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All the content coming in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone's Season 3 Reloaded update has been revealed in detail, including MW3's new Multiplayer maps and modes along with new Zombies content, Warzone's new killstreak and public event, and Warzone Mobile's Golden Week. The major Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 update arrives on May 1.

Amazon Prime subscribers can now claim Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone's newest Prime Gaming offer, the Electron Energy bundle that includes an operator skin and more. This is just the latest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 offer for Prime members thanks to the service's monthly bundles.

Activision has detailed Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 3 Reloaded.

Activision has released a new trailer that showcases Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Cheech and Chong bundle which includes lots of items, including two operators voiced by Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong themselves. The new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 bundle is available now.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone have received new updates that mostly rebalance weapons and fix bugs. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Ranked Play saw a major change as well.

Call of Duty: Warzone has significantly nerfed the Renetti's JAK Ferocity Carbine Kit, which has become controversial in recent weeks. Before the nerf, the Call of Duty: Warzone pistol's conversion kit saw it become a powerful SMG better than almost all other meta options.

Over 27,000 Call of Duty accounts were banned over the weekend for cheating across Warzone and Modern Warfare 3, according to Activision.

Activision claims to have banned over 27,000 Call of Duty accounts over the weekend.

A couple of months ago, we learned that Raven Software lead designer Michael Gummelt had worked on a live service Call Of Duty zombies game before it got cancelled. Details were practically non-existent at the time, but YouTuber Glitching Queen recently interviewed Gummelt about what the game could've become. Fun surprises: It would've been a free-to-play live service game featuring coliseum battles. Unsurprises: microtransactions, seasons, general background shenanigans between Treyarch and Raven.

Activision has published the patch notes for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 3.

Activision have revealed what's coming to Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone 2 in its upcoming Season 3 update. For Modern Warfare 3, there's a slew of new and remastered 6 vs 6 maps, new modes, and Zombies story additions. As for Warzone, highlights include the return of fan-favourite Rebirth Island, biometric scanners, new perks, and four new weapons. Let me break the details down for you, like how I used to break my friends' spirits by sprinting at enemies without communicating my intentions, going down, then spectating as they attempted to pick up the pieces.

Activision has detailed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 3.

Rebirth Island will make its long-awaited return to Call of Duty Warzone next week.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone have received an update that nerfs the Longbow and significantly changes the BAS-B's new JAK Outlaw-277 conversion kit. Recently, criticism of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Longbow sniper rifle has reached an all-time high.

YouTube has removed a seven-year-old YouTube video that featured Pokémon modded into Call of Duty: Zombies, at the request of The Pokémon Company.

A March 19 Call of Duty: Warzone update has brought nerfs to two SMGs, the RAM-9 and HRM-9. The new update also made some changes to Call of Duty: Warzone's Gulag and more.

The Battlefield series has lost another high-profile figure in the form of Craig Morrison, who has left his role as studio creative director at EA‘s DICE.

The new Godzilla x Kong bundle coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone features an over-the-top execution. Earlier this week, Call of Duty detailed its Season 2 Reloaded update, highlighting what's been added to Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer and Warzone, including the revamped Vanguard map Das Haus, the new Juggermosh game mode, a new Zombies story mission, and more.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone are getting a slew of new operator bundles crossing over with some of the biggest entertainment franchises of the year, including Godzilla x Kong, Warhammer, and another Dune bundle. Now at the midpoint of its second season, Call of Duty has just unveiled Season 2 Reloaded, which is set to bring Vanguard's 6v6 Das Haus multiplayer map, a new Juggermosh game mode, and a lot more to Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone.

Activision has detailed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 2 Reloaded.

Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone are receiving Warhammer 40K-themed skins sometime soon. The announcement comes after months of leaks and speculation around such an event for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile will be released worldwide on March 21, 2024, Activision has announced.

Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, the iOS and Android version of Activision Blizzard's battle royale hit, is officially getting its worldwide launch on 21st March following a limited release in select counties over the course of the last year.

Marcus Lehto has confirmed that he’s left his position as game director on a new Battlefield title.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone fans have been gifted free double XP tokens. This comes as part of an apology for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's recent issues.

Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto has left the EA studio he founded to work on the next generation of Battlefield games.

Activision has said it’s working to fix a Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone issue “that is preventing progress from being tracked in various areas of the game including but not limited to events, challenges, Battle Pass, and SR”.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone are experiencing major technical issues that surfaced in the early morning hours of February 23, leading multiple fan-favorite modes to be temporarily taken offline. The unfortunate news follows Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's recent Season 1 Reloaded update, which also introduced major problems.

Activision has launched a new Call of Duty ban wave following reports of rampant cheating in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone.

In what has to be one of the strangest issues with the game to date, cheaters in Call of Duty: Warzone are now teleporting helicopters into orbit. Call of Duty: Warzone matches are difficult enough to win normally, and situations like this can be near-impossible to overcome.

A new update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone has nerfed the TAQ Evolvere. The LMG was made surprisingly powerful following a recent patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone.

A new update has been released for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. The patch rebalances an assortment of weapons, fixes some common bugs, and makes a significant change to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Ranked Play.

Popular streamer Dr. Disrespect became part of the first team in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0's Season 2 to achieve a nuke win, immediately uninstalling the game after the accomplishment. Since his streaming debut in the early 2010s, Dr. Disrespect has become one of the internet's most prolific gaming personalities, boasting millions of subscribers on his YouTube channel and regularly streaming FPS games. The beloved streamer has even branched out into other ventures, including writing a book and starting his own video game studio in Midnight Society. Now, the streamer has achieved a major Warzone milestone.

Activision execs offered Infinity Ward staff a 50 percent pay increase and told staff to «take the money and get over it» after the publisher dramatically fired the developer's founders Jason West and Vince Zampella in 2010.

Gameplay of a canceled Call of Duty codenamed NX1 has leaked online, revealing an effort to release a futuristic game in the franchise from former Guitar Hero developer Neversoft.

The latest Call of Duty: Warzone update is causing parts of the map to bend upwards in a bizarre distortion of Ashika Island. The Call of Duty: Warzone battle royale has been home to Al Mazrah, Verdansk, and the Pacific Caldera, but the current map has been torn apart by a new patch.

Gameplay from the canceled Call of Duty: Future Warfare has surfaced online, showing off gameplay and the futuristic setting of the canceled 2011 shooter. While the massively popular shooter franchise has largely been known for its modern military and World War 2-themed settings, the developers have sometimes branched out into other settings. The franchise has experimented multiple times with futuristic gameplay, with games like 2016's infamous Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Now, a newly surfaced video shows off an earlier take on a futuristic Call of Duty.

A new Call of Duty: Warzone playlist update disabled the controversial Maelstrom Dual Trigger attachment for the Lockwood 300 shotgun. The update brought relief to many Call of Duty: Warzone players on social media, since the attachment was capable of giving other players an unfair advantage.

Call of Duty Warzone developer Raven Software has apologised for «the disruption» caused by Warzone's Season 1 Reloaded launch.

Precision Airstrikes will show their trajectory on the mini-map with the Call of Duty: Warzone Season 2 update. Infinity Ward and Raven Software continue to update Call of Duty: Warzone, and Season 2 includes a handful of quality-of-life changes like the Airstrike adjustments.

Raven Software has apologised for the botched launch of Warzone’s Season 1 Reloaded update this week.

Several Call of Duty games will now shut down for mouse and keyboard players who activate aim assist.

Activision has released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 1 Reloaded.

Raven Software was once working on a live service Call of Duty: Zombies game, according to a former lead designer at the studio.

Raven Software was at one time working on a standalone live-service version of Call of Duty's popular Zombies mode, ex-Raven Software lead designer Michael Gummelt has revealed, but it was cancelled after its IP originator — presumably Treyarch — «wanted it back».

First reported by MP1st, Raven Software lead designer Michael Gummelt mentioned a couple of cancelled projects on his Linkedin page. One was a live service version of Call Of Duty's zombies mode, and the other, a revival of a classic Raven IP. I'm not sad about one and I'm mildly sad over the other, with the mystery not being too hard to solve.

