Activision has announced that it will begin rolling out content for Modern Warfare 3 on 24 January, 2011 via Xbox Live.
Every month for the next nine months will see new downloadable items being made available.
As has become the norm with the Call of Duty franchise, the DLC will be rolled out first to Xbox 360 gamers, with “additional platforms being supported at a later time.”
Activision promises no less than 20 content drops between January and September.
While Call of Duty Elite premium subscribers get the new content first, as promised, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 fans who want to buy the content a la carte as they have in the past, will be able to purchase the content via Modern Warfare 3 Content Collections.
The first two Content Drops will be multiplayer maps – also playable in Modern Warfare 3 Survival Mode – that throw combatants into a war-torn Central Park and an Italian seaside village.
The third Content Drop will be available for download in mid-February and two additional Content Drops will go live in March, as premium Call of Duty Elite members will receive new content once a month between now and September.
Also in March, the first Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection will be available for purchase by the entire Call of Duty: MW3 player community on Xbox Live.