{"id":1355,"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2026-10-16T00:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T00:00:48","slug":"call-of-duty-mw4-is-not-on-xbox-game-pass-but-heres-when-you-can-expect-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/?p=1355","title":{"rendered":"Call Of Duty: MW4 Is Not On Xbox Game Pass, But Here\u2019s When You Can Expect It"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is set for release on October 23, and in a big shakeup, it will not be available on Xbox Game Pass at launch.<\/p>\n

This has been known for a while, but Activision is reminding people of this in a new blog post<\/a> on the eve of the game’s campaign early access on October 16. In fact, Activision has been warning people that MW4 is not on Game Pass for months now<\/a>, so the blog post is just the latest example of this.<\/p>\n

Upon release, the only way to get MW4 is by purchasing it outright, starting at $70 for the base edition and scaling to $100 for the Vault edition.<\/p>\n

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Game Pass subscribers will have to wait a year for MW4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When will MW4 come to Game Pass?<\/h2>\n

Activision said MW4 will be available on Xbox Game Pass at some point at the end of next year, meaning it will be “windowed” as a standalone purchase for about one year.<\/p>\n

Why are new Call of Duty games no longer included with Game Pass?<\/h2>\n

2024\u2019s Black Ops 6 was the first entry in the series to launch directly into Xbox Game Pass, with Black Ops 7 following the same playbook in 2025. However, Microsoft announced earlier this year that new Call of Duty titles would no longer debut in Game Pass<\/a>, an announcement it made in conjunction with a price cut for the subscription service.<\/p>\n

Microsoft has never explicitly said why it made this major change, but it could have to do with lost sales. It was reported that Black Ops 6 coming to Game Pass in 2024 amounted to Microsoft missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue<\/a>. That number has been debated, and it does not tell the whole story, but no doubt there was a financial impact that Microsoft is responding to.<\/p>\n

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is undertaking a “reset” of the Xbox business, and cutting new Call of Duty games from Game Pass is part of that. She is also trying to revive Xbox console exclusives<\/a>, including a nuclear option<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What other Call of Duty games are on Game Pass?<\/h2>\n

Although Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can’t play MW4 until next year, the catalog currently includes a bunch of older entries in the series.<\/p>\n

These include:<\/p>\n

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  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 7<\/li>\n
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6<\/li>\n
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3<\/li>\n
  • Call of Duty: WW2<\/li>\n
  • Call of Duty: Vanguard<\/li>\n
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War<\/li>\n
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)<\/li>\n
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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