Speculations regarding Call of Duty 2026 are already prevalent, with a title and setting potentially having been established: As per multiple sources, including the prominent informant TheGhostOfHope, the upcoming Call of Duty will be officially named **Modern Warfare 사**
### CoD ventures into Korea for the inaugural time
At first glance, the title Modern Warfare 사 appears to be a promotional ploy. However, it might actually be a deliberate choice by the developers that is intricately tied to the environment of the forthcoming game.
> EXCLUSIVE: Call of Duty 2026 in development by Infinity Ward is currently referred to as “Modern Warfare 사”.
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> The campaign is intended to prominently feature both South Korea AND North Korea.
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> 141/SAS/Republic of Korea Army are the three principal factions you will control to defeat… [pic.twitter.com/ExKtv1UwRJ](https://t.co/ExKtv1UwRJ)
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> — Hope (@TheGhostOfHope) [June 4, 2025](https://twitter.com/TheGhostOfHope/status/1930297242491007262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The character 사 (pronounced: “ssah”) is Korean and represents the number 4 — **indicating Modern Warfare 4**
According to the leaks, the storyline of Modern Warfare 사 is expected to continue immediately from where Modern Warfare 3 concluded. Following General Shepherd’s demise at Captain Price’s hands and Soap’s assassination by Makarov, Task Force 141 is back in the spotlight.
They team up with the British SAS and the South Korean military. Together, they confront Makarov and the Konni group, who aim to incite a third world war via false flag operations on the Korean peninsula.
### The double entendre of CoD 2026
**Yet, the character 사 signifies more than merely the number four.** In Korean, it holds a dual significance: on one hand, it represents four, while on the other, it sounds identical to the word for “death.”
In numerous Asian nations, the number four is thus viewed as inauspicious, akin to the number 13 in Western cultures. The superstition extends to the extent that hospitals and residential complexes frequently omit rooms or floors labeled with the number 4.
Instead, the number is either bypassed or substituted with letters to avert negative connotations. Elevators often lack a button for the fourth floor, and certain buildings might skip from 3 to 5 in their numbering.
For a game that centers on themes of death, treachery, and a potential Third World War, the title could hardly be more apt.
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