The four platforms, straight up
Modern Warfare 4 ships on October 23, 2026 for:
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X|S
- PC, through Steam, Battle.net and the Xbox app on PC
- Nintendo Switch 2, as a native build released the same day
There is no PlayStation 4 version and no Xbox One version. Every older Call of Duty since 2015 shipped on last-gen hardware; this one does not. If you are still on a PS4 or Xbox One, no edition of this game will run on your console.
The Switch 2 version is native, not streamed
The Switch 2 edition is developed natively with Digital Legends co-developing, launches the same day as every other platform, and supports cross-platform multiplayer. It was playable in the September 2026 open beta, the first time a Switch console hosted a Call of Duty beta. The beta recap has the details.
PC specifics
- Xbox Play Anywhere applies on the Microsoft side: one purchase of the Xbox edition covers both Xbox Series X|S and the Xbox PC app.
- PC requires TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot enabled.
- Multiplayer, including Private Matches, and DMZ require a persistent internet connection because of texture streaming.
- The official PC specs are published: Ryzen 5 1600 class minimum on a 70GB SSD, RTX 3060 Ti class for 60 FPS. The full requirements table.
Game Pass: not at launch, and now we know when
Modern Warfare 4 is not on Game Pass at launch. Xbox has gone further than a vague promise: push notifications sent to Game Pass subscribers state, in plain text, that "Game Pass availability starts Holiday 2027". Anyone who wants the game on October 23 has to buy it.
Two things to know about that window:
- It follows Microsoft's April 2026 policy change: new Call of Duty titles no longer launch into Game Pass; they join roughly a year later, in the following holiday season. Modern Warfare 4 is the first entry under that rule.
- The notification is the strongest signal yet that this applies to future entries too. No exceptions have been announced.
When an exact Game Pass date replaces the seasonal window, the news timeline updates the same day.