The next game from Battlefield studio Ripple Effect, the studio previously known as DICE LA, is aiming to deliver the most realistic destruction effects in any video game.

Treyarch's upcoming Call of Duty game, set to release in 2024, will reportedly bring the return of Warzone's original map, Verdansk.

Over the years, Call of Duty campaigns have delivered the closest distillation of Michael Bay-style cinematic set piece action in video games. The first-person military shooter franchise, perhaps the most popular series of games in the world, has increasingly tilted in favour of its money-spinning multiplayer modes, with gradual introduction of battle passes, microtransactions, and downloadable content, but some of its single player campaigns remain a benchmark for bombastic sequences in the medium. Memorable missions from Call of Duty titles are part of gaming folklore — the raw shock of a nuclear detonation, the tense deliberations of a ghillied-up sniper, and the disturbing implications of a false flag terror attack; CoD campaigns have sustained their commitment to over-the-top, knockout moments with imaginative mission design, the “Oorah” machismo of American military might, and immersive cinematics that punctuate the action.

Activision has said its new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has broken multiple player engagement records, without providing any specific player numbers.

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 developers Sledgehammer Games (umpteenth reminder: that's Modern Warfare 3 as in the 2023 game, not the 2011 FPS of the same name) have hosted a Reddit AMA in which they answered a bunch of questions about the evolution of the game's competitive meta. That's meta as in the overall balance of power between Modern Warfare 3 loadouts, playstyles and so forth based on a variety of factors such as map design, rather than the Alan Wake 2 kind of "meta", where characters talk about how they're just characters in a game and so on. I would dearly like to see some crossover between these types of "meta". I guess the Call of Duty that comes closest to fulfilling that idea is Black Ops 3, with its fourth-wall-breaking cyborg theatrics.

Infinity Ward, the original developer of the Call of Duty franchise, is getting bigger. A job ad for an Expert UI Engineer reveals that the company owned by Activision has recently opened a new studio based in Austin, Texas. According to the ad, the new Infinity Ward office will focus on 'creating new and innovative experiences for Call of Duty and create state of the art technology to power them'.

Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward just opened a new studio in Austin, Texas.

Infinity Ward has opened a «brand new studio» in Austin, Texas.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has had a rough start to life where reception from critics and the audience is concerned, but with its sales, the shooter has got off to a predictably solid start. As per data revealed by the Gfk (via GamesIndustry), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has topped the latest weekly UK retail charts. Though its physical launch sales are 25% lower than those of last year’s Modern Warfare 2, it’s possible that its digital sales make up for that shortfall. 

Whatever you might think of Call of Duty, you can't accuse its anti-cheat team of lacking imagination; having previously caused chaos for multiplayer cheaters by whisking away their weapons and turning opponents invisible, it'll soon be cutting their parachute cords and causing their bunny hops to launch them 10,000ft into the air before a very messy end.

For those who purchased Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and suffered the Campaign in early access, there’s good news: The rest of the game is now available. Multiplayer and Zombies are playable, with the former offering Team Deathmatch, War and other modes. Check out the latest hype trailer for the same below.

This winter's dismally received Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was created in "less than a year and a half", with staff working overtime to make up for mid-development changes of direction, according to a new report published on the day of the latest Activision shooter's release.

Every so often in the course of our irregular series of Gamers Hate Thing posts, I like to chuck in a Gamers Love Thing post just to shake things up - though in this case, Gamers Love the Thing in question partly for not being another Thing they Hate, and the Thing they Love is something they Hated back in 2016. Erm.

Attention all PlayStation players, ready yourself for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. The war has changed, and for the first time in back-to-back years, Call of Duty returns with a direct sequel. The entire game, featuring the full Campaign, seminal Multiplayer, and all-new open-world Modern Warfare Zombies experience, launches on November 10.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3's short campaign may be getting mixed feedback, but it does at least feature a cameo appearance from the series' best canine boy.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launches worldwide next week for consoles and PC, but pre-orders can access the campaign now. Activision has released a new trailer for the same, highlighting Vladimir Makarov, the new main villain. Check it out below.

