Modern Warfare 3 will be getting five pieces of downloadable content, or "content drops," in the next three months, with a plan of twenty drops total in the next nine months, Activision announced today. This confirms our report last year that the game would receive twenty pieces of DLC. However, there's a slight play on words here.
According to Activision, the DLC releasing on January 24, which contains the maps "Liberation" and "Piazza," make up the first two content drops, which, after confirming with Activision, means that each map or game mode is a single add-on entity. This if further backed by today's announcement reading, "Activision will release five different content drops on three occasions in January, February, and March..." Again, two of the five are this month. This is not to be confused with the idea that the two aforementioned maps make up a single content drop.
The third content drop will come in mid-February, and the last two of the announced five will hit in March. In addition to each separate content drop, Activision will run "specialized events for real-world prizes throughout the nine-month season." Modern Warfare 3's Content Season will not only release multiplayer maps, but Spec-Ops missions, new game modes, and more.
All content drops will occur once a month for premium ELITE members through September, and March will also see the first Modern Warfare 3 "Content Collection," which will contain the first three month's add-ons for purchase by anyone on Xbox Live. Details about other platforms and pricing will be coming at a later time.
