Each Call of Duty season comes bundled with huge content patches. These patches are essential to keeping the existing player base engaged with their favorite game while attracting many returning or new players to the franchise.
The season system embraced its final form with the release of Modern Warfare and Warzone. It was unclear what would happen to the season count with the release of new CoD games, but Black Ops Cold War answered that question by resetting the season count to one.
That trend continued in Vanguard, Modern Warfare 2, and Modern Warfare 3, and now Black Ops 6 and beyond looks to continue even further with subsequent Call of Duty releases over the next few years. Activision has found a formula that works when it comes to making some cash and pumping out content from its numerous talented development studios.
All CoD seasons start and end dates
Black Ops 6 season 2 start date
Season two of BO6 begins on Jan. 28, drawing an end to the months-long season one that began in November.
MW3 ended up with six seasons of content, and will go down as one of the one of the most well-supported games when it comes to post-launch, live service additions. Weekly challenges, Aftermarket Parts, and seasonal updates along with several collaborations kept players coming back for more throughout 2024.
BO6 does not have weekly challenges or Aftermarket Parts like MW3, unfortunately. But with more Zombies content than MWZ ever had most likely on the way, there should be plenty of weapons, maps, operators, Zombies experiences, cosmetics, collaborations for store bundles, and a slew of Warzone updates (including the return of Verdansk) to come throughout 2025.
With Treyarch at the helm and studios like Raven help support BO6’s post-launch content, you can bet there will be plenty of stuff for players to come back for.
Here’s the full list of all of the recent CoD seasons with their start and end dates.
| Season | Era and season start date | End date |
|---|---|---|
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The Modern Warfare era | – |
| One | Dec. 3, 2019 | Feb. 11, 2020 |
| Two | Feb. 11, 2020 | April 7, 2020 |
| Three | April 7, 2020 | June 10, 2020 |
| Four | June 10, 2020 | Aug. 4, 2020 |
| Five | Aug. 5, 2020 | Sept. 28, 2020 |
| Six | Sept. 29, 2020 | Dec. 16, 2020 |
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The Black Ops Cold War era | |
| One | Dec. 16, 2020 | Feb. 25, 2021 |
| Two | Feb. 25, 2021 | April 21, 2021 |
| Three | April 22, 2021 | June 16, 2021 |
| Four | June 17, 2021 | Aug. 12, 2021 |
| Five | Aug. 13, 2021 | Oct. 6, 2021 |
| Six | Oct. 7, 2021 | Dec. 7, 2021 |
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The Vanguard era | – |
| One | Dec. 8, 2021 | Feb. 13, 2022 |
| Two | Feb. 14, 2022 | April 27, 2022 |
| Three | April 27, 2022 | June 22, 2022 |
| Four | June 22, 2022 | Aug. 24, 2022 |
| Five | Aug. 24, 2022 | Oct. 28, 2022 |
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The Modern Warfare II era | – |
| One | Nov. 16, 2022 | Feb. 1, 2023 |
| Two | Feb. 15, 2023 | April 12, 2023 |
| Three | April 12, 2023 | June 14, 2023 |
| Four | June 14, 2023 | Aug. 2, 2023 |
| Five | Aug. 2, 2023 | Sept. 26, 2023 |
| Six | Sept. 27, 2023 | Dec. 6, 2023 |
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The Modern Warfare III era | – |
| One | Dec. 6, 2023 | Feb. 7, 2024 |
| Two | Feb. 7, 2024 | April 3, 2024 |
| Three | April 3, 2024 | May 29, 2024 |
| Four | May 29, 2024 | July 24, 2024 |
| July 29, 2024 | Sept. 18, 2024 | |
| Six | Sept. 18, 2024 | Nov. 14, 2024 |
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The Black Ops 6 era | – |
| One | Nov. 14, 2024 | Jan. 28, 2025 |
| Two | Jan. 28, 2025 | TBA |
This article will be updated as more CoD seasons are released and new information is revealed by Activision and its development studios.
