{"id":948295,"date":"2026-11-01T03:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T03:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/948295\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T03:22:11","slug":"modern-warfare-2-new-gen-ports-could-be-imminent-after-australian-ratings-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/948295\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Warfare 2 new-gen ports could be imminent after Australian ratings released"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much akin to how Treyarch rounded off its recent Black Ops era with a throwback to the OG titles with new-gen ports, reigning Activision lead studio Infinity Ward looks primed to do the same.<\/p>\n

Modern Warfare 4 has launched to a wealth of praise, as the twilight game of this rebooted sub-series has produced the greatest campaign in nearly 20 years<\/a> of the franchise.<\/p>\n

While there have been some questions over how the multiplayer experience stands up alongside the story mode, especially when it comes to the map pool<\/a>, the game’s strong start is expected to continue with Season 1 of the live service model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, Modern Warfare 4 will be the end of the famed Infinity Ward series, and the studio is planning to go out with a bang.<\/p>\n

And that could mean the return of the old-school Modern Warfare 2.<\/p>\n

Fire has just been stoked into new-gen MW2 ports too, as the game has just been run through the ratings board in Australia.<\/p>\n

Original Modern Warfare 2 receives Australian rating<\/p>\n

Long touted to be the greatest Call of Duty<\/a> game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 could be reintroduced to the limelight as new-gen ports and server support have been speculated on the back of a new rating.<\/p>\n

As spotted by Insider Gaming<\/a>, the Australian Classification Board rated the original Modern Warfare 2 earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The beloved title received an R 18+ classification, with the accompanying consumer advice citing high-impact drug use, in-game purchases, online interactivity and chat.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the listing doesn’t specify which platforms the game is intended for, instead simply identifying it as a computer game.<\/p>\n

Read More: Modern Warfare 4: Activision responds to backlash over Seoul crowd crush footage<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, both Black Ops and Black Ops 2 received Australian ratings before eventually making their way to current-generation platforms; These releases weren’t full remasters or remakes, but they did bring the classic titles to modern hardware, including PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, alongside some noticeable visual improvements.<\/p>\n

Naturally, fans will be hoping Modern Warfare 2 receives similar treatment.<\/p>\n

Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer has long been the missing piece of the nostalgia pie for Call of Duty fans, after the HD campaign remaster launched without online play in 2020.<\/p>\n

If Activision is planning a current-generation port of the original game, there’s a chance that fans could finally get another opportunity to experience the classic release on modern hardware.<\/p>\n

That said, Activision has not officially announced any plans for a new version of the game.<\/p>\n

For now, all we have is an Australian ratings listing. Still, given what happened with Black Ops and Black Ops 2 earlier this year, it’s certainly worth keeping an eye on.<\/p>\n

Would you jump back into the original Modern Warfare 2 if it received a current-gen release?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Much akin to how Treyarch rounded off its recent Black Ops era with a throwback to the OG…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72120,64,63,57738,2577,105],"class_list":["post-948295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-activision","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-call-of-duty","tag-microsoft","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}