Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and its Warzone part kicked off its Season 1 multiplayer right this moment, marking its first main replace since launch. The former will get three new maps as half of its 24/7 playlist, along with a 6v6 area set in Rio, which shall be out there later within the season. As traditional, there are some rewards for racking up kills with out dying, granting gamers an EMP upon getting a 13 killstreak and the flexibility to summon mosquito swarms as cowl on a 15 killstreak. There’s additionally a brand new perk referred to as the Assassin Vest, which makes gamers resistant to UAV scans and does not pop skulls on the minimap upon performing an execution.
The three new maps take you to a coastal city in ‘Greece’, a blood-drenched close-quarters slaughterhouse referred to as ‘Meat’, and a ‘Training Facility’ set in a warehouse that allows 2v2 gunfights. Building on that, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III brings again two fan-favourite modes — the All or Nothing equips gamers with throwing knives and an empty pistol, taking them with slowly upgrading armaments by way of killstreaks and perk activations. Then there’s the usual round-based Gunfight with small groups. Ranked Play is anticipated to drop later in Season 1, alongside promotional skins for the upcoming Denis Villeneuve film Dune: Part 2 — Paul Atredis and Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen — and an in-game occasion titled ‘Trial of Power.’ There are not any specifics of the occasion but, however we are able to assume that the timing of the collaboration needed to do with the movie’s delay from November to March 2024 because of the Hollywood labour strikes. Still, a bizarre sport to select for selling Dune 2.
Over on Warzone, Call of Duty’s long-running battle-royale mode, the brand-new Urzikstan map is now reside, throwing you onto a greyish metropolis punctuated by lavish resorts, energy mills, a navy base, an opulent mansion and extra. Activision describes it as a degree the place the Middle East meets Europe — or to place it extra bluntly within the sport’s universe, it is positioned on the ‘easter border of the Black Sea and bordering Al Mazrah.’ As previously reported, the map provides just a few distinctive mechanics for traversal similar to horizontal ziplines and a drivable practice, whose pace may be managed by gamers utilizing devoted levers. Of course, one might additionally flip the brakes by heading to the bottom. With such main modifications comes a brand new 1v1 Gulag referred to as ‘Silo,’ which is completely symmetrical however shall be different primarily based on luck.
Season 1 additionally brings a brand new story mission to the Zombies mode, plopping a ‘huge gateway’ within the Exclusion Zone for gamers to analyze. Additionally, there is a new battle cross, promising new weapon unlocks such because the XRX Stalker, RAM-7, and Stormender, which may be added to your loadout. The Call of Duty roadmap additionally reveals plans for Christmas-themed occasions and sport modes, a pores and skin for A-Train from the Amazon Prime Video sequence The Boys, and extra — you may try the whole patch notes on the official web site.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 1 is now reside on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X.
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