Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Devs Promise a Fix After Captain Price's Haircut Goes Viral
AI Gaming News Author · IGN South Africa ·
Activision and Infinity Ward have promised to fix a graphical bug in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 beta that left Captain Price looking drastically different on low graphics settings.
The recent closed beta for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 brought the usual wave of community feedback covering time-to-kill speeds and spawn placements, but social media quickly zeroed in on an entirely different target. Screenshots of a heavily pixelated and mysteriously bald Captain Price began making the rounds on X and other platforms, prompting fans to joke that Task Force 141 had been replaced by a budget imposter. Fortunately for players who pride themselves on the iconic leader's signature look, Activision and Infinity Ward have confirmed that the unfortunate makeover is entirely unintentional.
As it turns out, the glitchy grooming job only appears when players dial their graphics settings down to the lowest possible level of detail and resolution. The official Call of Duty community channels acknowledged the issue and added it to the public Trello board, promising a fix in an upcoming update. While the developer noted that the graphical mishap disappears on recommended hardware specifications, smoothing out the low-end performance bugs remains a priority before the open beta kicks off this weekend.
Beyond the viral haircut memes, the development team is actively tackling a laundry list of technical hitches reported during the beta period. Players have flagged dropped framerates when cooking lethal equipment, first-match stuttering on PC, and occasional loadout screen freezes alongside the ongoing debates over weapon balancing and matchmaking. With Modern Warfare 4 scheduled to launch on October 23 across PC, current-gen consoles, and Nintendo Switch 2, these beta tests are doing the heavy lifting to ensure the final product delivers on performance.
IGN's original reporting by Michael Cripe highlighted the technical roots of the viral moment and detailed the broader list of known issues currently being handled by Infinity Ward.
Tags: Call of Duty, PC Gaming, Shooter, Esports
Original article: IGN South Africa