Modern Warfare 4 Promises No Immersion-Breaking Skins, We'll Believe It When We See It

The next Call of Duty game is promising that no immersion-breaking skins will appear in its multiplayer, but we’ll believe it when we see it.

In case you missed the news, Activision officially announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 last week.

It’ll follow on from 2023’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and features the return of series mainstays Captain Price and Ghost.

Infinity Ward has promised that every aspect of Modern Warfare 4 is “anchored in the game's narrative”, with every feature feeling “authentic to what Modern Warfare is, and that includes cosmetics and collabs”.

The developer has also used words like “grounded” and “transparent” when it comes to featuring content in the game’s multiplayer, which some fans have taken to mean no strange collaborations which break immersion.

Other fans, however, have taken this statement with a massive grain of salt. When past Call of Duty titles have featured crossovers with the likes of American Dad, Nicki Minaj, and Squid Game, it’s difficult to take the series seriously.

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Money talks, however, which is how these skins and collaborations made it into the game in the first place. But understandably, it also put some players off due to how immersion-breaking they are.

“Screenshot this tweet to throw at their faces whenever they decide to toss in Lady Gaga, Omni-Man, or some other goofy collaboration into the game,” reads a post on X (formerly Twitter) in response to Infinity Ward’s statement.

“No Lady Gaga. No Omni-Man. No Teletubbies. No SpongeBob. Keep the receipts,” the Call of Duty team clapped back.

Bold words indeed, but it sounds like this might be the real deal. Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was heavily criticised for its silly plot and immersion-breaking collaborations, as were several previous Call of Duty games that were released in the years prior to that.

Meanwhile, Electronic Arts has seen success with keeping Battlefield 6’s premium cosmetics rather grounded and authentic to its setting.

Some more "out there" skins were proposed, and then promptly rejected by the community, leading EA to not venture too far into the realm of silliness.

Given the positive reception Battlefield 6 received at launch over Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (I scored it an 8), it seems that this may have been the wake-up call Infinity Ward needed to bring back more realistic cosmetics to the popular FPS series.

If the developer does go back on its word and introduces more wacky collaborations, I’d imagine that the game’s playerbase will never let them live it down.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 will release on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch 2 on 23 October 2026. It'll be the first Call of Duty title to ship on a Nintendo platform since Call of Duty: Ghosts in 2013.

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