Infinity Ward studio art director Joel Emslie is appealing to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare community for some civility following a volatile week of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare announcements and rumors. Particularly over a yearlong PlayStation 4 exclusive and rumored microtransactions.

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“Take a second and think about who on the production side comes to this sub and reads through the comments, IW Dev,” Emslie writes “We all have a pretty thick skin here but yeah it can kind of get to you.”The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare community has been reacting to news that the Special Ops Survival Mode will be a yearlong exclusive to the PlayStation 4. Infinity Ward narrative director Taylor Kurosaki explained online that the decision to make Special Ops Survival Mode a console exclusive as “ above all our pay grades ,” but that hasn’t calmed down the internet discourse.PlayStation and the Call of Duty brand have had a partnership for years, spanning across multiple Call of Duty games. In 2015, former PlayStation CEO Andrew House announced that “PlayStation is the new home of Call of Duty.” Part of the partnership involves timed exclusives like new maps and modes coming first to PlayStation consoles. However, fans have pointed out that a yearlong exclusive is a longer exclusivity window than previous PlayStation first content for Call of Duty.Another aspect of the conversation involves the rumors that loot boxes will be added to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare after the launch. This rumor originated during the Modern Warfare beta when some players found references to loot boxes in the victory menu for the game. This is something Emslie addresses in his Reddit post.“There are some announcements that have come up this week that are official and some that are rumors,” Emslie writes. “My ask of all of you is to focus on information that is actually fact and not get thrown off by ill informed people that want to make a name for themselves by spreading half baked inflammatory rumors. Let’s work real problems together and not fairy tales of boogeymen.”There is still no official comment on whether or not Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will have loot boxes. IGN has reached out to Activision and Infinity Ward for comment in the past, but have not heard back from them.Developers asking for understanding and calm online discourse is not uncommon. Apex Legends developer Respawn asked the same from its community , but the dialogue between developer and community became heated after the company referred to some community members as “asshats.”It’s clear though those online communities are important to developers, and reading the negative comments, especially daily, takes a toll.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will be released on October 25, 2019. Check out our Modern Warfare impressions on IGN

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