Pre-order buyers get week early access to Modern Warfare 4

Activision and Infinity Ward have confirmed that players who digitally pre-order the upcoming "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4" will receive one week of early access to the game's single-player campaign. The early access period will begin on Friday, October 16, one week before the full game launches on October 23.

The campaign for the latest installment in the long-running first-person shooter series is set on the Korean Peninsula and follows a hypothetical full-scale invasion of South Korea by the North. The story centers on a new protagonist, Private Park, a young South Korean recruit thrust into live combat for the first time. While the setting is a new locale for the franchise, developers have confirmed the return of fan-favorite characters Captain Price and Simon "Ghost" Riley.

Narrative details revealed so far indicate that Captain Price's story will be fueled by a need for revenge following the death of Soap MacTavish at the hands of the series antagonist Makarov. A post-credits scene in the previous game, "Modern Warfare 3," showed Price killing General Shepherd. The new trailer suggests a tense dynamic between Price and Ghost, with Ghost accusing Price of having "broken...