Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Warzone Season 1 Brings Holiday Cheer, New Content - Hardcore Gamer

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Sledgehammer Games, Raven Software, and Treyarch today revealed what presents will arrive under the tree when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone Season 1 launches.

Season 1 arrives just shy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III’s one-month anniversary on December 6. Like previous seasons, Season 1 brings with it a slew of new content, updates to all aspects of Modern Warfare III and Warzone, and new features.

Starting off with multiplayer, Modern Warfare III is set to get a trove of new maps and modes. Season 1 launches with two new multiplayer maps, Meat and Greece, with a third, Rio, coming mid-season. The season also sees the return of the popular Gunfight game mode. In addition to the Alley, Blacksite, Exhibit, and Shipment Gunfight maps carrying forward, the season also introduces a new Gunfight map in the form of Training Facility. Another new mode, All or Nothing, will also launch with the season. A host of new modes will launch mid-season, including Vortex (battle over the Ray Gun), CODMAS: Santa’s Slayground, Infected, Headquarters, and Team Gunfight.

Moving over to Modern Warfare Zombies, a new story act drops with Season 1 where a massive gateway has opened in the Exclusion Zone. There are also new Dark Aether Rifts filled with chaotic challenges, but also great rewards. Finally, a new wonder weapon, the V-R11, arrives with the ability to turn zombies into humans or mutate hostile humans into friendly zombies.

Warzone’s big update finally arrives in Season 1, implementing Modern Warfare III’s enhanced movement and mechanics into the Warzone experience. This includes the return of slide canceling, Taq-Stance, running while reloading, and more. The biggest update of all is the new Warzone