The development team behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has kept their promise to keep up with weekly updates to the game throughout the course of Season One. Modern Warfare has seen consistent and substantial updates throughout the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, updating game modes, adding weapons and introducing seasonal maps.
Following its consistent track record, Infinity Ward released the latest update for Modern Warfare earlier today. This update, while not as substantial as update 1.13, makes some fairly big changes to the game. Some of the changes include a new custom Gunfight mode and the removal of the fairly popular seasonal map that was around for the holidays.
As mentioned before, Modern Warfare is currently still in Season One of its online road map. However, this update will most likely be one of the last updates in Season One, as the season is set to end February 11. Now, Season Two is on the horizon and leakers have already gone to work leaking new weapons and game modes for Modern Warfare’s next online season.
This update has some general fixes to the game like weapon changes for the MP5, M4, M13, and Crossbow, which was recently added to the multiplayer. Additionally, the update fixes spawn points for Shipment, and fixed an exploit for Ground War. Various graphical and modeling glitches were also fixed through this update.
However, the most interesting aspects of this update come through the playlist updates. First off, a custom Gunfight mode, appropriately named Gunfight Custom. In this mode, players can now create their own loadouts before jumping in. The team also added Deathmatch Domination, Shipment 24/7, and moved Capture the Flag to the Quick Play filter. Finally, the seasonal map, Winter Docks, was removed from playlists.
While not the most game-changing update, this update does add some interesting tweaks to the online landscape of the game, such as through the weapon and playlist changes. Thought he much rumored battle royale mode that may have leaked earlier this week probably won’t be seen anytime soon, it may finally make its debut when Season Two rolls around. Until then, players should make the most out of the last few weeks of Season One. The full list of patch notes are as follows:
Playlist Update
- Added Deathmatch Domination!
- Added Gunfight Custom!
- Shipment 24/7 is back! (Replaces Shoot the Ship)
- Removed Winter Docks
- Moved Capture the Flag into the Quick Play Filter
General Fixes:
- Weapons:
- MP5: Reduced headshot multiplier, Small reduction to 10mm range
- M4: Small damage decrease to reduce headshot effectiveness, Small range decrease
- M13: Range increase, Small reduction to horizontal recoil, Small damage increase to boost headshot effectiveness
- Crossbow: Players are able to shoot down an enemy Support Helo with only 3 Thermite Bolts. This has been adjusted; 5 to take down a VTOL and 6 to take down a Support Helo and Chopper Gunner
- Fix for an exploit in Ground War via ATV
- Fix for missing character model on the LA OpTic CDL skin
- Shipment: Spawn tuning to reduce the frequency of instant deaths and spawn traps. Adjustments to spawn positions around the edge of the map for all modes. New spawn logic for Domination.
- When using keyboard and mouse, a controller button prompt will appear to access the Social Menu while matchmaking. On PC with a PS4 controller, the button prompt will appear as an Xbox prompt. This has been fixed.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: Infinity Ward