Modern Warfare 3 Season 1 arrives next week, bringing new weapons, maps, and a big Warzone rework

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After weeks of rumors, the official announcement of Season One of Modern Warfare 3, the latest Call of Duty game, has finally arrived. It looks like we're in for one of the biggest seasonal content drops we’ve seen from the series in years.

Yesterday (November 30), the developers posted a lengthy breakdown to the official Call of Duty blog that detailed everything that players can expect to see when the season launches next week on December 6. Although this update is rather large, I have scoured the page to hand-pick some of the key facts that you need to know.

Most significantly, the update brings four new multiplayer maps to get to grips with. Unlike the roster of maps already present in Modern Warfare 3, which is entirely populated by remakes of fan-favorite environments from 2009’s Modern Warfare 2, these upcoming additions seem to be entirely original creations made specifically for this game. They include Meat, a fast-paced new 6v6 map set in a meat processing facility, which will be available at launch alongside Greece, a second 6v6 map that sees you fighting through a peaceful village on the Greek coast.

They are joined by Training Facility, a tiny map that will only appear in the 2v2 and the returning gunfight mode. The fourth and final new map, Rio, will then arrive later as part of the usual in-season update. In addition to the re-introduction of Gunfight, Season One sees the arrival of some new multiplayer modes to play. This includes the frantic All or Nothing mode, a fast free-for-all where everyone is only armed with a knife. This fast-paced mode also appeared in last year’s Modern Warfare 2and will now be available in Modern Warfare 3 when the season launches. Headquarters, Team Gunfight, and Infected modes