As with any Activision game, speculation runs rampant regarding the possible implementation of loot boxes or similar in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. No official word on the subject has been provided as yet, but that hasn't stopped people from holding the game at arm's length, expecting the worst. In an attempt to remedy this reputation, Infinity Ward's art director Joel Emslie has taken to Reddit to alleviate the fears of fans.
Clearly frustrated by assumptions made among gaming communities, Emslie states that there's a lot of "misinformed and incorrect info being pushed about Modern Warfare". While it seems he's limited in what he can talk about, Emslie makes it known that loot boxes currently aren't in the upcoming shooter. "What I can say right now is that we are definitely NOT working on any kind of supply drop or loot box system," he says. He goes on to emphasise that "functional stuff" - like new weapons - is unlocked through gameplay. Apparently, more information on all this is coming later in the week.
Of course, this doesn't speak to whether the game will feature loot boxes in the future, but we should wait for the new info to come through before any pitchforks are raised. What do you think of this? Will Call of Duty: Modern Warfare be stuffed with loot boxes or supply drops? Spend 50p to comment below (just kidding).
[source reddit.com]
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Nah just a few weeks after release they'll stealth drop a bunch of microtransactions like every other Activision title
I really adored the way guns, attachments and the like were unlocked through gameplay in MW2. Playing local multiplayer and levelling up together was proper good fun so I hope they’ve used that same system.
Got to get those reviews out first without the microtransactions. It's funny to see adverts for this game with quotes from various outlets about how good the game is even though clearly nobody has reviewed it yet
There won't be any loot boxes...
However no one has said anything about 'surprise mechanics' not being included!
@Futureshark
Exactly. Once we all have it... Surprise !!!
Activision is sneaky it waits till after the reviews are in then fills the game with microtransactions
There is a rumour going around that battle royale will be introduced in februari and that mode will get lootboxes/microtransactions.
The art director might not be planning on microtransactions, but Activision could well have other plans. After they were added to Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled post launch despite Beenox saying they weren't working on them, I have zero trust in Activision.
To pretend like this situation exists for any reason other than IW/Activision's flagrant obfuscation is just plain ludicrous. If there really were no issue here, they would have said so long ago to prevent all this nonsense. Activision has a clear recent track record of shoving MTX in after launch, and people are in the right to be concerned about it.
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy
Exactly. They aren't fooling anyone. I give it a month and microtransactions will drop around Christmas.
Beenox said the same about crash team racing....
No not working on them right now thats 3 to 6 months after the game launches or its pipped off to a 3rd party developer instead so they can safely say they are most definitely not working on them
No-one is going to believe this unless they come out and say directly, "this game will never have any lootboxes". And even then there'd be some doubt.
They're definitely lying.
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