Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Adds Collateral Mode, A Round-Based Buy Menu For PC
Collateral moves the series onto Counter-Strike and VALORANT's economy-driven round structure while keeping it on PC only, which splits Modern Warfare 4's online population at launch.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Activision and Infinity Ward announced "Collateral" for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, a round-based mode with two bomb sites, attackers and defenders, and a buy menu between rounds. All players start with a pistol, earn money from kills and objectives, and spend it on armor, perks, grenades, pistols, rifles, and a team UAV. Killstreaks, respawns, health regen, and custom loadouts are off.
Death costs a player their gear but not their bank: money carries into the next round, so a bad round funds the next one. Equipment, armor, perks, pistols, and team UAVs are all bought through the same pool, which makes the loss of custom loadouts and automatic health regeneration the mode's real break from standard Call of Duty. The PC-only scope sits in the same official post that sets PC preloading for October 15 local time, early campaign access for pre-orders from October 16, and a full release on October 23.
- Armor: Armor Vest
- Perks: Battle Hardened, Lethal Reach, Fast Hand, Ghost
- Equipment: Flashbang, Molotov, Frag Grenade, Stim, Smoke Wall, Riot Shield
- Pistols: Silenced Pistol, Revolver, Akimbo Pistols, Power Pistol
- Standard Equipment: Shotgun, Light Machine Gun, Marksman Rifle, Silenced SMG, Agile SMG
- Tier 1: Semi Auto Rifle, High Damage Rifle, Burst Rifle, Silenced Rifle, Sniper Rifle
- Team Purchase: UAV
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