[UPDATE: The Season 5 Reloaded Update Patch Notes are available to readhere.]
About halfway through the season, Activision likes to release a big update forCall of Duty: Modern WarfareandWarzonethat injects the games with a slew of new content. TheCall of Duty: Modern Warfaremid-season update for Season 5 has now been announced and detailed. Entitled Season 5 Reloaded,Modern Warfarefans can look forward to downloading the big new update starting tonight, August 24, at 11pm PT.
TheCall of Duty: Modern WarfareSeason 5 Reloaded update is headlined by the special Games of Summer event, which will take place from August 28 until September 7. This event will consist of special trials that players can complete to represent their county online. Both those that own the standard game and just play the free version ofWarzonewill have access to the Games of Summer Trials when they go live on August 28.
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Meanwhile, the mid-Season 5 update is also adding the new FiNN LMG to bothCall of Duty: Modern WarfareandWarzone. As usual, players will be able to unlock thenew LMGeither by purchasing a bundle in the store or by completing a challenge. The FiNN LMG will be available forModern Warfarecome Season 5 Reloaded’s launch, though fans will have to wait for some of the new content.
A newWarzonegame mode, King Slayer, is going to come at some point later in the season. King Slayer is described as “large-scale Team Deathmatch” and it hasWarzoneplayers battling it out in a constantly-moving circle. Top-scoring players will be marked on the map, and killing them will get players extra points as well as a freeKillstreakthat they can use to attempt to become the “king” themselves.
As far as standardModern Warfaremultiplayer goes, fans can look forward to the return of Gunfight Tournament when the Games of Summer go live on August 28, along with the new Verdansk Stadium Gunfight map.Ground Waris also getting a new variant called Ground War Reinforce, which adds three flags to the center of Ground War maps. Later in the season, fans can also look forward to getting the new multiplayer operator Morte.
TheCall of Duty: Modern Warfaremid-Season 5 update will go live tonight at 11pm PT, and it is set to feature a significant amount of new content for fans of the game. The next big update after this will likely be the inevitableModern WarfareSeason 6 update, and so it will be interesting to see what it has in store.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfareis out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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