Treyarch has announced when Modern Warfare 2’s Ranked Play mode will come to an end. It has only been online since February 2023, and it’s already being sunsetted in favour of Modern Warfare 3’s competitive platform, which will welcome the next generation of Call of Duty’s more talented players. Ranked Play serves as a perfect introduction to the more challenging side of Call of Duty, giving players more restrictions and a tougher base of opponents to play against.
It has its issues over the years, but it’s the place to be if you want to align yourself closer with the Call of Duty League. Typically, Ranked Play boasts the exact same loadout restrictions as the CDL, as well as the same map and mode rotation. It’s the closest thing you can get to actually playing in the Call of Duty League, and it’s traditionally dominated by the best Call of Duty players in the game.
So, when does it all end for Modern Warfare 2? – MW2 Ranked Play goes offline at the end of season six on December 6th, 2023.
It was confirmed by Treyarch (who maintains the Ranked Play modes for Call of Duty titles) that MW2’s Ranked Play platform will shut down when Season 06 ends. That’s on December 6th, so there really isn’t all that much time left to soak up any final rewards you’ve been aiming for. As we’ve highlighted, it has only been online for a short period of time, but things have to evolve, and Modern Warfare 3’s Ranked Play platform comes next.
It’s expected that MW3 Ranked Play will drop at the start of 2024, following the launch of the new Warzone instance. In the coming weeks, we’ll see Urzikstan take centre stage as the all-new Warzone map, but of course, players have been trialling that in COD Zombies since November 10th.
Image Credit: Treyarch
At the moment, we don’t know what Ranked Play will look like for Modern Warfare 3. There are usually a few rewards that are outlined, some of the rank emblems will be published by Treyarch, and some of the ladder mechanics will be made clear closer to launch. For instance, in MW2’s Ranked Play, the best COD players in the world were aiming for the rank of ‘Top 250’, which found itself populated almost entirely by pro players and cheaters.
It was a mixed bag for sure.
Well, we know what the maps and modes will be because they match the Call of Duty League’s loadout. Here’s what you’ll be playing when Modern Warfare 3’s Ranked Play platform goes live:
Search and Destroy
Control
Hardpoint
For the full breakdown of the rules, check out the Call of Duty League website, where you’ll see the weapons that are restricted, as well as what attachments you’ll be allowed to use.
Are you excited about Ranked Play entering the fray in Modern Warfare 3?
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This was actually horrible I just need a date.
Not excited that i have to pay to play a game that was promised to me when i first bought it MW2 2022 was a 2 year project then boom now its a new game mw3 a year later urgh horse manure Im not paying more money for a game i was promised last year
They should have never ended it all that work I put in just to get to platinum and now we got to wait until January on another game Yhall forcing us to move to we ant even get ah chance to enjoy two they rushing these games to get them out and get our money but the quality of the game is going down we pay for old refurbished games instead of new and improved games it’s not about the player and his enjoyment it’s about how much we can squeeze out of people before we drop another one next week with ah little change here and there slap ah price on it bam new game we’res the effort we ant even get to enjoy the last three call of duty’s now we got ah new one with old bords and don’t let me start on zombies that new one trash trash trash
So no more ranked play on MW2? Ah I see, just another greedy move to make more money. This is why Treyarch will ultimatly fail because they dont really care about the gamer, just the profit margins. Greed can corrupt anyone.