Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (MW3)

Release Time and Countdown

Modern Warfare 3 - Release Time and Countdown
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) releases on November 10 (November 9 in PT), 2023, on PS, Xbox, and PC platforms! See the game's initial release countdown and learn more about the game's release date and time, including early access and open beta!

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Modern Warfare 3 Release Countdown

Modern Warfare 3 Is Officially Live!

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Modern Warfare 3 has launched!

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has officially released as of November 9, 9PM PT on console and PC!

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Modern Warfare 3 Release Time

Global Launch for PC at 9PM PT on November 9th

Just like with the Modern Warfare 2's PC launch schedule, a simultaneous release worldwide has been confirmed for MW3's PC release, with a release time of 9:00 PM PT on November 9th.

As a worldwide release, the local release time will vary depending on your time zone, with more eastern time zones getting into the game on the specified launch date of November 10th.

Global PC Release Times

Region Local Release Time
Auckland, New Zealand November 10, 6:00 PM
(UTC+13)
Sydney, Australia November 10, 4:00 PM
(UTC+11)
Tokyo, Japan November 10, 2:00 PM
(UTC+9)
Seoul, Korea
Beijing, China November 10, 1:00 PM
(UTC+8)
Hong Kong
Philippines
New Delhi, India November 10, 10:30 AM
(UTC+5:30)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 10, 8:00 AM
(UTC+3)
Berlin, Germany November 10, 7:00 AM
(UTC+2)
Paris, France
London, United Kingdom November 10, 6:00 AM
(UTC+1)
São Paulo, Brazil November 10, 2:00 AM
(UTC-3)
New York, United States November 10, 12:00 AM
(UTC-5)
Quebec City, Canada
Chicago, United States November 9, 11:00 PM
(UTC-6)
Mexico City
Los Angeles, United States November 9, 9:00 PM
(UTC-8)

Midnight Local Time Launch on November 9 for Consoles

Like Modern Warfare 2 before it, Modern Warfare 3 has been confirmed to have a regional rollout for launch on consoles, with release arriving at local midnight in each time zone. This means that console players in eastern timezones will be able to start the game earlier, with players in New Zealand starting as early as 3 AM PT on November 9.

Local Midnight Releases by Timezone

Region Time Zone
New Zealand UTC+13
AEST UTC+10
Japan UTC+9
AWST UTC+8
Philippines UTC+8
South Africa UTC+2
United Kingdom UTC
Brazil UTC-3
United States (EST) UTC-4

Players with accounts in regions at the top of the list can play the game earlier than accounts in regions at the bottom because of the difference of time zones in each region.

Note that the above time zones don't account for Daylight Savings, since Daylight Savings Time ended on Sunday, November 5th.

Modern Warfare 3 All Release Dates

All Launch Dates and Schedule

Open Beta Launch Date October 6, 2023 to
October 16, 2023
Campaign Early Access Launch Date November 2, 2023
Modern Warfare 3 Official Launch Date November 10, 2023

Open Beta Started on October 6

Modern Warfare 3 - Open Beta

Platforms and Early Access Info Start Date
PS Exclusive Early Access October 6, 2023
PS Exclusive October 8, 2023
All Platforms and Crossplay Early Access October 12, 2023
All Platforms and Crossplay October 14, 2023

Modern Warfare 3's open beta started on October 10, and on October 6 for players with early access. Only PlayStation players can access the open beta on October 6 or 10.

Other platform players can only start participating on October 14, 2023, and they can join in as early as October 12, 2023 if they get early access.

Additionally, there will be crossplay starting on October 12, allowing all players on different platforms to play or compete with each other!

Open Beta Release Times

Campaign Early Access Starts on November 2

Modern Warfare 3 - Early Access
Players who pre-order will have one week early access to the campaign starting November 2, 2023, at 9 AM PT. It will give you a chance to play the single-player story content before joining the chaos in different multiplayer game modes!

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Modern Warfare 3 Releases on November 10

Modern Warfare 3 full game will officially release on November 10, 2023. The full game includes the campaign, multiplayer, and other games modes on launch day!

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