Captain Price's Hair to Be Fixed in Call of Duty After Low-Settings Glitch
Activision and Infinity Ward have acknowledged that Captain Price's appearance in Modern Warfare 4 looks wrong when the game runs at the lowest graphical settings. The issue, which went viral on social media, will be corrected in a future update according to the developers. The character's hair and beard appear drastically different from his usual look under those conditions.
The issue surfaced during last weekend's closed beta, when players running the game at the lowest level of detail found Captain Price's hair and beard rendering incorrectly, making him nearly unrecognizable. Social media posts mocking the appearance spread quickly, drawing comparisons to "lieutenant Cost" and other jokes. Infinity Ward's community team responded on X/Twitter, confirming the bug and adding it to the game's Trello board under "Known Issues." The fix will arrive in a future update, though no timeline was given.
Beyond the hair problem, the beta has other known issues, including framerate drops when cooking lethal weapons, PC hitches during initial multiplayer matches, and a stuck loadout screen. The team is also investigating time-to-kill speeds and spawn placements. The open beta begins this weekend, and the full game launches October 23, 2026, on PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
This viral moment could shape player expectations for the game's launch, as low-settings users may worry other visual elements are similarly compromised. The swift developer response may reassure fans that Infinity Ward is attentive to community feedback, potentially strengthening trust ahead of release. However, it also highlights how minor graphical glitches can dominate discourse, possibly distracting from more substantive gameplay concerns like TTK and spawns that affect all players regardless of hardware.