There are indications of the first new content for the upcoming Season 3 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. A dataminer has discovered information in the game files that show content for the multiplayer and Battle Royale Warzone.
What is in the files? The dataminer Senescallo has posted in a thread on reddit some information that he found in the files from the new patch 1.18 from March 27. According to this, in Season 3:
- Two “new” maps: Backlot and Village from previous installments
- Two new operators: Alex and Ronin
- The campaign of Modern Warfare 2 as a remaster for purchase
- Two new weapons: sniper rifle SKS and pistol Renetti
- New playlists for Warzone
- Lots of new skins and cosmetics
A specific start date for Season 3 has not yet been announced. The currently ongoing Season 2 is set to end on April 7. Whether Season 3 starts immediately after remains open. At the moment, many releases and developments are being delayed due to the coronavirus.
Where is the information coming from? Senescallo is a well-known dataminer of Call of Duty who has often been correct in the past. At the end of 2019, for example, he predicted the maps Crash and Cargo, which subsequently came.
He has also previously found files regarding the new operator Ghost. That the information he has collected could be correct is shown by a recently surfaced leak about Village.
New Content in Season 3
When and how will the content come? We still cannot say exactly when the content will arrive in Season 3, if at all. Infinity Ward has been releasing new content throughout the entire season, resulting in a steady flow of new content.
However, it is likely that at least the new operators and weapons will be available to unlock in a Battle Pass. More information and assumptions about the other content are already available.
What are these new maps?
Backlot originally comes from the original Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and was set in Iraq. For Modern Warfare (2019), the location is supposed to be Meska (Urzikstan), where Demon Dogs fight against Jackals. For a glimpse, we have included gameplay of the original map here:
Village was introduced with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and is therefore a bit more modern. Originally, the map was set in Sierra Leone and is now set to take place in Venskaya (Kastovia). Here, SAS will fight against Spetsnaz. We have also included a bit of gameplay from MW 3 for Village:
What playlists are coming for Warzone?
The Battle Royale Warzone is supposed to receive several new game modes. These include a duo and a squad mode for two or four players, which have also been leaked. The community has wished for both modes since the release, and the requests have become louder after the introduction of the solo mode for Warzone.
In addition, Senescallo has found further modes that put specific rules on Warzone:
- High Action: The gas circle closes faster
- Shotty Snipers: Only shotguns and sniper rifles allowed – personal loadouts are not available
- One Shot: Every shot to the head instantly kills – also no loadouts
- Realism Battle Royale
- Hardcore Battle Royale
Realism and Hardcore are available at least in the multiplayer modes as night variants as well. Whether the map of Warzone will also be shrouded in darkness remains to be seen.
By the way, it seems that Activision is bringing back the entire Modern Warfare series as remastered: Leak says: Not only CoD MW2 – Modern Warfare 3 is also coming back as remastered
