What is Vortex playlist in MW3?

Modern Warfare 3’s Season 3 brings back the Vortex playlist, allowing players to dive into five remixed versions of fan-favorite maps, so here’s everything you need to know.

MW3 Season 3 is fully underway, offering players to hop into five remixed versions of fan-favorite maps. These “otherworldly” versions completely change the design of the maps, which could shift how the maps play out.

So, here’s everything you need to know about the new Zombies-themed Vortex Mosh Pit.

Modern Warfare 3 Vortex Mosh Pit playlist explained

The MW3 Vortex playlist is a combination of several game modes within five “otherworldly” versions of fan-favorite maps. The maps include Satan’s Quarry (Quarry), Sporeyard (Scrapyard), Tetanus (Rust), Skidgrow (Skidrow), and Airborne (Terminal).

Additionally, the playlist includes four classic game modes, featuring Kill Confirmed, Team Deathmatch, Hardpoint, and Domination.

These remixed versions of the maps are darker and more spooky, however, changes are mainly cosmetic as they’ll maintain the same fan-favorite layouts.

During Season 1, the three remixed maps shown in the image above (Satan’s Quarry, Tetanus, and Sporeyard) were included in the Vortex mode, a Free-For-All variation in which one player spawned with a “one-shot Ray Gun“ from the Zombies.

Then, with Season 2 Reloaded, new maps were added (Airborne and Skidgrow) and the mode became just a Mosh Pit playlist which returned to the game for Season 3’s Vortex Virus Mainframe event.

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