Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II multiplayer debuts October 28 with decoy soldiers

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Activision is taking the wraps off of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II multiplayer today, a day ahead of a massive beta test on Sony’s PlayStation platforms.

The full Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II campaign game and multiplayer will debut on October 28, while Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 will arrive on November 16 and Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile will come in 2023.

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While Infinity Ward, Beenox, and Raven are leading development, there are a total of seven Activision studios that are working on the game.

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And you can deploy a decoy soldier who rapidly inflates and draws the fire of other players. When they shoot it, it slowly deflates and hopefully they will groan as they realize you’re now shooting at them.

This revamped of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is a sequel to the 2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, but it’s on a next-generation game engine that unites all of the game platforms. That is, Modern Warfare II’s campaign and multiplayer, Warzone 2.0, and Warzone Mobile are all built with the same engine. This is the first time in Call of Duty history where the teams across multiple studios are using a unified engine.

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