MW3 double XP (and everything else) event coming today, Season 1 date set

Modern Warfare 3's first-ever double everything event is upon us. Starting later today, the game will kick off a double XP, double weapon XP, and double battle pass XP event across all platforms.

This is Sledgehammer Games' way of celebrating the successful launch of the game, which seemingly set new "engagement records" for the Modern Warfare series.

The event goes live today, November 22 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm UK - which is the usual daily reset time. It will continue to be available all the way until Monday, November 27, giving everyone enough time to rank up pretty much anything they want.

As always, double everything events are automatically activated for everyone, meaning you'll earn twice as much character XP, weapon XP, and progress twice as fast in the battle pass.

You'll need the time, too, because Sledgehammer Games also announced that Season 1 will kick off December 6, a little over a week after the double everything event ends. You can look forward to the return of Gun Game as well, just to break off the challenge of normal multiplayer with something a little less competitive.

If you're looking to maximise your efficiency even further this weekend, our multiplayer loadout guides for the best MTZ 556 loadout, best Rival 9 loadout, best BAS B loadout and many other popular weapons should come very handy. For Modern Warfare Zombies, we've got you covered with detailed instructions on how to repair your car tyres, where to find the Mercenary Convoy, how to find disciples in MW3 Zombies and much more.

In case you missed it, Season 1 will introduce three new original maps to core multiplayer, bring back Gunfight, add new content to Zombies, and kick off a new chapter in Warzone with a new map.