Activision has revealed a new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer mode called Gunfight, ahead of a full online reveal set to take place on Thursday, August 1.
As shown in the video above and the screens below, Gunfight features 2v2 action across a series of small, confined maps that are custom-built for the mode.
Activisiondescribes Gunfights as “multi-round cage matches” in which players have the same loadout, which switches every two rounds.
Rounds last for 40 seconds, followed by a capture the flag-based overtime period if one or more players from each team are still alive when the time expires.
Set for release in October, Modern Warfare will feature aunified narrative experience and progressionacross the whole game including campaign, multiplayer and Spec-Ops co-op missions.
For the first time in the seriesPCand console players will be able toplay together online via cross-platform play, while the game will ditch the franchise’s traditional season pass “to deliver a greater mix of more free maps, content and community events post-launch”.
US retailer GameStop saidCall of Duty: Modern Warfaretopped its pre-order rankings post-E3, whileNPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella said this monthhe expects it to be the No.1 game in the US this year in terms of dollar sales.
