How To Play: older CoD titles online.
guides · Call of Duty · Mar 3, 2026
This is a short guide on how to play older Call of Duty titles (World at War, Modern Warfare, etc) online and safely. I won't be dwelving deep into the services as most of them have readily available step-by-step guides, I will simply be letting you know which ones are available. I've tested all of them and they're 100% safe.
**[Plutonium]**
First and foremost, you will need an account on the Plutonium forums to use the launcher and play on servers. Plutonium supports WAW, BO1, BO2 and MW3. Their forum is https://forum.plutonium.pw
Now, once you've done that, you should head to https://plutonium.pw/docs/install/#plutonium-launcher which will include the download link for the launcher and a step-by-step guide to loading the games on the launcher and playing. I won't go deeper into Plutonium since they have their own guide.
**[AlterWare]**
AlterWare is the service for Ghosts, AW and BO3. Similar to Plutonium, (I believe) it's necessary to make an account on their forums to play on their servers (https://forum.alterware.dev). Once you've done that, head to https://alterware.dev/docs# which will include the installation and usage guide of their launcher and how to load and play the supported games.
**[COD.PM]**
cod.pm is the service for the original Call of Duty (2003). It contains a masterlist of servers that you can connect to. Their faq (https://cod.pm/faq) has everything you need to know to get started.
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