Below you will find some general notes on the patching history of COD:Modern Warfare 3. These are kind of sparse for two reasons – one I don’t play the game because it sucks and two because Infinity Ward really sucks at keeping their patch notes up to date. This is my attempt to keep all of the patching information collectively in one place for easy reference.
Client Side Patch – Patch 8 – November 19, 2012
Multiplayer
Patch 1.19
- Added security measures to prevent our legitimate players from matching with players that are known cheaters and hackers
Client Side Patch – Patch 7 – October 10, 2012
Multiplayer
Patch 1.18
- Support for DLC Collection 4
- Significantly reduced lag spikes caused when someone joined a match in progress
- Added more matchmaking/performance telemetry to allow us optimize to our backend servers
- New networking code improvements to be initially rolled out in the Domination playlist October 10th, mid-morning with more playlists to come
Client Side Patch – Patch 6 – September 18, 2012
Multiplayer
Patch 1.17
- Special Ops Chaos stats now get written to the leaderboards
Client Side Patch – Patch 5 – August 17, 2012
Multiplayer
Patch 1.15
- Support for DLC Collection 3
- Valve Anti-Cheat fix to prevent VAC banned players from accessing MW3 MP servers
- Support for Terminal to autodownload as part of the patch
- Update to Face Off spawn logic
- Weapon balance changes for Assault Rifles & SMGs
- Adding all previous hot fixes
Client Side Patch – Patch 4 – June 21, 2012
Multiplayer
Patch 1.14
Misc. Fixes & Updates
Game Balance
Game Modes
Killstreaks
Perks
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Client Side Patch – Patch 3 – May 25, 2011
Multiplayer
- Fix for file mis-match errors/kicks between DLC owners and non-DLC owners
Client Side Patch – Patch 2 – May 8, 2011
Single Player & Multiplayer
Patch 1.12
- Support for DLC Collection 1
- New Community Playlists Infected & FF Gunplay added
- Caught up on hot fixes and glitches made to date on other platforms
- Added FFA Gunplay and Infected to play lists
Client Side Patch – Patch 1 – February 15, 2011
Single Player & Multiplayer
- Addressed various exploits
- Stability improvements
- Added 5 new Prestige levels
DLC Collection 4 – October 10, 2012
DLC Collection 4 was made available and included the following multiplayer/Spec Ops/Face Off maps:
- Gulch
- Boardwalk
- Parish
- Decommission
- Offshore
Release dates for all platforms: September 6 (XBOX), October 10 (PS3) and October 10 (PC).
DLC Collection 3 – September 13, 2012
DLC Collection 3 was made available and included the following Spec Ops/Face Off maps:
- Artic Recon (Spec Ops)
- Vertigo (Spec Ops)
- Special Delivery (Spec Ops)
- Light ‘Em Up (Spec Ops)
- Special Ops Chaos Mode (Spec Ops)
- Vortex (Face Off)
- U-Turn (Face Off)
- Intersection (Face Off)
Release dates for all platforms: August 9 (XBOX), September 13 (PS3) and September 13 (PC).
Free DLC – August 17, 2012
A free DLC drop was made available and included the following multiplayer map:
- Terminal
Release dates for all platforms: July 18 (XBOX), August 17 (PS3) and August 17 (PC).
Free DLC – June 21, 2012
A free DLC drop was made available and included the following Face Off maps:
- Aground (Face Off)
- Erosion (Face Off)
Release dates for all platforms: May 16 (XBOX), June 15 (PS3) and June 21 (PC).
DLC Collection 2 – June 21, 2012
DLC Collection 2 was made available and included the following multiplayer/Spec Ops/Face Off maps:
- Foundation
- Oasis
- Sanctuary
- Iron Clad (Spec Ops)
- Kill Switch (Spec Ops)
- Getaway (Face Off)
- Lookout (Face Off)
Release dates for all platforms: May 22 (XBOX), June 1 (PS3) and June 21 (PC).
DLC Collection 1 – May 8, 2012
DLC Collection 1 was made available and included the following multiplayer/Spec Ops/Face Off maps:
- Black Box
- Liberation
- Overwatch
- Piazza
- Black Ice (Spec Ops)
- Negotiator(Spec Ops)
Release dates for all platforms: March 20 (XBOX), April 19 (PS3) and May 8 (PC).