8 Call of Duty Games Missing from Game Pass

Call of Duty remains one of gaming’s biggest military-shooter franchises, yet its back catalogue is still surprisingly incomplete on Xbox Game Pass. With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 scheduled to launch on 23 October, these are eight notable entries that players still cannot access through the subscription service.

Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision raised expectations that more classic titles would arrive on Game Pass. Instead, several important campaigns, multiplayer suites and Zombies modes remain separate purchases. Here is the missing shortlist, ranked from eight to one.

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8. Call of Duty: Black Ops

Image from the cover of Call of Duty: Black Ops, showing a soldier staring directly toward the viewer, nearly a silhouette.

Released: 9 November 2010

Treyarch’s first Black Ops delivered a high-energy campaign featuring memorable characters and an attempted assassination of Fidel Castro. It also introduced Nuketown, a multiplayer map that became a defining part of the series’ deathmatch history. Its absence leaves one of the franchise’s most recognisable games outside Game Pass.

7. Call of Duty: World at War

Call of Duty: World at War cropped cover art shows a soldier firing his rifle while facing the viewer, with muzzle flare

Released: 10 November 2008

World at War told another grim Second World War story, but its lasting contribution was the Zombies mode. Treyarch’s co-operative survival concept sent players against increasingly dangerous waves and became a standard feature in later games. Players wanting a newer Second World War setting can also look to 2017’s Call of Duty: WW2.

6. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Key art for 2014’s Call of Duty Advanced Warfare shows futuristic soldiers against the backdrop of a ravaged San Francisco

Released: 4 November 2014

This futuristic campaign is the source of the famous “Press F to pay respects” moment, which occurs during a funeral for a fallen soldier. Kevin Spacey voices Jonathan Irons, a powerful figure whose story examines the uneasy relationship between private corporations and the United States government. The result is exaggerated in familiar series fashion, but still offers an interesting campaign that modern players have missed.

5. Call of Duty: Ghosts

Released: 4 November 2013

Ghosts was developed by Infinity Ward with Neversoft and Raven Software after the high-profile departures of Vince Zampella and Jason West. Its slower pace and less exciting maps kept it from reaching the series’ top tier, although the campaign still contains the large-scale action associated with Call of Duty. It is best approached with realistic expectations.

4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Released: 13 November 2012

One of the series’ most ambitious releases, Black Ops 2 combined strong multiplayer maps such as Raid, Hijacked and Slums with expanded Zombies content, including Mob of the Dead and Origins. Its branching campaign offered multiple endings, put players against Raul Menendez and imagined the year 2025. It remains a major omission for Game Pass subscribers.

3. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - multiplayer combat on Frost map

Released: 4 November 2016

Infinite Warfare moved the familiar firefights into space, adding zero-gravity combat, advanced technology and large-scale battles. Its intimate story featured Brian Bloom and Kit Harington, while some editions included Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered as a bonus. For many players, it was the last new entry to feel like a major gaming event, making its continued absence especially noticeable.

2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered

soldiers surround a humvee, working on repairs to it, in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Released: 30 April 2020

This updated campaign revisits one of the franchise’s most controversial and memorable stories, including the “No Russian” sequence, which is preceded by a warning. The original’s multiplayer was known for its 25-kill tactical nuke reward, while the remaster focuses on the campaign and refreshed visuals. It also retains Special Ops’ place in the wider Modern Warfare 2 package, with Hans Zimmer credited for the main theme.

The image associated with this entry is credited to Infinity Ward and Activision via Synhart/Call of Duty Wiki.

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered

Soldiers vaulting over a ledge with guns drawn.

Released: 27 June 2017

The 2007 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare proved the series could move beyond its Second World War roots with a contemporary story, memorable twists and a hugely replayable multiplayer mode. Almost a decade later, the remaster improved the presentation for newer screens. It first appeared as a bonus with Infinite Warfare before receiving a standalone release the following year, making it the clearest candidate for Game Pass.

Why these omissions matter

Together, these eight games cover the series’ transition from historical warfare to modern conflicts, futuristic combat and space-based battles. They also contain milestones such as the first Zombies mode, Nuketown, branching campaign outcomes and some of the franchise’s most influential multiplayer design.

While these are console and PC releases rather than dedicated arcade titles, their focused controls and instantly readable action show why military shooters remain natural candidates for a dedicated gaming setup. RETROCADE’s arcade machines, bartop arcades and arcade parts cover different approaches to building a home gaming space.