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Xbox players are reportedly seeing full-screen ads forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3on their consoles. FollowingMicrosoft’s official acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Xbox appears to be pushing its new big IP the week before the game launches.
The latest entry in the historic FPS franchise isn’t slated to release until November 10, but theearly access release forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3is already allowing players to hop in and experience the campaign. Now that the game is officially available to play in some capacity, it appears Microsoft is pushing its big new fall release.
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First spotted byVGC, Xbox gamers are seeing full-screen ads forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3when they boot up their consoles. The pop-up offers links to pre-orderModern Warfare 3and even upgrade to the Vault Edition which includes additional content. Fortunately, the ad doesn’t appear to be too annoying as it doesn’t return after being closed out.
Regardless of tier,allCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3pre-orderscome with early access. In other words, gamers who pre-orderModern Warfare 3gain access to the campaign up to a week before launch. As today marks a week before the official release of the game and the beginning of early access, it seems as though Xbox is taking the opportunity to remind its fans.
Xbox deployed similar ads for recent first-party releasesForza MotorsportandStarfield, but the full-screen pop-up forCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3is notable due to the recent acquisition. Everything Xbox is doing with theCall of Dutyfranchise is uncharted territory at this point. Because the series is such a massive multi-platform hit, fans are likely to scrutinize just about every move Xbox makes. Microsoft has already stated it doesn’t plan to make the historic shooter franchise a console exclusive, but there are still many questions to answer. For example, fans are curious as to when Activision Blizzard games will launch on Game Pass. Likely due to the recency of the acquisition,Modern Warfare 3isn’t a day-one Game Pass game like other first-party Xbox titles, but fans will just have to wait and see if future installments are treated similarly.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023)
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The war has changed. Call of Duty returns with an all-new campaign, modernized versions of classic Multiplayer maps and an open-world PvE Zombies experience. The campaign, a direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, sees Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against ultranationalist war criminal Vladimir Makarov as he extends his grasp across the world. In Multiplayer, the 16 maps that launched with Modern Warfare 2 in 2009 return with upgraded graphics, new modes and innovative gameplay features. In Modern Warfare Zombies, team up with other squads for the first time ever as you work together to survive in the largest Zombies map yet
