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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

Developer
Infinity Ward
Publisher
Activision
Released
23 October 2026
Age rating
PEGI N/A
UK price
£59.99

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PlayStation 5

Genres: shooter

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is a first-person shooter and the follow-up to Modern Warfare III (2023), continuing the rebooted Modern Warfare storyline. The campaign is set during a North Korean invasion of South Korea and features dual perspectives: a young South Korean soldier named Private Park facing his first combat deployment, and Captain Price operating outside official channels on a personal mission. The game also includes multiplayer with 6v6 core maps, large-scale vehicle combat maps, and a dynamic map system called Kill Block that reshapes layouts between rounds. A DMZ extraction mode is also featured. The game is released exclusively on current-generation platforms and PC.

Best gaming PC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

Official system requirements

These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Activision on Steam. They tend to be conservative, usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.

Minimum Recommended
OS Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update)* Windows® 11 64 Bit (latest update)*
CPU AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 or Intel® Core™ i5-6600 AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600 or Intel® Core™ i7-8700K
RAM 8 GB 16 GB
GPU AMD Radeon™ RX 470, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 / 1060 or Intel® Arc™ A580 AMD Radeon™ RX 6600XT, NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3060 or Intel® Arc™ B580
Storage 115 GB 115 GB
DirectX Not stated Not stated

Verified 08 November 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600 and your GPU is at or above AMD Radeon™ RX 6600XT, NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3060, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.

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