Sources, with knowledge of Activision plans, have said that Modern Warfare 2 will have its first free multiplayer weekend starting on December 15.
It was said that Modern Warfare 2’s Season 1 mid-season update will start on December 14, with the free multiplayer weekend starting on December 15 to the early hours [GMT timezone] of December 19.
Unfortunately, no details on what the mid-season update will contain were given, but the multiplayer map “Shipment” is scheduled to return.
In addition to no official updates so far, Activision is yet to announce a Double XP weekend for Modern Warfare 2, which by now the publisher has usually announced.
However, in addition to the Modern Warfare 2 mid-season update, Insider Gaming has also been told that an update for Black Ops Cold War will also be released on December 6. It’s currently unclear if this will be a standard patch or add new content to the game.
As a part of The World Cup, it’s expected that Modern Warfare 2 will soon be getting a new gamemode called “COD Ball” where players can drive ATVs to score a large ball (almost identically to Rocket League).
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reported earlier this month that Sledgehammer Games will be developing year 2 of Modern Warfare 2, which is believed to be a “premium title” and cost players the same as a full-priced game ($70).
No official information has been released by Activision on their plans for 2023, apart from the company is planning on releasing a premium title.
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Any word on a resurgence mode coming back to WZ1 or WZ2? I know we have a new map coming mid 2023, but I’m hoping the decision makers will bring the mode back asap since the player base was so high on wz1.
They probably ban most of them, they are already doing that to thousends of paying customers. Btw that is real over 30000+ people are Banned for no reason, i mean perma banned even after appeal.
I joined today at 29000 just saying https://www.change.org/p/activision-publishing-inc-make-activision-explain-the-unwarranted-bans-on-call-of-duty-modern-warfare