Modern Warfare 2 devs tease final multiplayer maps \u201clean into\u201d competitive play ActivisionModern Warfare 2 developers at Infinity Ward have implied that the last remaining maps for their seasonal content plans \u201clean into\u201d the competitive CoD style of play. For the CoD franchise in 2023, plans are a little unclear. Conflicting reports have touched on a wide range of possibilities, from simply another year of Modern Warfare 2, a possible new expansion on the way, to more recent leaks suggesting a full-fledged sequel is on the way instead. At this point in time, nothing concrete has yet been outlined. However, one thing we do know for certain is that seasonal content will continue rolling out for Modern Warfare 2 in the interim. Season 3 is already well underway, and as usual, the next major content drop is only around the corner. In speaking with two lead multiplayer devs at Infinity Ward, we gleaned some insight into just how far ahead the team plans its seasonal content, and even got a hint at what to expect from the very end of Modern Warfare 2\u2019s 2023 roadmap. \u201cI think the final ship year, we already have our plan for post-launch,\u201d Multiplayer Design Director Geoff Smith told us. \u201cMaybe those maps haven\u2019t been started, but at least we\u2019ve earmarked what they could or should be. There\u2019s always kind of a rough plan. Different things happen, different situations come up, and those plans can change. But we\u2019ve been trying to get better at pre-planning the post-launch stuff.\u201d While nothing too specific was revealed in our conversation, Smith then teased what fans can look forward to with what will seemingly be the final batch of MW2 content later this year. Specifically, ranked grinders and CDL fans alike should be especially keen to see what\u2019s on the horizon. \u201cAs a fun side note\u2026 I\u2019ll probably get in trouble for this, but the last three maps of this year, we\u2019ve kind of leaned into maps I think would play that style really well,\u201d Smith teased, speaking on the more competitive chunk of the CoD community. Exactly what those maps look like, obviously remains to be seen. These could all be brand-new designs or we could see more classics making a return to cap off the MW2 cycle. Anything is possible but it appears Infinity Ward is planning to cater to the competitive crowd with this particular set of maps later on in 2023. \u201cIt\u2019ll be fun to see,\u201d Smith continued. \u201cI like to throw in some exploratory stuff in post-launch. Secret little tests to see how things resonate and how they play. But it\u2019ll be fun to see how those go over.\u201d Despite these plans, it is worth mentioning the 2023 CDL season may very well be in the books by the time these competitive-leaning maps make their way into the game. With this year\u2019s Champs event set to conclude by June 18, it\u2019s safe to say these new additions won\u2019t be available in time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Modern Warfare 2 devs tease final multiplayer maps \u201clean into\u201d competitive play ActivisionModern Warfare 2 developers at Infinity Ward have implied that the last remaining maps for their seasonal content plans \u201clean into\u201d the competitive CoD style of play. For the CoD franchise in 2023, plans are a little unclear. Conflicting reports have touched on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}