Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
- Developer
- Sledgehammer Games
- Publisher
- Activision
- Released
- 10 November 2023
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £23.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One
Genres: shooter
The game brings "open combat, " offering players more choices in approaching the single-player missions. Makarov returns as the chief villain of the new campaign. The newly introduced Carry Forward system will let players keep their progression and inventory from Modern Warfare II. Multiplayer fans can expect 16 maps at the launch and at least 12 coming later. Zombies mode will also return and should offer the largest zombie map to date.
Best gaming PC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Activision on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update) | Windows® 10 64 Bit (latest update) / Windows® 11 64 Bit (latest update) |
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 | Intel® Core™ i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600X |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 / GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon™ RX 470 | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080Ti / RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 6600XT or Intel® Arc™ A770 |
| Storage | 0 GB | 0 GB |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel® Core™ i7-6700K and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080Ti / RTX 3060, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.
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