The Xbox Games Showcase for 2026 ended with an explosive first look at the upcoming DMZ game mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, now refined following its original iteration in 2022. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is still staying quiet on the nitty-gritty details surrounding its story, but it seems like Infinity Ward is attempting to build off of it in its new modes.
Modern Warfare 4's Campaign, Multiplayer, and DMZ all point to a bigger swing, with hands-on multiplayer making a strong first impression.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 closed out the show at 2026's Xbox Game Showcase, with a tense gameplay reveal trailer for the newly revamped DMZ mode, making a comeback from 2022's Modern Warfare 2. The five-minute trailer showcases what players have come to expect from an extraction shooter with a Call of Duty flavor as a squad of operators hits the exclusion zone, things turn sideways, and tense moments and frantic shootouts follow. All the common fixings of extraction games like Arc Raiders and Escape From Tarkov are here, such as players getting their spoils of war from gunned-down enemies, reviving fallen teammates, and attempting to get out...
