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| 2025 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III won the Sound Design of the Year award at the Game Audio Network Guild Awards. |
| 2025 | Claudia Doumit is nominated for Best Performance for her role as Farah at the Game Audio Network Guild Awards |
| 2024 | Ranked as the sixth best game in the Call of Duty series by Sam Loveridge of GamesRadar+, who praised its distinctive approach to the battle royale genre and gameplay innovations. |
| 2024 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was nominated for Best Original Video Game Score at the Ivor Novello Awards |
| 2024 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was nominated for Online Game of the Year at the 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards |
| 2024 | Nominated for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards |
| 2024 | Modern Warfare III was longlisted for Technical Achievement at the 20th British Academy Games Awards |
| 2024 | Warzone Bootcamp training mode was introduced in Modern Warfare III's third season, featuring 44 players (24 bots) on the Urzikstan map to help players familiarize with Warzone 2.0 mechanics. |
| October 2024 | Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members granted ability to stream Modern Warfare III via Xbox Cloud Gaming. |
| October 2024 | Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members granted ability to stream the game via Xbox Cloud Gaming. |
| October 25 2024 | Microsoft released Call of Duty: Warzone on Xbox Cloud Gaming for Game Pass Ultimate members, simultaneously with the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. |
| July 2024 | Modern Warfare III made available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers. |
| 2023 | The game became the second best-selling game in the United States for 2023, only behind Hogwarts Legacy. |
| 2023 | Launched with a new 'Cutthroat' game mode featuring three teams of three players, and confirmed plans to release at least twelve new 6v6 multiplayer maps post-launch. |
| 2023 | Multiplayer mode launched with sixteen maps from the original Modern Warfare 2 (2009), introducing a new 'Cutthroat' game mode where three teams of three players compete against each other. |
| 2023 | Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games collaborate to introduce a new open-world Zombies mode, structured similarly to Warzone's DMZ mode, allowing up to 24 players to play together in a large map with unique extraction and objective-based gameplay. |
| 2023 | The PlayStation 5 version of Modern Warfare III ranked as the fourth best-selling retail game in Japan during its first week of release, selling 22,132 physical copies. |
| 2023 | A terrorist attack occurs in Vondel, Netherlands. The Peacekeepers (later revealed to be the Konni Group) seize control of the city after its citizens are evacuated. Laswell partners with Black Mous PMC to investigate and free Vondel. |
| 2023 | Won Outstanding Game, Franchise Action at the NAVGTR Awards 2023, with additional nominations in Animation, Original Dramatic Score, and Use of Sound categories |
| 2023 | The game was nominated for Game of the Year and Better with Friends at The Steam Awards |
| 2023 | Nominated for several categories at the 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, including Online Game of The Year, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, and Outstanding Achievement in Character for Alejandro Vargas |
| 2023 | Received nominations at the MPSE Golden Reel Awards 2023 for Sound Editing in Dialogue, Music, and Game Effects |
| 2023 | Received multiple nominations at the 19th BAFTA Games Awards, including categories for Animation, Multiplayer, and Performer in a Leading Role for Alain Mesa as Alejandro Vargas |
| December 2023 | Konni's second-in-command, Andrei Nolan, escapes captivity after a previous defeat by Task Force 141. He rallies Konni troops to Zaravan, Urzikstan for a new operation, prompting Shadow Company to deploy operatives and contractors to counter their actions. |
| November 2023 | Konni Group operatives raid the Zordaya Prison Complex in Verdansk, Kastovia, freeing Vladimir Makarov from imprisonment. Hours later, they assault a port in Urzikstan and steal ballistic missiles from Shadow Company. |
| November 2023 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III topped the sales charts in the United Kingdom for the month of November, despite experiencing sales figures approximately 38% lower than its predecessor Modern Warfare II during the first three weeks of launch. |
| November 2023 | Konni Group operatives raid the Zordaya Prison Complex in Verdansk, Kastovia, and free Vladimir Makarov from imprisonment. |
| November 10 2023 | Official release of Modern Warfare III, with its soundtrack simultaneously released on digital platforms. |
| November 2 2023 | Campaign released in early access for all digital pre-orders. |
| October 2023 | Game showcase event and public beta for Modern Warfare III took place. |
| October 2023 | Public beta of the game was conducted, allowing players to preview the game before its full release. |
| August 2023 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was officially revealed by Activision. |
| August 2023 | Under General Shepherd's command, Phillip Graves leads Shadow Company in Operation: Rogue Arsenal, assaulting the Konni-occupied Zaya Observatory in Al Mazrah. They destroy the observatory and attempt to extract chemical weapon gas canisters, but the operation is ultimately compromised when Konni operatives hijack the planes carrying the gas shipment. |
| August 2023 | Farah Karim and Alex Keller of the Urzikstan Liberation Force meet with Shadow Company Commander Phillip Graves, who had previously faked his death. Graves proposes an alliance between Shadow Company and ULF to prevent a Konni Group invasion in Al Mazrah. |
| July 2023 | Activision confirmed that all Modern Warfare II operators, weapons, and cosmetic bundles would be transferable to Modern Warfare III, following leaks from an internal alpha build. |
| July 24 2023 | Game's key art leaked during a Monster Energy promotion, featuring Captain Price behind the Modern Warfare III logo. Activision confirmed the leak and issued copyright takedowns, responding with sarcastic tweets on social media. |
| July 17 2023 | Large content leak occurs, revealing 'red dot' minimap, War mode, and new perks from an internal alpha build. |
| April 2023 | Valeria Garza, leader of the Mexican Las Almas Cartel, escapes captivity after being imprisoned for several months by Mexican Special Forces squad Los Vaqueros. She then gathers her cartel to Al Mazrah to conduct new activities. |
| April 2023 | In Modern Warfare II Season 4, AI combatants were completely removed from Battle Royale modes. |
| March 2023 | Modern Warfare II Season 3 reintroduced the Plunder game mode and introduced the first Ranked competitive mode in Warzone, developed in partnership with Treyarch. |
| February 2023 | Resurgence game mode was reintroduced in Modern Warfare II Season 2, allowing players to respawn if at least one squad member remains alive. |
| January 2023 | Season 2 reverted the Gulag format back to the original 1v1 format and removed the Jailer mechanic. |
| 2022 | The game's campaign storyline takes place in late 2022, featuring Task Force 141 in various global locations including Mexico, the United States border, Gulf of Mexico, Chicago, Urzikstan, and the fictional United Republic of Adal. |
| 2022 | The game became the best-selling game in the United States for the year 2022. |
| 2022 | Infinity Ward developed Modern Warfare II alongside a new version of Warzone (Warzone 2.0), using an upgraded game engine with advanced features like physically based material system and world volumetric lighting. |
| 2022 | In Japan, the PlayStation 4 version sold 24,371 physical copies in its release week, ranking as the second bestselling retail game. |
| 2022 | In Japan, the PlayStation 5 version sold 17,710 physical copies in its release week, placing sixth on the all-format video games sales chart. |
| 2022 | Several private military companies begin moving into Al Mazrah to wrestle control of the city from AQ forces. Shadow Company is discovered running operations in Al Mazrah, Ashika island, and the underground facility Building 21. |
| 2022 | The game's narrative is partly based on the real-life assassination of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, incorporating geopolitical tensions into its storyline. |
| 2022 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II was nominated for Best Audio Design, Best Action Game, and Best Multiplayer at The Game Awards 2022 |
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