Modern Warfare 4 will get a Collateral mode with purchases between rounds

Activision showed a new mode for Modern Warfare 4. It's called Collateral and remakes Search and Destroy in the direction of Counter-Strike and Valorant: players have money, and between rounds they need to buy.

Round for money

Two teams take turns attacking and defending two bomb sites.Everyone starts with a pistol and the same amount, and during the match they earn money for kills and playing on the target.Between rounds they are spent on improvements.

We made the mode stricter than the usual Search and Destroy.There are no ready-made weapon sets.If a player is killed, he loses weapons and equipment, but the money remains.There will be no respawns, killstreaks or automatic healing.Of the series, only the UAV drone is available, and it is purchased by the whole team.Perks remain, but there are few of them, and they also pay for them.

Shopping list

• armor and perks: body armor, Battle Hardened, Lethal Reach, Fast Hands, Ghost;
• equipment: flash-noise, incendiary and fragmentation grenades, Stim, smoke wall, shield;
• pistols: with silencer, revolver, two pistols, powerful pistol;
• standard weapons: shotgun, light machine gun, precision rifle, silenced and maneuverable submachine guns;
• first level weapons: semi-automatic, powerful, silent and regular rifles, sniper rifle;
• team buy: UAV.

Release date and platforms

The mode was shown on Activision's blog about the PC version, but there are no signs that it will only be released there.The game itself will appear on October 23 on PC (Xbox on PC, Battle.net and Steam), PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2. We have collected more about the release of the month in the selection of October games.

More from the PC version

In the same blog, the developers said that the PC version is being made by the Beenox studio together with Infinity Ward.The game will receive more than 800 settings, DLSS 4.5, FSR Redstone and XeSS 3 upscalers, ray tracing in the campaign, multiplayer and DMZ mode, as well as a built-in performance test.The target at recommended specifications is 90 fps.Only on PC will there be an expanded field of view, which increases visibility around the edges of the screen and does not affect the center.RICOCHET protection against cheats will be strengthened with TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot requirements.