What time does Modern Warfare 3 season 3 come out?

Season 3 by Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone arrives on April 3, marking a huge update for Activision’s hugely popular shooter.

In addition to new weapons, season 3 “brings in some of the biggest content Duty history” will bring new maps, modes, weapons and skins. Here is when Modern Warfare 3 season 3 starts in your time zoneplus an overview of the changes you can expect.


MW3 Season 3 Release Time: When Will The New MW3 Season Launch?

Modern Warfare 3 season 3 and War zone season 3 is launched Wednesday April 3, simultaneously in all regions of the world. This is when the release will take place in your time zone:

  • 9am PDT off the west coast of North America
  • 12pm EDT off the east coast of North America
  • 5:00 PM GMT for Great Britain
  • 6:00 PM CEST for Western Europe / Paris
  • 1 hour JST on April 4 for Tokyo

Based on the timing of previous seasons for previous Call of Duty games, the Season 3 update should roll out approximately 24 hours before the times mentioned above, hopefully giving you enough time to download.


What’s new in MW3 season 3?

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Modern Warfare 3 Season 3 introduces a number of new maps, modes, skins, weapons and operators that you can use anywhere War zone. Activision also announced several mid-season releases. You can read all changes at the Activision blogbut we will describe the largest ones below.

MW3 Season 3 and Warzone Season 3 new, returning and midseason maps

MW3 promo art for the Tanked card

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There are two new ones 6v6 core cards arrive at the beginning of season 3 — the 6 stars rooftop spa and the Emergency medical facility. Grow house gets a remastered map and the Vondel Zoos Fueled up card has been reused.

MW3 promo art for Grime card

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Expect a new London-based one mid-season Filthy card and one reused Checkpoint military outpost map.

MW3 promo art for Rebirth Island's Dock POI

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For War zoneseason 3 returns to Rebirth Island and the 11 POIs.

MW3 season 3 and Warzone season 3 game modes

MW3 promo art for the Capture the Flag game mode

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There are four game modes this season. Two will be available at (or around) launch:

  • Capture the flagwhere teams compete to steal their opponent’s flag and return the entire team safely to base
  • One in the room is a one-hit kill mode that starts players with one bullet and rewards one more for each kill

The remaining two game modes are mid-season drops:

  • Minefield will drop a proximity mine whenever a player is killed
  • Escort will see one team escorting a MAW and the other team trying to destroy it

MW3 season 3 and Warzone season 3 new weapons

MW3 promo art for the Gladiator blade

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There are a total of four new weapons for Season 3:

  • FJX Horus SMG
  • MORS sniper rifle
  • Gladiator knife
  • BAL-27 assault rifle (midseason)

MW3 season 2 and Warzone season 2 new skins and operators

MW3 promo art for the Snoop Dogg II skin

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  • Snoop Dogg II skin is unlocked when you purchase this season’s Battlepass
  • Banshee
  • Bashiir Shirwa