CoD: MW3 And Warzone Holiday Event Includes Deadly Snowball Fights, Killer Zombie Santa

20.12.2023 - 00:57 / gamespot.com / Eddie Makuch

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Christmas comes to Call of Duty.

By Eddie Makuch on

Call of Duty's annual holiday event, CODMAS, begins today and offers up a variety of activities to partake in themed around the holidays, including snowball fights and a mission to kill a zombified Santa. Here's everything you need to know about CODMAS 2023, which includes activities and events covering multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone.

CODMAS begins December 19 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET and runs through January 3 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. That should give players a good amount of time to check out the content during any breaks they might have from work or school.

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As part of the Santa's Slayground event, players can complete up to eight challenges to unlock special gear like the «Christmas Skulls» calling card, the «Elfsecution» finishing move, and a special weapon blueprint and operator skin. Players can complete challenges across multiplayer, Zombies, and Warzone to unlock the special gear.

As part of the CODMAS event, the popular multiplayer maps Shipment and Highrise are getting holiday-themed updates and will be called «Shipmas» and «Hangover,» respectively. Hangover adds cosmetic elements like snowmen and Christmas lights, while Shipmas has snowy elements, too. In terms of new modes, multiplayer is adding «Infectious Holiday» and «Snowfight» as part of the CODMAS event. For the Infectious Holiday mode, everyone becomes Santa, and infected players transform into Zombie Santa. Snowfight, meanwhile, is a twist on Gunfight where players toss snowballs for the first two rounds to take down enemies. Beginning in the third round, players can use normal weapons or seek out snowballs on the map. There is one special yellow snowball on the map that delivers a one-hit kill.

In Zombies, the CODMAS event brings holiday-themed music and snowballs to the map, and these snowballs can be whipped at zombies to take them down.

In the battle royale mode Warzone, «Slay Ride Resurgence» is coming to the game through the CODMAS event. Players can board the train on Urzikstan and kill Santa to earn special gear and an emblem.

Warzone's map will also have six «Deck the Halls» tree-themed capture points. Anyone standing close to a tree with no enemies nearby will earn festive decorations for the tree, which can be upgraded to Tiers 2 and 3 to improve