Two senior Modern Warfare 4 devs talk friendly competition between studios, SBMM, and "ripped from the headlines" campaigns. Welcome to FOV 90, an FPS column from staff writer Morgan Park. Every other week, I cover topics relevant to first-person shooter enjoyers, spanning everything from multiplayer and singleplayer to the old and the new. Welcome back to FOV 90, the best and only FPS column at PC Gamer. I've been busy preparing for the summer announcements season, which last week included a trip down to Infinity Ward to see and play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. You can read my impressions of 6v6 multiplayer after a handful of matches, but the gist is that Infinity Ward still makes the best-playing games in the series, apex attachments are cool, and the maps I saw were bland. I also sat down with two senior Infinity Ward devs—multiplayer creative director Joe Cecot and design lead Jacky Reynolds—to talk Modern Warfare 4 and all things Call of Duty. What follows is a transcript of our 30-minute chat, edited for length and clarity.Topics covered include: PC Gamer: Thanks for making the time guys. To start, I'll say I play every Call of Duty, some more than others. I approach Modern Warfare 4 having a strong preference with Call of Duty. I always like the Infinity Ward games more. That's what I want to ask about: You guys recently said that Infinity Ward games "hit different." What does that mean? How would you quantify that feeling? JOE CECOT, MULIPLAYER CREATIVE DIRECTOR: What I want to make sure we say is that this is not in any way to put down the other Call of Duty studios or anything. We have a history of really pushing ourselves on quality, and I think with [Modern Warfare 2019] we pushed really hard to reinvigorate the franchise. To go back to our roots and say "What is a modernized Modern Warfare for today?" And that's what we do with every game. It's something that permeates the whole studio in every department. This is a little in the weeds of game