Season 3 is a big one for both Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2.
Call of Duty is about to get its biggest update since the release of Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 last year. Activision spilled the whole beans on next week’s Season 3 update in a voluminous blog post (opens in new tab) detailing new maps, guns, modes, and features coming to the 6v6 and battle royale corners of CoD.
That’s « maps » plural for traditional multiplayer—a total of three 6v6 maps and two larger « battle maps » adapted from the Warzone map, which is a nice change of pace from what has been a somewhat slow start to Modern Warfare 2’s post-launch support (opens in new tab).
Both halves of the community seem pretty well served this time around, which makes me think it could be the first CoD update in a while that makes everyone happy (or at least less angry than usual). Here are the most pertinent details from the Season 3 update coming April 12:
Modern Warfare 2
5 new guns, including the famed Intervention sniper rifle (opens in new tab) from Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
3 new 6v6 maps (two at launch and one mid-season)
2 battle maps
3 2v2 Gunfight maps
Co-op raid episode 3
Battle royale
5 new guns (same as MW2)
2 new modes, including Plunder and ranked
New gulag map
Tempered plate vests
Redeploy drones
UAV towers
DMZ
Workbenches
Barter system
Character slots
New faction missions
There’s also a new battle pass, of course, but Activison is trying something a bit different this time: what if there was a version of the battle pass that was triple the price and came with extra super premium exclusive skins? Called Blackcell, this new $30 version of the battle pass includes the Blackcell operator, a black/gold suit and mask combo that has become an increasingly popular shooter aesthetic in recent years.
