Activision has unshackled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from the primary Call of Duty HQ launcher.
In a quick (*3*) posted to social media, writer Activision confirmed gamers with both Modern Warfare 2 or 3 will be capable to “entry them straight” and with out going into HQ first as soon as they’ve redownloaded contemporary installs of the shooter video games.
Any legacy content material regarding both recreation “inside the primary Call of Duty set up” will likely be automagically eliminated come August 7 to “liberate space for storing,” though a later tweet clarifies “Call of Duty: Warzone content material equivalent to MW2/MW3 operators and weapons is not going to be impacted by this modification.”
Call of Duty HQ is the platform from which Call of Duty video games are launched, beforehand making it unattainable to leap straight into Modern Warfare 3, Modern Warfare 2, or battle royale Warzone through their very own devoted apps. As a substitute, gamers should log into Call of Duty HQ, discover their recreation of alternative through a Netflix-style launcher, then load the app. On the time, Call of Duty HQ was required to play both Modern Warfare 3, 2, or Warzone, and in contrast to components of these video games, Call of Duty HQ itself can’t be deleted if you wish to play.
On the time, Activision mentioned Call of Duty HQ “was developed to deliver gamers advantages like Carry Ahead, simpler file dimension administration, and extra seamless switching between Call of Duty: Warzone and the most recent annual releases,” however that wasn’t the fact many gamers reported, as attending to a specific recreation or mode could possibly be actually time-consuming, significantly with limitless prompts to “replace to restart.” It additionally takes up an incredible quantity of area on console.
Activision did not give a cause for the change, and it does not appear HQ haters are going to be relinquished of the launcher any time quickly, nevertheless it’s truthful to counsel that is only a approach of tidying up HQ forward of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7‘s launch later this 12 months.
As for the subsequent Call of Duty recreation? Developed by Treyarch and Raven Software program, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 — which was introduced on the Xbox Games Showcase 2025 final month — is the primary ever consecutive launch throughout the Black Ops sub-series. Matt Cox, Basic Supervisor of Call of Duty, insisted that “as a workforce, our imaginative and prescient from the beginning was to create a back-to-back sequence expertise for our gamers that embraced the individuality of the Black Ops sub-franchise.” It is set to star Milo Ventimiglia, Kiernan Shipka, and Michael Rooker, with Ventimiglia portraying David Mason, Shipka as new character Emma Kagen, and Rooker reprising his Black Ops 2 function of Mike Harper.
We know it will function the Skirmish and Overload multiplayer modes as properly a 20v20 wingsuit possibility as particulars of a developer-only Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 playtest had been by chance launched to all followers on the Call of Duty app. Whoops.
Final month, Activision pulled controversial adverts positioned inside Black Ops 6 and Warzone loadouts, insisting they had been a “function take a look at” revealed “in error.” It’s value remembering that Black Ops 6 is a premium, $70 recreation, and this 12 months’s Black Ops 7 is predicted to leap to $80 after Microsoft mentioned that avid gamers will see Xbox charging $79.99 for brand spanking new, first-party video games across the vacation season.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and guide with 15+ years expertise working with some of the world’s largest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.