Activision announces 9 month post-release content season for Modern Warfare 3

Activision has announced a content season for Modern Warfare 3, via which they will be releasing a steady stream of content like maps, weapons, upgrades and more throughout the months of January to September.

Here’s the full press release with all the details:

Modern Warfare 3 blazes into 2012 with the debut of all-new multiplayer maps Liberation and Piazza, the front line of the  Modern Warfare 3 Content Season for Call of Duty Elite, nine consecutive months of epic downloadable content that commences January 24th  for Xbox Live users. Activision  Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI), revealed today that the content will  be available first for  Call of Duty Elite’s premium members on Xbox LIVE, followed by additional platforms at a later time. From January through September, Call of Duty  Elite premium members on Xbox LIVE will receive regular updates of all new content totaling at least 20 content drops.

The  Modern Warfare 3 Content Season for Call of Duty Elite will include a broader variety than ever, with brand new multiplayer maps, Special Ops Missions, new game modes and more.  While  Call of Duty Elite premium subscribers get the new content first, as promised,  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 fans who want to buy the content a la carte as they have in the past, will be able to purchase the content via  Modern Warfare 3 Content Collections.

“The mammoth launch of  Modern Warfare 3 and the breakout success of  Call of Duty Elite were just the beginning.  Call of Duty  Elite provides an ‛always-on’ connection to our fanbase, and the  MW3 Content Season  is the ultimate way to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the  Call of Duty community and provide tremendous value to  Call of Duty Elite premium members,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. “With the Call of Duty:  MW3 Content Season for Call of Duty Elite we are delivering on our promise of more new content, more often, and with more variety than ever. With three studios collaborating on the first season, the breadth and depth of material on tap is truly extraordinary. It’s rare you can successfully execute both quantity and quality, but thanks to the expertise of our developers, the reach of  Call of Duty  Elite and the passion of our fans, we intend to deliver.”

All content drops for  Call of Duty Elite premium members will occur once a month, starting in January for Xbox Live users and will continue through the year, ending in September.  During the first three months of 2012 ,  Activision will release five different content drops on three occasions in January, February and March, first on Xbox Live, followed by additional platforms at a later time.

The first two Content Drops will be multiplayer maps—also playable in  Modern Warfare 3 Survival Mode—that throw combatants into a war-torn Central Park and an Italian seaside village.  Liberation is a vast, militarized landscape, ripe for long-range sniper and LMG fire, with mounted turrets on either end that lend power to anyone brave enough to expose themselves in exchange for deadly firepower.  Piazza is the idyllic Italian getaway that is anything but, where tight corners and branching pathways pose great risk at every turn. Close-range combat dominates in Piazza, where attacks from behind, above and below are an ever-constant threat.

The third Content Drop will be available for download in mid-February and two additional Content Drops will go live in March, as premium  Call of Duty Elite members will receive new content once a month through September. Also in March, the first  Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection will be available for purchase by the entire  Call of Duty: MW3  player community on Xbox Live.

To celebrate the launch of each new content drop,  Call of Duty Elite will run specialized events for real-world prizes throughout the nine-month Season. Additional details about the  Modern Warfare 3 Content Season for Call of Duty Elite and  Collection series will be announced throughout the year.