Four new multiplayer maps and the return of Gunfight kick off the season on December 6th, with new modes and Ranked Play coming later.
After a below-average reception from fans and critics, Activision's latest sequel in the series has been discounted on consoles.
The "Snaking" exploit is only available for keyboard and mouse users, but cross-platform play means console players are also affected.
Is it time for Call of Duty to move on?
With a focus on CIA, the sixth Black Ops title will allegedly "explore a nuanced narrative of the Gulf War".
Sledgehammer's controversial sequel has racked up more hours per player than Modern Warfare (2019) and Modern Warfare 2 (2022).
Details on the game's third season of post-launch content will be unveiled at The Game Awards.
Not even a surprisingly good Zombies mode can save this year's Call of Duty from its miserable Campaign and multiplayer issues.
The only Call of Duty game with a lower score than Modern Warfare 3 is 2012's PS Vita title, Call of Duty: Black Ops - Declassified.
Meanwhile, Quarry, Rundown, and Scrapyard are removed from the Hardpoint playlist while Sledgehammer investigates "unfavorable spawns."
Meanwhile, Super Mario Bros. Wonder is pushed down to No. 3, while Football Manager 2024 debuts in fifth place.
Most physical sales were on PS5 at 72 percent, while Xbox constituted 20 percent and the PS4 version contributed eight percent.
"We have worked hard to deliver on this vision which has been years in the making. Anything said to the contrary is simply not true," Sledgehammer writes.
After the Campaign launched in early access for pre-orders, Multiplayer and Zombies are now live worldwide for all players.
However, those plans were shelved when the studio was informed that it would instead be working on Modern Warfare 3.
Planned as an expansion to Modern Warfare (2022) set in Mexico, it was rebooted last Summer by Activision to be a direct sequel.
The verdict is out - the newest Call of Duty campaign is an utter mess. Find out why and how this could have happened here.
Though there's plenty to like about Call of Duty games, at the same time, there's also no shortage of issues to find with how the series operates.
According to reports, Modern Warfare 3 was originally planned as paid DLC for last year's game, before being spun off into its own game.
Pre-orders can experience the campaign, including the new Open Combat missions, over a week before the game's worldwide launch.
