Modern Warfare 2 streamer claims world's first polyatomic camo

Modern Warfare 2 camo
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Modern Warfare 2 players are already tearing through the cosmetic grind, and one streamer claims to have gotten the world's first polyatomic camo unlock.

That streamer is Reidboyy, who shared an image of the camo in use in-game with the apt message, "First person in the world to unlock polyatomic in MW2". If somebody's willing to dispute Reidboyy's world first accomplishment, we'd love to hear it. It takes some serious hours to grind out polyatomic, and Reidboyy has been streaming on Twitch pretty much nonstop since MW2 multiplayer launched.

How much effort does it take to get those Modern Warfare 2 mastery camos? Well, you can follow that lovely link there for a full guide, but for a short version, you've got to unlock platinum camos for 51 weapons - every single one in the game at launch. That means you've got to unlock every single gold and base camo, too, for a cascading set of challenges that will give even the most skilled players dozens of hours to work through.

For Reidboyy, the grind continues. The latest tweet from the streamer reports eight of 51 polyatomic camos unlocked, which is the next step toward orion camo. Yes, orion camo - there's another tier to grind through. For now, that's the ultimate end of the MW2 weapon grind.

Meanwhile, Modern Warfare 2's devs have confirmed ranked multiplayer is coming in 2023, and fans have been having a field day attempting to fix the game's UI.

The Modern Warfare 2 Battle Pass release date is set for a little later in November.

Dustin Bailey
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.

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