A full reveal of the game took place on August 17, 2023. Modern Warfare III will feature similar gameplay to Modern Warfare II and other games in the Call of Duty series. According to Activision, in addition to linear missions, the game's campaign will feature "Open Combat Missions", allowing players...
A full reveal of the game took place on August 17, 2023. Modern Warfare III will feature similar gameplay to Modern Warfare II and other games in the Call of Duty series. According to Activision, in addition to linear missions, the game's campaign will feature "Open Combat Missions", allowing players to freely choose how they want to approach their objectives. In Multiplayer, all sixteen maps from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be available at launch, the ability to vote for the next map will return, and player health will be increased for longer "time-to-kill" . The "red dot" minimap that was absent in Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare II will also return, which will allow players to see enemies on their radar when the enemies fire a weapon without a suppressor. New mechanics will be combined with old mechanics from previous Zombies titles. Modern Warfare III's campaign is set to take place after the events of Modern Warfare II and its post-launch seasons, and will feature the appearance of the Ultranationalist terrorist Vladimir Makarov , who was teased at the end of the Modern Warfare II campaign. Players take on the role of TF141 members as well as members of Makarov's private military company, Konni Group. The Zombies mode features a new iteration of the Dark Aether story, with narrative ties to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Vanguard, as well as the events of the Modern Warfare reboot series. Modern Warfare III is being developed by Sledgehammer Games, and is set to use a revamped version of the IW engine. Reports of the game's existence began to surface in February 2023, when Bloomberg reported that the next entry to the Call of Duty series would be a continuation of the rebooted Modern Warfare sub-series. Per the report, Activision planned to ship an expansion pack for Modern Warfare II in late 2023, assigning Sledgehammer to lead the production of the project. The expansion was intended to feature a new single-player campaign that would continue the story of Modern Warfare II, along with new content for the game's multiplayer component. During the development of the project, however, Activision chose to shift its direction, turning the expansion into a fully-fledged Call of Duty title. Fellow Call of Duty developer Treyarch was brought in to develop a Zombies mode for the new title, the first ever instance of such in the Modern Warfare sub-series. In July 2023, Activision confirmed that Modern Warfare II operators, weapons and cosmetic items would carry over into the 2023 title, following a leak that suggested said title would be named Modern Warfare III.