Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Everything We Know So Far

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Release Date

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is scheduled to be released on Friday, November 10, 2023, on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, and Xbox One. Pre-orders are now available for purchase across all platforms, along with the dates for the open beta schedules in October.

Week 1:

• October 6-7: PlayStation Users who pre-ordered
• October 8-10: All PlayStation Users

Week 2:

• October 12-13: PC and Xbox Users who preorder, with PlayStation users.
• October 14-16: Open Beta on all platforms

Campaign

With the gameplay reveal at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 alongside a Warzone 2.0 Siege event, gameplay footage brings players back to a familiar and beloved place, the Verdansk Gulag, from the original Warzone setting. With everything from door breaches to stealth kills in darkened tunnels using night-vision goggles, it is everything we expect it to be from this explosive franchise.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Open Combat Missions

Also announced is that the campaign will have Open Combat Missions, a new way giving players the flexibility of options to complete missions tailored to their own playstyle. Be it a stealth approach or kicking in the door and explosions type approach, players will have the freedom of options to choose from. But then again, not all missions will be open-ended, giving it a new dynamic approach to playing Modern Warfare 3’s campaign.

Create-a-Class

Create-a-Class has also evolved, further allowing players to not only customize their loadouts but also their outfits. From gloves to tactical vests and boots, players can now fine-tune their Operators to their needs. Gunsmith Mode also added in “After-Market” parts for further customization options and allows them to focus their preferred specific playstyle.

Zombies Mode

Also confirmed is an all-new open-world Zombies mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. First introduced in the Black Ops series, it is reported to be a DMZ mode with Zombies where you can squad up to 4 players and have items to exfil. It is also said to be part of the Treyarch Zombies storyline. This is a first in the Modern Warfare franchise with a make-or-break possibility, but we did have a Halloween-themed event from 2019’s Modern Warfare that also featured Zombies. Fans have been divided about this news. With its release, only time will tell.

Classic Minimap and Slide Cancel

Activision also announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be bringing back the classic minimap with red dot indicators, stepping away from that god-awful compass floating above our HUDs. and also confirmed that slide canceling is back, as it was removed from last year’s Modern Warfare 2, which sparked outrage from the COD community. Along with improvements with the movement mechanics.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Carry Forward Progress

Honoring players with their investments and countless hours of gameplay, “Carry Forward” refers to the weapons, cosmetics and bundles owned by players to be carried over, to a certain extent, to MW3 on Day One. Some items available on MW2 and Warzone 2.0 will also be carried over to Modern Warfare 3 Season 1 as soon as it starts.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Operator Skins

Some operator skins will also be made available, including those from Store Bundles. But other skins that require certain prerequisites to unlock may not be available, such as Campaign specific operators. Like the operator shown above, Nova, which can only be unlocked by completing the ‘Violence and Timing’ campaign mission in Modern Warfare 2.

• A Modern Warfare 2 player can only use this operator when they finish the unlock requisite required for it.
• A Modern Warfare 3-only player cannot access this operator skin.
• A Store Bundle released in Modern Warfare 3 that features Nova as the operator would also be accessible Modern Warfare 3.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Weapons

Yes. Weapons and blueprints will be carried over into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, although each weapons’ unlock challenge must be completed in order for it to be used in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and blueprints that are also available in store bundles will also be available. For example, the M13B shown above, can only be unlocked by defeating the Chemist boss in DMZ or by killing another player carrying the weapon and then exfilling with it. After which then the weapon can both be used and leveled up in Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 PC Expected System Requirements

PC players are also on the lookout for the minimum and recommended system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. While neither Sledgehammer Games or Activision has released the official list for the system requirements, it is expected to be the same as, if not identical to its predecessor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as listed below:

• CPU – Intel Core i3-6100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
• GPU – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470
• Video Memory / RAM – 2 GB and 8 GB respectively
• Storage – 72 GB or so at launch

Gear system and Ninja Perk

Leaks claim that the Ninja perk will be making its comeback, along with a new Gear perk system, which suggests that players get to equip items such as helmets, gloves and boots. With that in mind, it may imply that the Ninja perk may be a pair of boots and the Fast Hands perk could be a pair of gloves, indicating a new customization dynamic for players.

Operators

Some leaks and data miners also suggest that Spawn, Ash Williams, Skeletor and Alucard are some of the operators to be released in Modern Warfare 3.

Warzone Map

With information from leakers state that the new map could be a version of Las Almas, from Modern Warfare 2’s campaign, with a Downtown section that is very “Verdansk-like” and reportedly would feature the classic MW3 map ‘Overwatch’ in the center of the map.