multiplayer, which keeps fans playing day in, day out. But there are, of course, two sides to Call of Duty. Standing side-by-side the PvP are the single-player campaigns, which, for those of us a little unwilling to huck ourselves into the online hellhole and compete in the Call of Duty combat cauldron, tell cinematic stories straight from the front line. <\/p>\n<p>But which Call of Duty games have the greatest campaigns? IGN\u2019s keenest and most experienced Call of Duty fans have combined to carve out a list of our favourite single-player stories, plucked from all throughout the series\u2019 two-decade-and-change history. We\u2019re looking for campaigns that champion Call of Duty\u2019s greatest strengths: those with great mission variety, ambitious set-pieces, and novel mechanics, as well as the more traditional \u201cgreat FPS\u201d staples like strong level design and memorable storytelling. Only the campaigns that have it all can truly rise to the top of this list, which means this year\u2019s somewhat muddled Black Ops 7 didn\u2019t quite make the cut. But which ones did?  <\/p>\n<p>Here are our top 10 Call of Duty campaigns.<br \/>\n&#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; class=&#8221;progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity&#8221; loading=&#8221;lazy&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/activision-calls-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-the-epic-conclusion-leaving-fans-wondering-whats-next.gif&#8221; data-cy=&#8221;progressive-image&#8221;&gt;<span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3027214138 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Some fans are already waving goodbye to the current Modern Warfare series. &#8220;Reboot it again,&#8221; joked one fan in a post on the Call of Duty subreddit. &#8220;They should do a COD Ghosts 2 or Infinite Warfare 2, both underrated campaigns,&#8221; suggested another who may or may not be joking.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">If Modern Warfare and Black Ops are truly coming to an end, it will be the first time the series hasn&#8217;t had at least one existing sub-franchise in the rotation since the creation of Black Ops in 2010. Although we don&#8217;t know what Sledgehammer Games is working on, it is likely a brand new subfranchise as Advanced Warfare and the studio&#8217;s subsquent World War II games failed to catch on.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The original Modern Warfare series came to a close after just three games back in 2011. Although the team kicked around ideas for a fourth game back then, they didn&#8217;t get very far and opted to create something new with Call of Duty: Ghosts. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">After Ghosts and Infinity Ward&#8217;s subsquent game, Infinite Warfare, failed to please fans, the studio went back to old faithful and rebooted Modern Warfare. 2019&#8217;s effort is largely credited for pulling Call of Duty out of a multi-year rut where fans were beginning to lose faith in the series. It also gave birth to Warzone, the massively popular battle royale mode that has helped carry the series since launch.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">During the Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2026 broadcast, Activision confirmed Death Stranding star Mads Mikkelsen is a major antagonist in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. It&#8217;s due out on PC and consoles &#8211; but not Xbox Game Pass &#8211; on October 23.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">For more, catch up on everything announced during today&#8217;s Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2026 broadcast right here.<\/p>\n<section class=\"author-sign-off\" data-cy=\"author-sign-off\"><span class=\"stack jsx-59817748 jsx-1927875859\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-444076027 jsx-4218469134 profile-thumb jsx-2141281959 aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-1-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cade Onder Avatar\" class=\"progressive-image profile-thumb-img jsx-249361588 jsx-2338608387 expand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/activision-calls-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-the-epic-conclusion-leaving-fans-wondering-whats-next.jpg\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-3630940851\"><span class=\"stack jsx-2959124702 jsx-702910195 author-sign-off-header\">Cade Onder<\/p>\n<p>Freelance Writer<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-2509706801 jsx-1220387432\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"interface jsx-1132626198 sign-off-text\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Cade Onder is a freelancer for IGN&#8217;s news team. 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You can find him on Twitter @Cade_Onder.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/section>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/activision-calls-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-the-epic-conclusion-leaving-fans-wondering-whats-next-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/activision-calls-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-the-epic-conclusion-leaving-fans-wondering-whats-next-1.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/activision-calls-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-the-epic-conclusion-leaving-fans-wondering-whats-next-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/activision-calls-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-4-the-epic-conclusion-leaving-fans-wondering-whats-next-1.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-14334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14336,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14334\/revisions\/14336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}