MW4's DMZ Returns Bigger Than Ever With Social Hub and Deeper Progression

Infinity Ward has pulled back the curtain on DMZ, the returning extraction mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and it looks like a massive evolution of the format first introduced in Modern Warfare II. According to a deep-dive blog from Activision, the mode has been significantly expanded with deeper progression systems and more ways to play, positioning DMZ as potentially the flagship experience of the entire package. Outlets like Destructoid have gone so far as to suggest it could be extensive enough to stand on its own as a separate game.

One of the biggest new additions is an all-new social hub, which GameSpot reports looks similar in concept to social spaces seen in other live-service titles. The hub gives players a place to gather, plan runs, and take advantage of various perks before dropping into the extraction zones. Combined with the reworked progression systems, Infinity Ward appears to be targeting both returning DMZ veterans and players who may have bounced off the mode in its earlier, rougher form. With this level of investment and detail revealed this early, DMZ is shaping up to be a central pillar of Modern Warfare 4 at launch.

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