Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Reveal Confirms “No Russian,” Open-World Zombies, MW2 Maps

Last week Activision and developer Sledgehammer Games officially unveiled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III via a quick trailer that teased a lot of things – the return of Vladimir Marakov, the infamous “No Russian” mission, and more. What we didn’t get was a lot of uncut gameplay. Thankfully, Activision just served up a meaty chunk of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III during today’s Geoff-Keighly-produced Gamescom Opening Night Live show.

Now that Activision has finished their official reveal for Call of Duty Modern Warfare III, we now know what fans were excited about, even if the rest of the world wasn’t fully aware of what the game was.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III just got a gameplay reveal trailer — a slightly misleading title, given most of the footage is loaded with cinematics. Indeed, it is focused on the campaign, which sees Captain Price and his Task Force 141 take on the Russian ultranationalist war criminal Vladimir Makarov, as he extends his grasp across the world. Publisher Activision has introduced a new non-linear campaign structure called ‘Open Combat Missions,' memorable multiplayer maps, and a Zombies mode set in an open world. Pre-orders for the game are now live across all major platforms.

Activision has released the first gameplay trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It’s coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and PC via Steam, the Microsoft Store and Battle.net. Check it out below and watch Task Force 141 going up against Vladmir Makarov and his forces.

Following its odd little pre-amble last night, Activision and developer Sledgehammer have given Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 the full reveal treatment, sharing first details on its campaign, multiplayer, and zombies mode, alongside a brief look at the game in action.

Sledgehammer Games and Activision today lifted the lid on the latest entry in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

Unlike the original Modern Warfare trilogy, 2023's Modern Warfare 3 won't be the end.

This year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will include every launch map from 2009's Modern Warfare 2, remastered and expanded with new modes and gameplay features.

Attention, PlayStation players! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III releases on Friday, November 10. Get intel on some of the features coming to Modern Warfare III and learn more about every available game edition on PlayStation, plus preorder benefits you’ll earn between now and the game’s launch.

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Activision and developers Sledgehammer Games, Infinity Ward, and Treyarch revealed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on Thursday, during an in-game event in Warzone. This year’s Call of Duty will feature a number of firsts for the franchise: It’s the first back-to-back direct sequel in Call of Duty history; the game’s multiplayer will carry over “a vast amount of content” from last year’s game; and the beloved Zombies co-op mode will be playable in a Modern Warfare setting.

Ahead of today's (August 17) Modern Warfare 3 reveal event, developer Activision has confirmed the existence of Modern Warfare 3 zombies. This confirmation was teamed with a host of other features and inclusions offered up as a teaser for today's event.