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The 2026 Xbox Games Showcase ended with an explosive first look at the upcoming DMZ game mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4now improved after its original iteration in 2022. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is still tight-lipped about the sheer details surrounding its story, but Infinity Ward seems to be trying to build off of it in its new modes.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Hands-On Preview
Modern Warfare 4's campaign, multiplayer, and DMZ show more momentum, with hands-on multiplayer making a strong first impression.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 closed the show at the 2026 Xbox Game Showcase with an exciting gameplay trailer for the newly improved DMZ mode returning from 2022. Modern Warfare 2. The five-minute trailer shows what players can expect from the sa extraction shooter Call of Duty flavor, when a squad of operators hits the exclusion zone, things go sideways, and tense moments and frenzied gunfights ensue. All common extraction game fixes like Arc Raider and Escape from Tarkov they're here, for example, players get loot from shot enemies, revive fallen teammates, and try to get out of the zone in time to live another day. Modern Warfare 4A new look at the DMZ will be released alongside the base game on October 23, 2026.
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October 23, 2026
- Multiplayer
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Online multiplayer, online co-op