Ranked Play is coming to MW3, bringing back the competitive grind to climb the ranks and earn exclusive rewards. If you’re wondering when Ranked Play is coming to Modern Warfare 3, here’s everything you need to know.

Ranked Play is coming to Modern Warfare 3 and the competitive mode will let you scale the ranks all while improving your skills and earning unique rewards along the way.

MW3 Ranked Play will let you play like the pros with restricted maps, weapons, and specific rules to keep the game as competitive as possible. Now, with Modern Warfare 3 well into its first season, you might be wondering when Ranked Play is coming to the game.

Here’s when Modern Warfare 3 Ranked Play will arrive in MW3.

MW3 Ranked Play release date

Modern Warfare 3 Ranked Play is confirmed to arrive on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, with the MW3 Season 1 Reloaded update. The devs confirmed the official release date for Ranked Play in the Season 1 Reloaded blog.

However, it was later confirmed that Ranked Play won’t be available right away after the mid-season update goes live, as the “team will be performing checks before enabling the mode for all players.”

They didn’t clarify exactly how long players will have to wait before dropping into the competitive mode, but it will likely go live in the hours after Season 1 Reloaded begins.

It was revealed at the Call of Duty Next event that Treyarch are bringing Ranked Play to MW3, as Greg Reisdorf, Sledgehammer’s Multiplayer Creative Director, said they will “update it, modernize it from Modern Warfare 2, bring that forward. Then for Season 1.5, mid-season one, we’ll have it out and that’s when it’s going to launch.”

The Modern Warfare 3 Ranked Play mode will continue to encourage players to climb Skills Divisions and earn SR along the way.

MW3 Ranked Play requires players to follow the rules and restrictions of the Call of Duty League (CDL). If you’re not familiar with the CDL format, this has players competing in matches of Search & Destroy, Hardpoint, and Control in a 4v4 format with specific weapon, Equipment, and Perk restrictions in place.