Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 hits Xbox One backward compatibility

By Dan Thorp-Lancaster
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Head back to war with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 via Xbox backward compatibility.

If you own a copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox 360, you can now dive back into the game on your Xbox One. Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb, Director of Programming for Xbox Live, has announced that the 2011 shooter is now playable on Xbox One via backward compatibility.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 built off of the foundation set by its previous two iterations, picking up where Modern Warfare 2 left off. The single-player campaign follows the hunt for a Russian terrorist as he ignites tensions with a series of attacks throughout Europe. The series' main attraction, its multiplayer, also returned with new game modes in tow, including a cooperative, wave-based survival mode.

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If you have a copy of Modern Warfare 3 collecting dust, you should be able to play it on your Xbox One now. And if you've never given the game a go, it's available now for $29.99 (opens in new tab) at the Microsoft Store. And if you're an Xbox Live Gold susbscriber, the game can be picked up this week for $14.99 as part of the latest Deals with Gold sale.

Dan Thorp-Lancaster
Dan Thorp-Lancaster

Dan Thorp-Lancaster is the former Editor-in-Chief of Windows Central. He began working with Windows Central, Android Central, and iMore as a news writer in 2014 and is obsessed with tech of all sorts. You can follow Dan on Twitter @DthorpL and Instagram @heyitsdtl. 

5 Comments
  • I've. I haven't played MW3 in probably four years. It was definitely a better entrance than Ghosts and AW. I've grown very bored of recent CoD titles. I play more CS:GO on the One (which is a terrible, awful, pathetic version of the game, sadly) than any CoD. Maybe what I needed was a 7 year old game to bring me back haha.
  • Why we skip MW2?
  • MW2 Remaster ?
  • lets hope so. MW2 was my favorite COD game.
  • Im having issues playing online on my xbox one, says this profile is not allowed to play online but I have xbox live so idk what to do