{"id":1593832,"date":"2026-05-31T21:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ZnQfUMkgydNAxZgXFC7GAT"},"modified":"2026-05-31T21:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T21:15:22","slug":"call-of-duty-yet-again-promises-no-clowny-skins-for-modern-warfare-4-but-weve-been-burned-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/call-of-duty-yet-again-promises-no-clowny-skins-for-modern-warfare-4-but-weve-been-burned-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty yet again promises ‘no clowny skins’ for Modern Warfare 4, but we’ve been burned before"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Infinity Ward has once again promised that it will keep its skins and cosmetics thematic and grounded in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, a commitment that it has repeatedly asserted as part of the rollout for this anticipated return of Infinity Ward CoD.<\/p>\n

The promise came as part of an exchange on X, The Everything App<\/a>. User Hellz Broadcast Network shared an AI-generated image contrasting the speculative buttoned up, tacticool operator types of Modern Warfare 4’s first season with the rainbow-colored, Nerf-armored counterparts players feel are all but inevitable from season 2 onward. The post garnered 23 thousand likes, prompting a response from the official Call of Duty account.<\/p>\n

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We got the feedback. No BS. This is all about staying true to Modern Warfare. No clowny skins for launch and seasons beyond.May 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“We got the feedback. No BS,” the official Call of Duty account replied. “This is all about staying true to Modern Warfare. No clowny skins for launch and seasons beyond.” This echoes a similar statement<\/a> from the official Call of Duty account just a few days ago.<\/p>\n

The only problem? Activision said the same thing about last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 7<\/a> before introducing premium Fallout TV show skins<\/a>. The Fortnitification of everything has been getting to us for a long time: Features producer Mollie Taylor wrote about it last August<\/a>, but news writer Morgan Park has been banging this drum since 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s become a popular gripe among CoD’s most vocal fans, and one has to wonder if that’s been accompanied by declining skin sales. Odds are strong that there are well-meaning developers pushing for anti-wack skin promises before a sales or marketing department immediately makes them look like chumps, but the fact remains: Trust is low, and we’ll believe it when we see it. <\/p>\n

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