Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered gets an explosive launch trailer

Just a day after rival Electronic Arts released its big single-player trailer for Battlefield 1, Activision struck back with the release of a new trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.

Call of Duty has generated $15 billion over the past decade with new releases every year. Modern Warfare Remastered is a high-definition remake of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare from 2007. It will be included for free for anyone who pre-purchases Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Legacy Edition or Digital Deluxe Edition. Those who preorder will be able to play the Modern Warfare Remastered campaign 30 days early, beginning October 5.

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered launch worldwide November 4 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered sure makes destruction look pretty as you can see in the trailer. It features enhanced textures, physically based rendering, high-dynamic range lighting, and other improvements.

Here’s the trailer below:

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.