Modern Warfare 3 will invade Game Pass on July 24 – WGB

As per rumours, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is heading to Game Pass this week, Microsoft has confirmed.

Modern Warfare 3 is the newest entry in the long-running franchise and its release on Game Pass on July 24 will mark the first time a Call of Duty game will be available on the subscription service.

This is also only the second Activision-Blizzard title to hit Game Pass since Microsoft acquired the company last year. The other game was, of course, Diablo 3.

The next Call of Duty game, titled Black Ops 6, is due to launch in October of this year and will also come to Game Pass, but only to certain subscribers of the service due to Microsoft’s recently announced restructuring of Game Pass.

In case you missed it, the existing Game Pass Console is being retired and replaced with Game Pass Standard which comes with console multiplayer by default but doesn’t include day 1 releases of Xbox exclusives games, such as Black Ops 6. Instead, only PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate members will get the day 1 releases. Anyone on Standard will have to wait an unannounced period of time for games like Black Ops 6 to be added.

Game Pass will also increase in price for every tier, just in time for the newest and shiniest Call of Duty. It’s a move that has sparked the ire of the FTC which is currently attempted to appeal the sale of Activision-Blizzard to Microsoft.

The FTC described the Game Pass changes as being “exactly the sort of consumer harm from the merger that the FTC has alleged.”