Call of Duty: Modern Warfarerecently received a surprise update that added substantial new content to the game for the first time since the launch ofCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. This included theCall of Duty 4map Killhouse, which is currently available to play in its own 24/7 playlist, in addition to the Al-Raab Airbase and Drainage maps, available in private matches. Unfortunately forCall of Duty: Modern Warfarefans, the maps were quietly removed with no explanation, though Infinity Ward has since addressed the situation.
Taking to Twitter, Infinity Ward explained why it decided to remove the Al-Raab Airbase and Drainage maps fromCall of Duty: Modern Warfare. According to the developer, the maps were removed because they weren’t “quite ready,” and needed some more development time. Infinity Ward then promised that it would update fans on when the maps would be returning to the game, but it didn’t offer a timetable as to when that may happen.
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Al-Raab Airbase was a new map for the standardCall of Duty: Modern Warfaremultiplayer mode, whereas Drainage was aGunfight map.Call of Duty: Modern Warfareremains incredibly popular, even withBlack Ops Cold Warreadily available, and so it’s safe to say many fans will be happy when these maps are added back to the game.
Once the Drainage and Al-Raab Airbase maps are added back toCall of Duty: Modern Warfare, it will be interesting to see if they are still stuck in private matches or if they are made a part of the regular map lineup. One would imagine that they would be thrown into the existing playlists, and will likely even have their own 24/7 playlists, not unlike theKillhouse map. However, Infinity Ward hasn’t clarified at the time of this writing.
With new maps coming toCall of Duty: Modern Warfare, some fans may still have hope that the game will be getting some other content as well. A properCall of Duty: Modern WarfareSeason 7was rumored, but never came to pass, so maybe Infinity Ward will re-release these maps as part of that. Then again, Infinity Ward may want to focus its efforts on its nextCall of Dutygame instead, rumored to be aModern Warfaresequel.
If aModern WarfareSeason 7 does happen, though, leakers have let us know what fans may expect from it. Besides these new maps, rumors have pointed to a potentialModern WarfareSeason 7 adding new guns as well asSoap as a playable Operator. However, nothing official has been announced, and so fans shouldn’t get their hopes up for anything beyond the return of the Al-Raab Airbase and Drainage maps to the game.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfareis out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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