Back in 2023, Activision announced and released its COD HQ app – the one-stop-shop for all things Call of Duty. Unfortunately, this dedicated launcher of sorts brought with it plenty of issues, including multiple app restarts, bloated advertisements and more. In a surprising move, both MWII and MWIII are now finally being decoupled from COD HQ.

Making the surprise announcement on Twitter, the official CODUpdates page confirmed that “On July 29 at 9am PT, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III will be moved from the main Call of Duty install and become standalone downloads.”

Explaining how this will impact those who own either title, the publisher continued, “MWII or MWIII owners can access them directly after redownloading each title. Legacy content related to MWII and MWIII modes within the main Call of Duty install will be automatically removed on August 7 to free up storage space.”

While in and of itself a welcome change, what is perhaps the bigger surprise is the fact that those on PlayStation can now obtain Platinum trophies for these titles as they are no longer associated with the base ‘Call of Duty’ application.

Last but not least, it is worth noting that “Call of Duty: Warzone content such as MWII/MWIII operators and weapons will not be impacted by this change” – meaning this should be purely a benefit to players.

Pretty much ever since COD HQ was introduced, the application has been criticised. While the launcher does not seem to be going away (for now), this marks a major positive step in the right direction.

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