Activision recently announced that you can pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and gain access to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’s Story Campaign earlier than the October 18th street date. On October 13, 2022 – Activision posted a new blog post on their official Call of Duty Blog to announce the campaign rewards for playing the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Story Campaign. Shortly thereafter, Activision announced Story Campaign rewards. Recently, Activision announced the launch timing for all consoles, and PC. They also announced the minimum and maximum specs for the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II…
First things first, Activision laid out the launch timing for the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. Some launches will begin October 27, and some will launch on October 28, 2022. Most times are in PDT, EDT times: Los Angeles (World Headquarters of Activision) – 21:00 PDT, Mexico City 22:00 CDT, New York 00:00 EDT (ahem, Read: Midnight), and the rest of the world have later times: Stockholm 04:00 CEDT, London 06:00 GMT, Berlin 06:00 CEST. Presumably, these are download times for the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Then, Activision talked about the Minimum, Recommended, Competitive, and Ultra specs for the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II…
Operating System
Minimum: Windows 10 64 Bit (Latest Update)
Recommended/Competitive/Ultra 4K: Windows 10 64 Bit (Latest Update) // Windows 11 64 Bit (Latest Update)
CPU
Minimum: Intel Core I3-6100 / Core I5-2500K OR AMD RYZEN 3 1200
Recommended: Intel Core I5-6600K / Core I7-4770 OR AMD RYZEN 5 1400
Competitive: Intel Core I7-8700K OR AMD RYZEN 7 1800X
Ultra 4K: Intel Core I9-9900K OR AMD RYZEN 9 3900X
RAM
Minimum: 8 GB
Recommended: 12 GB
Competitive/Ultra 4K: 16 GB
Storage Space
Minimum/ Recommended/Competitive/Ultra 4K: 72GB at Launch
Hi-Rez Assets Cache
Minimum/ Recommended/Competitive: Up to 32 GB
Ultra 4K: Up to 64 GB
Hi-Rez Assets Cache is optional disk space that can be used to stream high-resolution assets. The option can be turned off in the game’s settings.
Video Card
Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470
Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
Competitive: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Ultra 4K: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Video Memory
Minimum: 2 GB
Recommended: 4 GB
Competitive: 8 GB
Ultra 4K: 10 GB
Recommended Drivers of NVIDIA/AMD
NVIDIA: 516.59
AMD: 22.9.1
If you can match at least some of those specs, this lies in wait for you…
As with the PC rollout, Activision talked about the launch timing for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II across all platforms, including Steam.
October 19 – 10 AM PT, All Platforms
Modern Warfare II Campaign Early Access Pre-Load Begins.
October 20 – 10 AM PT, All Platforms
Modern Warfare II Campaign Early Access Begins.
October 19 – 10 AM PT – Xbox
October 20 – 4 AM PT, Regional Rollout – PlayStation
October 26 – 10 AM PT – PC (Steam and Battle.net)
Full Game Pre-Load Begins.
October 27 – Consoles – 4AM PT – 9PM PT Regional Rollout
October 27 – PC – See Map Above for Timing
Modern Warfare II Officially Launches.
Furthermore, Activision announced the pre-season of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, and the new Warzone 2.0…
October 28 to November 15
Modern Warfare II Pre-Season.
November 16
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, DMZ and Battle Royale modes Launch Alongside Modern Warfare II Season 01.
December 14
Season 01 Reloaded Introduces Raids.
Activision also posted a blog post, recapping what they said previously.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is scheduled to be released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and PC via Battle.net and Steam on October 28, 2022.
Recap of Call of Duty [2022] News:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Story Campaign rewards announced
- Activision releases Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Launch Gameplay Trailer
- Hands On with the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Open Beta
- Activision unveils Modern Warfare II Multiplayer, and Warzone 2.0
- Infinity Ward explains how Gunsmith works in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- New Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Beta Rewards announced
- Call of Duty Next Showcase – September 15, 2022 Livestream
- Pre-Order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, get story campaign earlier
- Modern Warfare II Multiplayer to be revealed in September 2022
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Gameplay Revealed
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Revealed
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Livestream
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Teaser Released
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 arrives October 28, 2022
- Call of Duty 2022 is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
