Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II was released on October 28th of 2022, and it was a nice launch for Activision. It was not over, though: Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, DMZ were released on November 16th. At the same time, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, and Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0’s Season 01 was released. On December 8th, The Game Awards (2022) was hosted at the Microsoft Theatre.
During The Game Awards (2022), Activision and Infinity Ward revealed that Raids will arrive in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’s Season One Reloaded update. What are “Raids,” you ask? Well, they are focused campaign updates to the actual game. Similarly to how it works in Destiny 2, where you go to missions to complete, and get rewarded for playing…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0’s Season One update arrives on December 14, 2022. To read DestroyRepeat.com‘s review of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II hover over, and click here.
Every year, Geoff Keighley hosts a yearly awards show. Geoff founded The Game Awards in 2014, and has been a yearly celebration where gamers, game companies, and the media meet. Geoff recently announced the nominees for this year’s The Game Awards. You can watch the video below to see the full list of nominees. The community votes for each category is their favorite for the year, and the judges tallies the votes, then finalizes the winners on-stage at the awards ceremony.
On December 8, 2022 – Geoff Keighley did host The Game Awards 2022 at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. The winners were announced, and they got their trophies. If you’d like to see the full livestream, it’s embedded below…
Below, I’ve found a list of winners of The Game Awards (2022) and they are recapped below. Stay tuned for what was revealed during the event.
Game of the Year
Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Elden Ring – WINNER
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Stray
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Game Direction
Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.
Elden Ring – WINNER
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West
Immortality
Stray
Best Narrative
For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok – WINNER
Horizon Forbidden West
Immortality
Best Art Direction
For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.
Elden Ring – WINNER
God of War: Ragnarok
Horizon: Forbidden West
Scorn
Stray
Best Score/Music
For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.
Olivier Deriviere – A Plague Tale: Requiem
Tsukasa Saitoh – Elden Ring
Bear McCreary – God of War: Ragnarok – WINNER
Two Feathers – Metal Hellsinger
Yasunori Mitsuda
Best Audio Design
Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Elden Ring
God of War Ragnarok – WINNER
Gran Turismo 7
Horizon Forbidden West
Best Performance
Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.
Ashly Birch – Horizon: Forbidden West
Charlotte McBurney – A Plague Tale: Requiem
Christopher Judge – God of War: Ragnarok – WINNER
Manon Gage – Immortality
Sunny Suljic – God of War: Ragnarok
Games for Impact
For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message.
A Memoir Blue
As Dusk Falls – WINNER
Citizen Sleeper
Endling – Extinction is Forever
Hindsight
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Best Ongoing Game
Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy 14 Online – WINNER
Fortnite
Genshin Impact
Best Indie Game
For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.
Cult of the Lamb
Neon White
Sifu
Stray – WINNER
TUNIC
Best Debut Indie Game
For the best debut game created by a new independent studio.
Neon White
NORCO
Stray – WINNER
TUNIC
Vampire Survivors
Best Mobile Game
For the best game playable on a mobile device.
Apex Legends Mobile
Diablo Immortal
Genshin Impact
Marvel Snap – WINNER
Tower of Fantasy
Best Community Support
Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and game updates/patches.
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy 14 Online – WINNER
Fortnite
No Man’s Sky
Best VR/AR Game
For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.
After the Fall
Among Us VR
BONELAB
Moss: Book II – WINNER
Red Matter 2
Innovation in Accessibility
Recognizing software and/or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.
As Dusk Falls
God of War: Ragnarok – WINNER
Returnal
Return to Monkey Island
The Last of Us Part 1
The Quarry
Best Action Game
For the best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat.
Bayonetta 3 – WINNER
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Neon White
Sifu
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Best Action/Adventure Game
For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.
A Plague Tale: Requiem
God of War Ragnarok – WINNER
Horizon Forbidden West
Stray
TUNIC
Best RPG
For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.
Elden Ring – WINNER
Live a Live
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Triangle Strategy
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Best Fighting Game
For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.
DNF Duel
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R
The King of Fighters 15
MultiVersus – WINNER
Sifu
Best Family Game
For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land – WINNER
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Nintendo Switch Sports
Splatoon 3
Best Sports/Racing Game
For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.
F1 22
FIFA 23
NBA 2K23
Gran Turismo 7 – WINNER
OlliOlli World
Best SIM/Strategy Game
Best game focused on real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.
Dune: Spice Wars
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – WINNER
Total War: WARHAMMER 3
Two Point Campus
Victoria 3
Best Multiplayer Game
For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Multiversus
Overwatch 2
Splatoon 3 – WINNER
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Content Creator of the Year
For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2021.
Karl Jacobs
Ludwig – WINNER
Nibellion
Nobru
QTCinderella
Best Esports Athlete
The esports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021, irrespective of game.
Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon (Gen.G, LOL)
Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (T1, LOL)
Finn “karrigan” Andersen ( (FaZe Clan – CS:GO)
Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere, CS:GO)
Jacob “Yay” Whiteaker (Cloud9, Valorant) – WINNER
Best Esports Coach
The Esports coach judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021.
