Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 1 Reloaded update detailed

Activision has detailed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone Season 1 Reloaded.

Launching on January 17 at 9am PT 12pm ET / 5pm BST / 6pm CEST on all platforms, the big mid-season update includes a host of new content across multiplayer, Zombies and Warzone.

On the multiplayer front, there’s a brand new 6v6 map called Rio. The medium-sized battleground features a central shopping mall surrounded by a main street, tram station, market, plaza, café and residential spaces.

New multiplayer modes include Team Gunfight, Infected and Headquarters.

Multiplayer Ranked Play will let players compete in 4v4 matches using the same settings, maps and modes as the Call of Duty League.

And a crossover with superhero franchise The Boys will include a limited time Kill Confirmed mode featuring power boosts, plus a Supe Siege event challenge which lets players unlock a special LMG weapon blueprint.

Zombies players will be able to earn high-tier loot by defeating new South Korean–born Warlord Dokkaebi.

In Warzone, a Gulag Night Vision public event will let players fight it out in the dark, while a new Weapon Case objective will be introduced in battle royale.

“A single Weapon Case spawns in a small search area at the start of every match. Once found, the player holding the Weapon Case is marked for all enemies in the match,” Activision explains.

“If a player holding the case manages to stay alive at the end of the match or their squad exits the match using a helicopter called in by purchasing a Covert Exfil, they and their teammates earn exclusive rewards.”

Covert Exfil is a new win condition that will let players call in a helicopter at a high price for the chance to exit the match early.

Champion’s Quest will also make its debut in Urzikstan, challenging squads to win 30 games within a season or five consecutive matches in order to “instigate a devastating end game”.

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Modern Warfare 3 Season 1 launched in December, shortly before the game’s first free multiplayer trial was held.

Season 1 featured three new 6v6 multiplayer maps, the return of Gunfight, All or Nothing, Infected and Headquarters modes, a fresh Zombies story act and new Warzone map Urzikstan.