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What improvements were made in Call of Duty® Modern Warfare® Remastered?

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Q.What improvements were made in Call of Duty® Modern Warfare® Remastered?

A.Modern Warfare Remastered delivers a comprehensive visual and audio upgrade to the classic campaign, plus expanded multiplayer polish, while preserving the original pacing and feel.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is built around a substantial upgrade to visuals, audio, and animation, all while staying faithful to the original pacing and feel. The remaster features a modern rendering pipeline with richer textures, physically based rendering, HDR lighting, and updated shaders, along with enhancements like tessellation, displacement mapping, and more advanced environmental effects. Notably, Raven Software confirmed PS4 Pro support with richer textures and dynamic 4K graphics, signaling a clear step up in presentation. PS4 Pro support details. Remastered visuals overview.

  • Updated textures and lighting: the game uses higher-resolution textures, PBR rendering, and HDR lighting to create more realistic surfaces and illumination.
  • New animations and camera work: mantling, cloth physics, gun-inspection animations, and more cinematic camera integration to enhance immersion without changing pacing (the team worked to preserve timing while modernizing visuals). Digital Trends interview.
  • Audio and environmental fidelity: revamped gunfire, environmental sounds, and more detailed ambiance to match the upgraded visuals. New Game Network recap.
  • Foliage, water, and weather: interactive grass, water motion, wind, and other dynamic effects contribute to a more convincing battlefield. New Game Network recap.
  • Multiplatform polish and maps: the remaster includes a modernized multiplayer with improved visuals and new maps; at launch it offered 10 multiplayer maps, with six more added in December, plus related multiplayer enhancements. PS Blog – Raven interview.

More questions about Call of Duty®

Q.What are the key features of Call of Duty® Black Ops III?

A.Black Ops III blends a near-future, four-player campaign with a momentum-based multiplayer and a revived Zombies experience, plus extensive post-launch content and customization options.

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Q.Is Call of Duty® WWII historically accurate?

A.Call of Duty: WWII is not a strict history lesson; it blends real World War II settings and events with cinematic storytelling and notable design choices that depart from strict accuracy.

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Q.What's the difference between Call of Duty® Warzone and Call of Duty® WarzoneTM?

A.There’s no gameplay difference between Call of Duty® Warzone and Call of Duty® Warzone™; the latter is just the trademarked branding used in official materials. Both refer to the same free-to-play Battle Royale arena, with the ™ symbol appearing on brand-approved pages.

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Q.What was the original Call of Duty® Black Ops like?

A.The original Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010) is famous for its Cold War–era campaign starring Alex Mason, plus the launch of Zombies and COD Points-enabled multiplayer, shaping the series for years to come.

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Q.Tell me about the very first Call of Duty® (2003).

A.The very first Call of Duty (2003) was Infinity Ward’s World War II first-person shooter that launched the franchise on October 29, 2003 for PC, introducing squad-based AI and three campaigns across American, British, and Soviet theaters. It set a new standard for WWII shooters and laid the groundwork for the series’ multiplayer and expansion history.

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