Summary
OneCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3player discovers a developer message hidden in plain sight while investigating a magazine stand on the Rio map.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3is a constantly evolving title, following in the footsteps of its predecessors once Activision fully embraced the live service gaming model. Whether it’s with seasonal content or smaller updates, players always have something new to look forward to when booting the game up.
To help keep the multiplayer component fresh,Modern Warfare 3consistently adds new game modes on a rotating cycle, as well as fresh maps. Earlier this month,Season 2 Reloaded launched forModern Warfare 3, and with it came a remastered version of theCall of Duty: Vanguardmap Das Haus, moving from a World War 2 training facility to the top of a modern skyscraper. Joining it are updated versions of Airborne and the newly renamed Skidgrow,Modern Warfare 3’s take on classic competitive maps from the franchise’s past. Easter eggs and secrets are a big part of the history ofCall of Duty, and one player used their detective skills to locate a hidden message.
Taking to theModern Warfare 3subReddit, a user named skipearth used their weapon scope to investigate magazines on a store rack while playing on theSeason 1 Reload map called Rio. To their surprise, the text on the magazine cover wasn’t just legible, it actually contained a message from one of the Call of Duty developers just in case a player stopped to investigate. As it turns out, the message reads: “Still reading text on a made-up magazine? Well then, how is your game going? You winning?”
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Community Reaction to Rio Message
The discovery quickly caught on with the community, with many loving the little detail from one of the developers. Some users in the comments also provided examples of other hidden messages in past games, such as the Convoy map in Black Ops 1, which displayed wanted posters of a kid for “pwning noobs.” Another user named Gundroog also praised the amount of care added to many of theModern Warfare 3maps such as Derailand the various stores that players could walk into and examine all of the fake products, decorations, and shelves stocked with products.
It seems players will have some new locations to explore this week asCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s Ranked Play is set to receive two new mapson March 25. Known as Vista and Departures, players will be able to play them through Hardpoint, Control, and Search and Destroy game modes. With Treyarch in charge of these additions, the studio is asking for player feedback after they’re added, hoping to verify if either map is ready to also make the jump to the Call of Duty League’s competitive pool as well.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023)
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The war has changed. Call of Duty returns with an all-new campaign, modernized versions of classic Multiplayer maps and an open-world PvE Zombies experience. The campaign, a direct sequel to the record-breaking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, sees Captain Price and Task Force 141 face off against ultranationalist war criminal Vladimir Makarov as he extends his grasp across the world. In Multiplayer, the 16 maps that launched with Modern Warfare 2 in 2009 return with upgraded graphics, new modes and innovative gameplay features. In Modern Warfare Zombies, team up with other squads for the first time ever as you work together to survive in the largest Zombies map yet
