Ranked Play will arrive in Season 2 for both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 multiplayer and Warzone. Infinity Ward is developing the competitive modes with Treyarch and Raven Software, putting their return in the season after the current Modern Warfare 4 integration.
The confirmation came in the studio's November 11 weekly update, reported by Insider Gaming. It gives players a season to expect Ranked, but not a calendar launch date or a full competitive ruleset.
Warzone's integration comes before Ranked
Warzone's Modern Warfare 4 integration began on November 6. The official Season 1 overview introduced Hajin for Battle Royale and Zodiac for Resurgence, alongside Modern Warfare 4 weapons and a player-level reset. Ranked is a later addition, not part of that initial rollout.
The hardware transition has already happened, too. Warzone access on PS4 and Xbox One ended with Season 1. The Ranked announcement does not change that cutoff.
Hijack needs a way to settle draws
Infinity Ward also addressed a competitive problem exposed at the Monster Invitational during the first weekend of November. An early Ranked showing included Hijack, but a drawn Grand Final game had to be replayed because the mode did not yet have a tiebreaker.
Insider Gaming's account says the team plans to add overtime or another way to resolve ties. That is a fix planned ahead of Ranked's Season 2 arrival, not a finished overtime format players can inspect yet.
Hijack is an objective mode already present in Modern Warfare 4. The official launch notes describe fighting over a Data Spike, carrying or passing it to the enemy Comm Station, then planting it and defending the upload to score. The missing piece for competition is how a level score becomes a decisive result.