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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 drops on Game Pass on July 24, Microsoft announced Tuesday. It’s the first Call of Duty game to come to Microsoft’s subscription service under the company’s ownership of Activision Blizzard. Modern Warfare 3
Activision and lead developer Sledgehammer Games released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in November 2023. Modern Warfare 3 is a direct sequel to the franchise’s 2022 game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, letting players battle alongside series mainstays Captain Price, Ghost, and the rest of Task Force 141 on their international manhunt for bad guy Vladimir Makarov. Modern Warfare 3 also includes the series traditional multiplayer mode and Zombies, reimagined here as a co-op player-versus-environment extraction mode.
Microsoft announced earlier this year that 2024’s Call of Duty game, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Microsoft closed its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October 2023, 21 months after announcing plans to buy the Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush publisher. Since closing the deal, Microsoft has made little headway in bringing Activision Blizzard’s back catalog to Game Pass. However, Microsoft did release Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 4 to console and PC Game Pass subscribers back in March.