Gaming

In Collateral, preparing for the next round becomes part of the battle. A team-based economy raises questions that aiming alone cannot answer.

Three map sections, two rounds per combination and a chance to read the arena afresh. Kill Block tests how quickly players can adapt.

Infinity Ward returns with a campaign that begins on the Korean Peninsula, modular multiplayer arenas and an extraction mode taking a central role. Ahead of the October 23 launch, here are the changes worth knowing about and the questions the game itself still needs to answer.

A base that expands between deployments, loot with a defined purpose and missions that guide progression. Here is the extraction mode’s new direction, based on official information.

New soldiers in South Korea, fracturing relationships within Task Force 141 and a mysterious threat linking the fronts. A look at the campaign as launch approaches.