Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 and 8 other games adopt HDR10 technology Gaming

Developed at Samsung’s initiative as an open alternative (and royalty-free) to the famous [abc]HDR Dolby Vision[/abc], the [abc]HDR10+[/abc] standard is firmly establishing itself in its video game–dedicated variant. The principle of HDR10+ Gaming relies on the use of dynamic metadata integrated in real time into the video stream. For the player, the visual and ergonomic benefit is twofold. On the one hand, this technology ensures a rigorously faithful rendering of the developers’ lighting, colorimetric, and atmospheric intentions. On the other hand, it permanently eliminates the tedious step of manual HDR calibration in the game menus: the software communicates directly with the compatible television or monitor to automatically optimize the image to the display’s capabilities.

 

Call of Duty as a technological spearhead For this end of 2026, the list of new titles joining this ecosystem is enough to appeal to players equipped with HDR10+ compatible displays. At the forefront, we naturally find the juggernaut Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. An announcement that perfectly echoes the recent exclusive hardware partnership forged between publisher Activision and Samsung Electronics. Alongside it, major productions from various backgrounds are already benefiting from this bright feature, such as the spectacular RPG Crimson Desert (Pearl Abyss, cf. photo below), the cooperative horror game Reanimal (Tarsier Studios), and the 2026 season pack for F1 25 (Electronic Arts). 

 

 

A clever support for graphics engines If the HDR10+ Gaming standard is gaining so much ground without requiring excessive development effort from studios, it is largely thanks to its integration at the core of game engines. The technology is thus supported by the indispensable Unreal Engine 5 via a simple dedicated plug-in, but it has also been adopted by the Frostbite engine (Electronic Arts), RAGE (Rockstar Advanced Game Engine), and REDengine (CD Projekt Red). The consortium also specifies that this technological network now brings together more than 185 partners (including GPU manufacturers) and concerns more than 7,500 products worldwide.

 

The integration of the HDR10+ Gaming format is already effective on titles recently updated or released such as Crimson Desert, Reanimal, or F1 25 (Season Pack 2026). The other games on this new list will offer this feature from the day they are released. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is notably set for October 23, at a suggested retail price of 79.99 euros. HDR10+ Technologies also specifies that two other major games should be announced as compatible imminently.

 

Reminder of the key features of HDR10+ Gaming technology:

• Promoter: Samsung (royalty-free alternative to [abc]HDR Dolby Vision[/abc])

• Technology: addition of dynamic metadata to the [abc]HDR[/abc] signal for automatic optimization of brightness peaks and colorimetry

• Ergonomic advantage: removal of manual HDR calibration menus in-game

• 3D engine compatibility: Unreal Engine 5 (plug-in), Frostbite, RAGE, REDengine

• List of the 9 new games announced as compatible: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Crimson Desert, Reanimal, The Sinking City 2, Gray Zone Warfare, 1001 Threads of Mizan, Awaysis, Causal Loop, F1 25 2026 Season Pack