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
Full buyers guide →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.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
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.