When does early access to the Modern Warfare 3 campaign start?

Modern Warfare 3 won’t officially launch until November 10, but you can get it early access to the campaign up to a week in advance. Right after an open beta, this is your second chance to play Modern Warfare 3 earlier than normal – if you have paid of course.

Here’s when Modern Warfare 3 early access starts for the campaign and what time the campaign’s early access starts in your time zone.

How to get early access to the MW3 campaign

Early access to the Modern Warfare 3 campaign is available to everyone pre-order the game digitally — whether it is the standard edition or the premium “Vault” edition or not.

What time does early access to the MW3 campaign start on PC, Xbox and PlayStation?

On a Windows PC, true Modern Warfare 3 is available via Steam and Battle.net, early access to the campaign begins at 10am PT on Thursday, November 2according to a blog post from Activision.

(Update, November 1): Activision clarifies in a blog post That Modern Warfare 3 Early Access for the campaign will go live simultaneously with Windows PC on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

Here’s what that is in your time zone:

• 10am PDT on November 2 off the west coast of North America
• 1:00 PM EDT on November 2 off the east coast of North America
• 5:00 PM GMT on November 2 for Great Britain
• 6am CEST on November 2 for western continental Europe
• 2 hours JST on November 3 for Japan

If you have pre-ordered, you can pre-load the order Modern Warfare 3 campaign from 10am PT on November 1.

What does the MW3 campaign early access entail?

A direct sequel to that of 2022 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2the campaign for Modern Warfare 3 continues the story of Captain John Price’s Task Force 141. Early access also gets you the entire campaign. Like it Starfield, Diablo 4, Deadly battleand more big budget games, Duty is the latest tentpole to offer varying release dates. In this case, November 2nd is for all intents and purposes the Modern Warfare 3 Publication date.

In addition to early access to the campaign, Modern Warfare 3 Pre-orders include the Zombie Ghost Operator skin for the game’s multiplayer component, which officially goes live on November 10. If you pre-order the more expensive Vault Edition, you also get:

• The Soul Harvester Tracer Weapon Blueprint
• The Nemesis Operator package
• Two gun safes
• The Season 1 battle pass, called Blackcell, plus 30 tier skips

If you plan on jumping into multiplayer as soon as it goes live, check out our guides on the best Striker gear, the best MCW gear, and the best AMR9 gear.