Recognizing an event (across single or multiple days) that delivered a best-of-class experience for participants and the broadcast audience.
EVO 2022
2022 League of Legends World Championship – WINNER
PGL Major Antwerp 2022
The 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
VALORANT Champions 2022
Best Esports Game
For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
DOTA 2
League of Legends
Rocket League
VALORANT – WINNER
Best Esports Team
Recognizing a specific esports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021.
DarkZero Esports (Apex Legends)
FaZe Clan (CS:GO)
Gen.G (League of Legends)
LA Thieves (Call of Duty)
LOUD (Valorant) – WINNER
Most Anticipated Game
Recognizing an announced game that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium forward.
Final Fantasy 16
Hogwarts Legacy
Resident Evil 4
Starfield
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – WINNER
Best Adaptation
Celebrating game-inspired projects across entertainment including TV, movies, comics, and more.
Every year, Geoff Keighley hosts a yearly awards show. Geoff founded The Game Awards in 2014, and has been a yearly celebration where gamers, game companies, and the media meet. Geoff recently announced the nominees for this year’s The Game Awards. You can watch the video below to see the full list of nominees. The community votes for each category is their favorite for the year, and the judges tallies the votes, then finalizes the winners on-stage at the awards ceremony.
Today, DestroyRepeat.com would like to recap the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0. There is a lot going on with Call of Duty, and today, we’ll break down what happened since the Worldwide launch timing was announced by Activision and their subsidiaries. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II was released on October 28, 2022. Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 was released on November 16, 2022.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeVapCrI1pY
Learn about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’s launch. Infinity Ward talked about the launch plans to precede the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. To learn more, Activision posted a blog post talking about the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II launch before the October 28th launch day.
Infinity Ward hyped up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’s Multiplayer before launch. Infinity Ward highlighted the Multiplayer mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. Activision posted a blog post to talk about Multiplayer.
Infinity Ward posted a blog post talking about fixes that would come during launch or shortly afterwards.
Infinity Ward celebrated the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II in a blog post. Infinity Ward gave a celebratory congratulations to all the teams involved in the development of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
A week later, Infinity Ward laid out their week one patch notes for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. Learn what those patch notes were in Infinity Ward’s blog post.
Ricochet Anti-Cheat is live, and running in the background. During Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’s Open Beta, Ricochet was not turned on. During the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’s launch, Ricochet was turned on, and is running in the background as you play the game. The game will scan your gameplay for cheats, exploits, or other game-breaking manipulations. Furthermore, chat, and in smaller scale, voice chat is going to be scanned for foul language(s). To learn more, Activision posted a blog post talking about Ricochet.
If you think this is a joke, Infinity Ward deployed new reporting features in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. Infinity Ward plans to restrict players who are toxic in the Call of Duty Network, starting with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. More information can be found in Infinity Ward’s blog post. Reporting players was always available, but the reporting system is far more robust in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II than any other Call of Duty title to date.
With the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, players looked to November 16, 2022 in anticipation for Warzone 2.0. With Warzone 2.0’s launch, Season One of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II begun. Infinity Ward talked about what would come with Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 and Season One for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJca6zoI50E
Infinity Ward announced that Shoot House would arrive to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
With the launch of Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, Infinity Ward highlighted that DMZ was launching alongside Warzone 2. Furthermore, Infinity Ward gave an overview of Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 and DMZ.
Raven Software and Infinity Ward both posted updates to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0. Raven posted a blog post, and Infinity Ward posted a blog post…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is available now for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and PC via Battle.net and Steam.
God of War is such a strong franchise for Sony, so much they readied a new God of War title to be released 5 years after the 2018 reboot. Sony scheduled God of War to be released in November. And Sony also announced new God of War hardware just in time for God of War Ragnarok’s launch. On October 27, 2022 – Sony released a new launch trailer for God of War Ragnarok…
As the lead-up to launch got underway, Sony Santa Monica talked about God of War Ragnarok’s combat, and the elevated enemies. They talked about how combat helped elevate the enemies you battle…
Sony Santa Monica also talked about designing characters, and the creatures that you battle in God of War Ragnarok…
God of War Ragnarok is scheduled to be released for PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 on November 9, 2022.
