Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare quietly brings back a fan-favourite map

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Killhouse comes to Modern Warfare four months after Activision dumped the game.

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare has been updated with three new maps—including a throwback to the original 2007 Modern Warfare. But you wouldn't know it from looking at Activision's social feeds.

The publisher might be squarely focussed on Call Of Duty's latest and ongoing entries, Black Ops - Cold War and Warzone. But a mid-season update for those games also brought back the original Modern Warfare's Killhouse, adding it to the 2019 game's multiplayer with its own Killhouse 24/7 playlist.

The update also introduces 6v6 map Al-Raab Airbase and Gunfight arena Drainage—though for the time being, it seems both are only available in private matches. 

Notably, neither Activision nor Infinity Ward has said a word about these additions. No announcements, no teases, not even patch notes. Modern Warfare's sixth season ended last December, and since then, Activision seems to have ghosted the game entirely—even going so far as to replace its Battle.net client spot with Warzone. Elements of Modern Warfare might remain in Warzone, but Jeremy Peel reckoned the battle royale format squanders that game's intrigue.

These new maps are a welcome addition to the game, of course, but you'd expect the return of one of Modern Warfare's more iconic maps to be a big moment for the game. Maybe give us a heads up next time, yeah?

Thanks, Eurogamer.

Natalie Clayton
Natalie Clayton
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20 years ago, Nat played Jet Set Radio Future for the first time, and she's not stopped thinking about games since. Joining PC Gamer in 2020, she comes from three years of freelance reporting at Rock Paper Shotgun, Waypoint, VG247 and more. Embedded in the European indie scene and a part-time game developer herself, Nat is always looking for a new curiosity to scream about—whether it's the next best indie darling, or simply someone modding a Scotmid into Black Mesa. She also unofficially appears in Apex Legends under the pseudonym Horizon.