Modern Warfare 4 Season 1 launches Nov. 6 at 0000 ET across all platforms

Season 1 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches Nov. 6, 2026, at 0000 ET across all platforms, or 2100 PT on Nov. 5, according to WorthPlaying. PlayStation.Blog, PCGamesN, IGN and GoNintendo also date the release to Nov. 6.

Shipment is playable now before Season 1 as part of the preseason offering, PCGamesN and WorthPlaying report. Possession launches Thursday Oct. 29 as a fast party-mode mosh pit that moves the killer to the enemy’s location after a kill. Infected comes back Friday Oct. 30, with zombified players eliminating survivors to add them to their ranks.

PlayStation.Blog, PCGamesN, IGN and WorthPlaying detail three new multiplayer maps for Nov. 6: Backstab, Canyon and a reimagined Shoot House. Backstab is a new 6v6 medium map set in a frostbitten, war-torn town featuring abandoned tanks and drone ordnance. Canyon is a new 6v6 medium map featuring sun-scorched terrain, towering rock walls, a river near the Convoy Ambush, a cliff path, a northern cave and a central mesa. Shoot House returns as a reimagined 6v6 medium map set in North Korea during light snowfall, retaining the layout from Modern Warfare (2019).

Grind and Drop Zone return at launch. In Grind, players take out foes, collect dog tags and deliver them to one of two banks to score, with carriers losing all tags when eliminated. Drop Zone has teams fight for a single rotating objective as airdrops deliver random Killstreak packages. Kill Block: Crash brings three static slabs to multiplayer that stay the same between rounds, chosen by Infinity Ward from popular MW4 beta combinations.

Ministry and Overflow come later in the season during the mid-season reloaded update, with more classified locations planned. Ministry takes place at a diplomatic summit with a damaged embassy, while Overflow takes place at a factory surrounded by farmland. Counter Attack arrives at mid-season, asking players to detonate bombs at the enemy Comm Station and defend their own.

Gauntlet 1v1 launches within the Wager Match Event. Winners remain and players can bet trophies each round for rewards such as weapon attachments.

The X01 facility comes to DMZ, the extraction mode, on Hajin’s borders. It is a weapons facility recently taken by enemy forces. When X01 closes off extraction points, players have to finish required steps to get out.

X01 adds new DMZ Orders, Threat Briefings for Commander bosses, Resupply Runs, bosses, forward operating base (FOB) upgrades and loot, according to PlayStation.Blog, IGN and WorthPlaying. Two new DMZ operators, XERO and Blix, arrive for the mode, PCGamesN says.

The Season 1 Battle Pass offers a 100-tier linear track with more than 100 unlockable items across free and premium tiers, PlayStation.Blog, PCGamesN and WorthPlaying report. Purchasing the premium pass guarantees at least 50 rewards and catches players up through day 50 of the current season, the outlets say.

PlayStation.Blog and WorthPlaying say the Battle Pass adds the Cronen Osprey Assault Rifle and the CSG-35 SMG. PlayStation.Blog says the CSG-35 SMG has the highest fire rate among SMGs in its class.

Later in the season, WorthPlaying says, players gain access to the full-auto JAK 12 Shotgun and the ZLR Talonhawk melee axe. IGN says Season 1 will bring new weapons such as a tomahawk and firearms echoing the FMG9 and AA-12 from earlier Modern Warfare games, plus the Cronen Osprey, which brings to mind the CX9 from Modern Warfare (2019) or the Scorpion Evo from Black Ops 2.

IGN and WorthPlaying report a burst attachment for the M4 that turns it into an M16. The outlets add that the update includes two new Apex Attachments.

PCGamesN reports that Joint Fire gives a major XP bonus when a squad plays together as the season continues. WorthPlaying says purchasing BlackCell or acquiring the Vault Edition grants BlackCell content. The outlet adds that the Call of Duty Endowment C.O.D.E. Valor Pack lets players support veterans in Season 1 of Warzone.

Season 1 fully integrates Modern Warfare 4 with the free-to-play Warzone game, WorthPlaying reports. Hajin and Zodiac come to Warzone in Season 1 alongside the return of Verdansk and Rebirth Island, and full Warzone details arrive Monday Nov. 2.

The campaign takes place in a global conflict centered on the Korean Peninsula. It follows Private Park in a North Korean invasion, while Captain Price pursues a weapon that threatens catastrophe.