I still boot up Call of Duty: Mobile in 2026 with the ghost of Season 10: World Class sitting in my mental locker like a jersey I refuse to retire. When World Class landed on November 9, 2022, at 4PM PT, I was a thumb-and-screen operator with a bad habit of treating every match like a cup final. The season fused soccer and gunplay, and I loved the absurdity of it: one minute I was holding a lane with a rifle, the next I was sprinting across a stadium pitch as if the referee were chasing me with an SMG.

The Soccer Stars Who Joined the Fight

World Class brought Neymar Jr., Leo Messi, and Paul Pogba into the game as Operators, and I remember the lobby chatter the moment those skins appeared. Pogba especially felt like a statement: a footballer dropped into a warzone with the calm of someone who had already read the script. The Battle Pass gave me plenty to chase. On the free side, the Ballista EM3 Operator Skill arrived at Tier 14, the LAPA SMG at Tier 21, and the RPD — Victory! at Tier 50. I am not ashamed to admit I built entire loadouts around that RPD blueprint just to hear the lobby groan.

The premium track was where the season really showed its teeth. Paul Pogba’s Operator Skin, Urban Tracker — Tracked, and soccer-themed Weapon Blueprints such as the ASM10 — Midfield Legend, the LAPA — Hot Dog Rifle, and the NA-45 — Athletic Soul made the pass feel less like a store shelf and more like a kit bag for a very violent Sunday league team.

Seasonal Challenges kept me busy too. The promise of new Weapon Blueprints, Operator Skins, and up to 30,000 Battle Pass XP was enough to pull me into modes I normally ignored. The standout challenge rewarded the M16 signature attachment, the Burst Mode Perk, and I remember grinding it while telling myself it was tactical research rather than an excuse to avoid ranked.

Crossroads Strike: A Pocket Watch With a Hair Trigger

Crossroads Strike arrived as a small Multiplayer map first seen in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and it immediately became one of my favorite little pressure cookers. The map is a pocket watch with a hair trigger: small, precise, and likely to explode in your palm. I fought in and around the Munitions Storage and Annex buildings, where close-quarters battles turned corners into ambushes. Covering the outer lanes let me create space and pick off enemies racing in and out of the main buildings. That skybridge connecting the two structures was always a gamble. Cross it fast, or get caught out in the open and become someone else’s highlight reel.

Battle Royale Expansion: New Ground to Contest

Battle Royale expanded with three new points of interest on Isolated, and each one gave me a different kind of story. The Atlas Ship Crash Site looked like a steel whale beached by a storm, all twisted metal and greedy sightlines. The Atlas Refining Facility was a maze of industrial angles where every doorway felt like a dare. And the new Stadium gave me a soccer pitch inside a battle royale, which is exactly as ridiculous and wonderful as it sounds. I learned quickly that these areas attracted curious Operators the way a dropped loot crate attracts a full squad. Approach ready to compete, or approach as a spectator.

The 2022 World Championship and the Raleigh Weekend

From my 2026 vantage point, the 2022 World Championship still feels like a turning point. For the first time in Call of Duty: Mobile esports history, the event was held in person alongside the Call of Duty League Major I Tournament and C.O.D.E. Bowl III at the Raleigh Convention Center in North Carolina. Sixteen teams from seven international regions competed for a share of a $1.7 million prize pool, and the four-day event ran from December 15 through 18. I remember watching the matches and feeling the same nervous energy I get before a ranked promotion match, except this time the stakes were measured in real trophies and real money. The animated shorts following fictional Call of Duty: Mobile fans on the road to World Championship Stage 5 gave the whole thing a pulse beyond the scoreboard.

Mythic Spectre, Lucky Draws, and the Battle Pass Vault

The Store update was a carnival of temptation. Lucky Draws featuring Neymar Jr. and Leo Messi arrived with themed Weapon Blueprints and other items, and I had to remind myself that my rent was not a Battle Pass tier. Mythic Spectre became the game’s first-ever customizable Mythic Operator, a heavily upgradeable Spectre with three upgrade paths that evolved the armor’s color and complexity. Customizing it felt like folding a chrome origami bird: each crease changed the silhouette and the threat.

The Battle Pass Vault, meanwhile, felt like prying open a time capsule welded shut by nostalgia. I could purchase previous Battle Pass content, including seasons I had missed, and use Battle Pass Coins earned in the current season to unlock tiers in older passes. Tiers containing previously earned content could be unlocked at a discount, and every former Battle Pass purchased instantly unlocked one Operator, one Weapon Blueprint, one Charm, and one cosmetic item. Access continued from season to season, which meant I could make progress over multiple seasons instead of mourning my missed Tokyo Escape grind forever. Players who kept playing after Tier 50 in the current Battle Pass also earned Battle Pass Coins and store credits, a small mercy for the chronically overcommitted.

In 2026, Season 10: World Class remains a strange, ambitious chapter in my Call of Duty: Mobile memory. It was soccer and skirmishes, stadiums and skybridges, a $1.7 million championship and a Mythic Operator that shimmered like a warning sign. See you on the pitch — or, more likely, see you on the skybridge. ⚽🔫