Call of Duty Modern Warfare Split Screen: What Activision Actually Supports

Short answer: Activision does not document split-screen for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019). We checked five of its own pages on 16 September 2026 — the game’s multiplayer and campaign pages, Activision’s Special Ops and Basics primers, the Known Issues article and the crossplay article — and none of them mention split-screen at all.

That matters, because this page previously said the opposite. It described a campaign split-screen setup on Xbox One and PS4 that we cannot find any first-party support for, so those steps have been removed rather than left up.

The Call of Duty Game Activision Does Document Split-Screen For

If you want two people playing on one console, Modern Warfare Remastered is the one with it in writing. Activision’s own gameplay FAQ answers the question directly: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered supports two-player split-screen online play in Multiplayer game modes.

The same FAQ sets out what works without a connection, and it varies by platform: on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, Multiplayer and Campaign can be accessed offline. PC is more limited.

What We Checked for Modern Warfare (2019)

We looked at Activision’s own material rather than relying on community claims. None of these mention split-screen:

• The game’s official multiplayer page
• The official campaign page
• “Getting Started in Modern Warfare: Special Ops”
• “Getting Started in Modern Warfare: The Basics”
• Known Issues in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Crossplay and Cross-Progression in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

If Activision publishes something that changes this, we’ll update the page and say so here. Until then, treat any step-by-step “MW 2019 split-screen” guide with suspicion — including the one that used to be on this page.

If You Want Couch Co-op on Call of Duty

Check the specific game before you buy, on the platform you own — split-screen support has varied from release to release across the series, and it is the kind of feature that gets added or dropped between entries. Activision’s support site keeps a gameplay FAQ per title, and that FAQ is the thing worth reading, not a forum thread.

For a game where couch play is documented, see our guide to Fortnite split screen. For where the series is heading next, we cover Modern Warfare 4’s release date, editions and maps.

Corrected September 16, 2026: this page previously claimed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) supported campaign split-screen on Xbox One and PS4, and gave steps for it. No Activision source documents that, so the claim and the steps have been removed and replaced with what its support material actually says. Injected spam text was also removed from the opening paragraph the same day.

Sources

• Activision Support – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Gameplay FAQ