If prior reports are to be believe, though the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is set to launch as a full-fledged new entry in the franchise, that wasn’t always the plan, with Activision supposedly originally having planned to release its content as a sizeable expansion for last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It seems, however, that we’re still going to see some holdover for those original plans.

Here's a rundown of all the multiplayer maps for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

PlayStation players, it’s almost time to crack the code with Lockpick, a PlayStation-exclusive* Operator coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. As announced at Call of Duty: Next a few weeks ago, the Lockpick Operator Pack will be available starting November 10 for anyone who pre-orders Modern Warfare III at PlayStation Store. With the game’s launch around the corner, we wanted to share some in-depth details on the inspiration for this cunning character and a couple of the tools she’ll have at her disposal.

Sledgehammer Games, Beenox and Activision have released the system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on PC. Regardless of your setup, Windows 10 64-bit with the latest update and up to 149 GB (78 GB if Call of Duty HQ and Call of Duty: Warzone are installed) is required. A solid-state drive and network connection are also mandatory.

Activision and Sledgehammer Games have revealed the release timings for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Those who pre-purchased on PC can preload the Campaign on November 1st, 9 AM PT and access it early starting November 2nd, 10 AM PT.

The CMA has finally approved the Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard-King deal after the latter made concessions regarding cloud streaming rights over the games involved.

Activision has released a new trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 before its launch next month. It highlights several PC-exclusive features, from 4K resolution and Ultrawide support to Nvidia DLSS 3 and Reflex implementation. Check it out below.

The end of the first weekend for the multiplayer beta of Sledgehammer Games’ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has come to a close. Weekend Two starts this Thursday, October 12th (for those who pre-ordered) and features Highrise, new mode Cutthroat, and much more.

Call of Duty’s exclusive marketing deal with PlayStation sees it getting some exclusive content on Sony’s consoles every year, and Activision has now revealed one piece of that for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3– Elodie “Lockpick” Micheaux, a new Operator.

Zombies is going open world in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, as multiple squads cooperate in a PvE environment to take on the undead. Activision released a new trailer showcasing the mode’s various mechanics, but other details are available courtesy of a new blog post.

The Call of Duty franchise is promising some intriguing changes to its formula with the upcoming Modern Warfare 3. Some of those changes will take the form of Open Missions in the single player campaign, but the most radical departure in the game is looking like its Zombies mode, which will be fully open world this time.

If reports are to be believed, Activision’s initial plan was to not release a new Call of Duty game in 2023 for the first time in many years, though that, of course, ended up not being the case, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 due out next month. And while it remains to be seen whether the company will decide to give the series a year off anytime soon, it does look like Activision has the next few years already planned out for Call of Duty releases- which, given the scale of the franchise, shouldn’t surprise anyone.

Ahead of the Call of Duty Next Showcase on October 5th, Activision has released a multiplayer trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It features everything you’d associate with the franchise, from explosions and executions to Eminem. On the bright side, ‘Till I Collapse is still a banger. Check out the trailer below.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is reusing Modern Warfare 2 (2009) maps for its multiplayer (albeit with a shiny new coat of paint), but it’s implementing some much-requested features. Map voting and the classic mini-map are just a few. In a new video, the developer discussed Aftermarket Parts, similar to Operator Mods from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has a new campaign following up on last year’s title and multiplayer that involves revamped maps from Modern Warfare 2 (2009). However, Zombies is the main appeal for many, and this year offers a brand new experience. Check out the intro cinematic below.

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launches this Fall, with an open beta set for early October. While it’s the next chapter of the modern reboot’s story, with Vladimir Makarov as the antagonist, the appeal for many is in multiplayer. This year’s title differs from previous entries as 16 multiplayer maps are from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009).

Activision announced on Wednesday that it would be collaborating with Modulate to create a new voice chat moderation system debuting with .

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 had an extensive gameplay reveal at Gamescom Opening Night Live, showcasing a linear campaign mission. However, there are also Open Combat missions, where players have more freedom in their approach. A new trailer sees Sledgehammer Games discussing the same while showcasing some available options.