It has been a while since we last saw a new entry in the Silent Hill series. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Silent Hill: It is a horror game that psychologically alters your mind in a horrific manner. The first game was released in 1999 for the original PlayStation. The sequel was released in 2001 for PlayStation 2. The last major entry was Silent Hill 4 in 2004, however, the last entry was Book of Memories in 2012. Konami hosted a new livestream to their official Silent Hill YouTube channel. Konami, and Sony are partnering to bring Silent Hill 2 Remake exclusively to PlayStation 5. The game is being built on Unreal Engine 5, by the talented horror developers at Bloober Team, best known for Medium, and Blair Witch (yes, there was a Blair Witch game.) Sony allowed Bloober Team to detail their game on their official PlayStation Blog, to help explain what to expect from the psychological thriller…
It has been a while since Konami has released anything Silent Hill. For those of you who don’t know what Silent Hill is – allow me to introduce you: Silent Hill was released in 1999 for the original PlayStation console. It was a survival horror series that also psychologically preys on your sense of dread. It spawned a few sequels. The last Silent Hill release was “Silent Hill: Book of Memories,” and the last numbered title was 4. There was supposed to be a game developed by Hideo Kojima, but was never released. However, there was a demo released specifically designed for that Hideo Kojima Silent Hill game: P.T. The demo is so iconic, it has become a legend of its own. A console with the P.T. download will fetch you a lot of money for example. I’m trying to tell you how legendary P.T. is. There was also a Silent Hill film released in 2006, and grossed $100 Million. On Twitter, Konami released a teaser to hype players up for their livestream. It would be livestreaming on October 19, 2022 at 2:00pm PDT…
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)
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.
God of War originally released on March 22, 2005 for PlayStation 2, became a breakout hit. God of War II was released March 13, 2007 and became a franchise. God of War III was released March 16, 2010 – it was the showcase title for PlayStation 3. God of War was rebooted and released on April 20, 2018. God of War Ragnarök is the sequel to the 2018 reboot. It was announced September 2020, and revealed on September 9, 2021. God of War Ragnarök arrives to retailers on November 9, 2022.
On September 13, 2022 – Sony held a State of Play livestream event and revealed a special PlayStation 5 controller for God of War Ragnarök, with a certain style to boot…
Alongside the release of a Camouflaged Cover for PlayStation 5, Sony silently announced that they’d be releasing a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II bundle for PlayStation 5. It is available on PlayStation Direct. It costs $560, it has the PlayStation 5 disc hardware, the Cross-Gen bundle for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II…
Sony actually released new YouTube video to talk up God of War Ragnarok’s Next Gen Immersive gameplay, but in the same video, they indirectly announced the PlayStation 5 hardware bundle for God of War Ragnarok…
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. To obtain these rewards during campaign isn’t fully understood, or revealed. Just the rewards for playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Story Campaign…
According to Infinity Ward, these rewards are earned chronological mission order…
Calling Card: “Soap’s Determination”
Emblem: “What’s Done Is Done”
30 Minute Double XP Token
30 Minute Double Weapon XP Token
Calling Card: “Chainlinked”
Base Operator: Chuy
30 Minute Double XP Token
30 Minute Double Weapon XP Token
Calling Card: “Gaz”
Base Operator: Nova
1 Hour Double XP Token
1 Hour Double Weapon XP Token
Calling Card: “Shadow Company Ops”
Base Operator: Reyes
1 Hour Double XP Token
1 Hour Double Weapon XP Token
Base Operator: Hutch
It’s not implacably stated how these are earned. Just that they are earned “chronological mission order.” To be fair, they’ve done this before with “chronological mission order” in secret locations, i.e. secret intel locations. In addition, Infinity Ward explains further of the rewards…
In addition to all of these rewards, completing the full Campaign awards you with the Union Guard Weapon Blueprint.
This Assault Rifle variant is Captain Price’s signature weapon that comes with four pre-equipped attachments: the Aim OP-V4 Reflex Optic, the SZ 1MW PEQ Laser, the FSS Covert V Silencer on the Muzzle, and the Lockgrip Precision-40 Underbarrel Vertical Grip.
These attachments make this Weapon Blueprint an all-around great Primary Weapon; it is an excellent starting point for players of all skill levels across all game modes. Compared to the base weapon, this Weapon Blueprint offers more stability when aiming, reduced vertical and horizontal recoil, and a clear sight picture among other benefits like sound suppression.
They ended with:
Again, Modern Warfare II’s Campaign completion rewards can be unlocked at any time, but you can earn them before the game’s official launch on October 28 through Campaign Early Access.
Infinity Ward and the teams at Activision also talked about the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’s Beta, and what they plan to do about the cheaters with their newly developed Ricochet Anti-Cheat system that originally launched in 2021 before the launch of Call of Duty: Vanguard.
Beginning at launch with Modern Warfare II and soon followed by the launch of Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 on November 16, RICOCHET Anti-Cheat will operate on a new, unified security platform. This new system provides #TeamRICOCHET more protection such as: better detection capabilities, additional access to develop and deploy new mitigation techniques, and expanded freedom to update our security more frequently than ever before.
Ricochet’s Anti-Cheat was in testing mode during Call of Duty: Vanguard, so according to Infinity Ward, Ricochet will be expanded, and widely applied across the Call of Duty Network of servers – the technology that will be deployed with Modern Warfare II on October 28th, and with Warzone 2.0 on November 16, 2022 – the technology will grow exponentially because Ricochet will not just stop cheaters with hit detection, it will also scan your computer for software that would modify Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0 to automatically cheat. More info are in the blog post that Activision posted to CallofDuty.com
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.
