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All Pre-Load and Launch Times for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (MW3)

With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (CoD: MW3) on the horizon, you may be wondering exactly when the game goes live, so here’s all the pre-load and launch times for the title.

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All Pre-Load and Launch Times for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (MW3)

Pre-loading for the full release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 including Multiplayer and Zombies goes live on November 8 at the following times:

  • PlayStation Owners: November 8, 10AM PT.
  • Xbox Owners: November 8, 10AM PT.
  • PC Owners: November 8, 10AM PT.

You’ll want to make sure you’re pre-loading MW3 if you’ve got a pre-order. As usual the full game will be quite a large download. So if you want to make sure you can get in to the action quickly on release, it’s certainly the way to go!

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MW3 will have a rolling launch starting on November 9, various times, all platforms (PlayStation, Xbox, Battle.net, Steam). For console players, the entire Modern Warfare III game becomes available to play in a rolling launch, starting in New Zealand at midnight (November 10, at 12 AM GMT+13), which is November 9, at 3 AM PT (USA). The game will be fully live worldwide by 10 PM PT on November 9.

  • For PC players, the game becomes available to play on November 9 at 9 PM PT.
  • Console Platforms (PlayStation, Xbox): November 9, at 3 AM PT to 10 PM PT (rolling out regionally).
  • PC Platforms (Battle.net, Steam): November 9, at 9 PM PT.

Those are all the pre-load and launch times for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. If you’ve got a pre-ordered copy you can pre-load for launch. Otherwise you can simply download it once it goes live in your region!

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