Unlike the original Modern Warfare trilogy, 2023's Modern Warfare 3 won't be the end.
By Cameron Koch on
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III won't be the end of the popular reboot of one of the franchise's most popular subseries, according to Call of Duty narrative director Brian Bloom.
While the original Modern Warfare trilogy ended with 2011's Modern Warfare 3, in an interview with The Washington Post, Bloom said the story of the original Modern Warfare trilogy will extend beyond 2023's Modern Warfare III, seemingly hinting at a Modern Warfare IV. Bloom said there are already plans for stories to be told in future games with Modern Warfare's now-iconic characters.
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«We think of character arcs as going one way, but they can also fall off their arc, they can go backwards, people can evolve and devolve,» Bloom said. «All these things, they offer rich, fertile ground to tell stories, and that's not going to stop. In fact, I would say we're just getting started.»
So far, the modern reboot of the Modern Warfare series has borrowed elements and characters from across the original trilogy, often times out of order. The infamous «No Russian» level from 2009's Modern Warfare 2, for instance, looks like it will reimagined in Modern Warfare III based on the game's reveal trailer. Much of the original Modern Warfare 3's story revolves around a World War III kickstarted by series villain Makarov in Modern Warfare 2, something that hasn't happened yet in
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