Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

Developers
	Infinity Ward
	Raven Software
	High Moon Studios
	Treyarch
	Beenox
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	IW 7.0
Release dates
Windows	November 4, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	73
OpenCritic	75
IGDB	77
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	Cosmetic, Currency, Loot box
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Vehicles	Space flight
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Europe, Sci-fi, Space
Series	Call of Duty

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Call of Duty series.

General information

Official Call of Duty series site

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Comes on six DVDs.
Microsoft Store		Digital Legacy and Digital Deluxe editions also available.
Steam		Digital Legacy and Digital Deluxe editions also available.
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)		Digital Legacy Edition.
Humble Store (unavailable)		Digital Deluxe Edition, or Digital Legacy Edition.

All versions require Arxan Anti-Tamper DRM.

Version differences

Digital Legacy Edition includes the base game and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.

Digital Deluxe Edition includes the base game, Season Pass and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.

Microsoft Store and Steam players cannot play together.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	DLCs include new maps for the Multiplayer and Zombies modes or voice-overs for the Multiplayer mode.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass	Included with the Digital Deluxe Edition.
Sabotage	Included in the Season Pass.
Continuum	Included in the Season Pass.
Absolution	Included in the Season Pass.
Retribution	Included in the Season Pass.
Grandma Knows Best VO Pack
Ken Jeong VO Pack
Method Man VO Pack
Ozzy Man Reviews VO Pack
Terminal Bonus Map	Originally a pre-order bonus, later made free.
UK Special Forces VO Pack	Free.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Skins and customization items are available in purchase-able Call of Duty World League-themed packs.
Currency	Call of Duty Points, alternatively COD Points or CP, can be purchased with real money at an exchange rate of 100 CP per 1 US Dollar.
Infinite spend	There is no cap on CP purchases.
Loot box	Supply Drops containing random customization items can be purchased with CP.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Move/rename/delete startup clips[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>. Delete, move or rename default.bik and startup.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\38985CA0.PCCallofDutyInfiniteWarfare_5bkah9njm3e9g\LocalState
Steam	<path-to-game>\players2\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292730/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Microsoft Store
Steam
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/292730/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			HUD is centered for 16:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		80 - 120; 64-120 after update.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, Filmic SMAA (1x & Temporal 2x), and SSAA (available through Render Resolution).
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Multiplayer & Zombies is capped at 91 FPS; single-player at 125 FPS. MP & Zombies can be unlocked via workaround.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Arrow keys are currently buggy; these keys are unresponsive if two are pressed simultaneously.
Mouse acceleration		Raw mouse input option available
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Presets only.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Options are available for voice, music, and effects levels.
Surround sound		7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish				Microsoft Store only

Network

Microsoft Store and Steam players cannot play together.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		Not implemented.
Online play		18

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Call of Duty Infinite Warfare (DX11).

Issues fixed

Stuttering

Set CPU affinity in iw7_ship.exe
Find iw7_ship.exe in Task Manager -> Details. Right-click the exe and click "Set Affinity". Disable CPU 3. Notes Needs to be completed on every boot of the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	2.5r

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3225 3.30 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	70 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 7850 Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.