The Modern Warfare 3 Files: Exclusive First Details on the Biggest Game of 2011 Brian Crecente
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming Nov. 8, 2011,
Kotaku has learned, delivering with it mammoth battles that engulf a dozen
cities around the world including New York, Paris and London.
Multiple sources have shared details of the game's story, art, sounds and game modes with
Kotaku, noting that the game will reshape the landscape of the
Call of Duty franchise, bringing an impressive number of eclectic settings, deep
multiplayer gaming and a story that ties up nearly all loose ends from
previous titles, including the final moments of key figures in the
series' history.
While we haven't seen the game in action ourselves, we've gone to
great lengths to nail down as much as possible the veracity of our
sources. We believe that the imagery and chief details are accurate.
That doesn't mean things can't change before release, but this appears
to be a full run down of where Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and
Raven Software is on
Modern Warfare 3 as they add the final polishing touches.
The game opens moments after the cliffhanger ending of
Modern Warfare 2 with the U.S. struggling to stave off a surprise Russian attack. The
single-player campaign will ping-pong players around the world as they
take on the multiple throwaway roles as a Russian Federal Protective
Services agent, SAS Operative, tank gunner, and AC-130 gunner as well as
key characters from previous installments and new recurring characters.
The game will feature about 15 missions, kicking off with the invasion
of Manhattan by a Russian force and wrapping up with a final encounter
in Dubai.
The plot, as described, seems to be keeping with developer Infinity
Ward's habit of delivering complex, short sequences punctuated by lots
of gunfire and scene changes. The game also has players take control of
several vehicles, returning gamers to the AC-130 gunship as a gunner and
plopping them down in a tank as part of a U.S. Armored Division.
The single-player campaign, which appears to wrap up most of the unanswered questions and character fates of the first two
Modern Warfare titles, also introduces new characters who appear to be destined for future
Modern Warfare games, especially two Delta Force operatives codenamed "Frost" and "Sandman".
Multiplayer in the game returns with a chunky list of playable maps
as well as two types of Spec Ops modes: "Survival" and "Mission".
Activision, the series' publisher, still hasn't officially unveiled
any details about the game, though executives have said that a new
Call of Duty game was coming this year. Last year's
Call of Duty: Black Ops, developed by Treyarch, sold more than 7 million copies in the first 24 hours and within six weeks reached $1 billion in sales.
We've contacted Activision for comment and will update the story when and if they provide reaction.
Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Features Battles in Brooklyn, Clash in MogadishuPacked with 15 levels set in locations around the world, from Manhattan to the catacombs of Paris,
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SEAL Team Six, 'Black Tuesday' And Other Modern Warfare 3 Hot ButtonsA brief audio clip that we believe is a piece of the upcoming
Modern Warfare 3 refers to SEAL Team Six, the unit widely assumed to have killed Osama Bin Laden in a raid in Pakistan earlier this month.
What are SEAL Team Six and ‘Black Tuesday’ Doing in Modern Warfare 3? Stephen Totilo
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A brief audio clip that we believe is a piece of the upcoming
Modern Warfare 3 refers to SEAL Team Six, the unit widely assumed to have killed Osama Bin Laden in a raid in Pakistan earlier this month.
It makes perfect sense. America's favorite fighting men would have to get mentioned in the 2011 edition of the jingoistic
Modern Warfare series. It is, however, both a likely coincidence and a sign that the
new edition of the hottest franchise in video games might again be
pushing some provocative buttons before year's end.
The SEAL Team Six reference is barked in an audio file that was part of a larger leak of presumed
Modern Warfare 3 images, story details and sound clips provided to
Kotaku. Those leaks indicate that
Modern Warfare 3 involves a near-future war between the United States and Russia, though
it focuses on the operations of elite military units spread around the
globe. In the audio file, which can be heard here,
a voice of a military operative says: "Seal Team Six was sent in but
they lost half their team on infil. We need to strike fast before the
Russians can launch a counterattack." The word "infil" is likely
shorthand for "infiltration". The rough audio file may be part of the
game or part of a promotional campaign around it.
The
Modern Warfare 3 leak we received this week includes a
summary of each of the missions in the November-scheduled game. None of
them feature SEAL Team Six prominently, but the reference we heard takes
on increased relevance given the SEAL's post-Bin-Laden elevation to the
status of American super-heroes. While we have no indication that the
reference was added after the Bin Laden raid—SEAL Team Six, after all, was referenced in the first
Modern Warfare—that doesn't mean gamers in November wouldn't interpret it as a tie-in.
With their rise in popularity, the big modern combat first-person
shooters that come out each fall have come closer to becoming the topic
of mainstream news. They're no longer just mainstream headline material
for their sales success but, bit by bit, for their content. Two years
ago,
Modern Warfare 2 was a national news topic
because of the inclusion of an optional mission that enabled the player
to participate in the massacre of civilians at a Russian airport. Last
year,
Medal of Honor made headlines for the planned option to let gamers play as the Taliban against NATO troops in a virtual version of the current war in Afghanistan.[color:2c39=grey)]
Presumed concept art for a London attack in Modern Warfare 3From the scraps of story we've seen about Modern Warfare 3, however, the bigger eye-brow raisers may not be any name-checking of the SEALS. According to leaked information, an early mission involving a
near-future Russian military assault is tentatively entitled "Black
Tuesday" and leads to a battle near the New York Stock Exchange. That
could be a reference to the infamous stock market crash of 1929 but
would surely also reverberate with New Yorkers who recall the day of the
week when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center. Another level,
set in London, involves terrorist threats, a battle in subway tunnels
and a truck bomb in front of the house of Parliament, which sounds like a
remix of both perpetrated and foiled terrorist attacks on London in the
past decade.
Video game proponents can be expected to defend the validity that
their favorite medium should and can be as topical as books, movies or
any other form of entertainment. Nevertheless, if the plot goes
unchanged from what we've been shown this week, it can be expected that
Modern Warfare will exemplify its modernity not just for the caliber of guns its
characters wield but for the anxieties with which it intersects.[color:2c39=grey)]
(Top photo: U.S. Navy SEALS, by John Scorza | U.S. Navy)
The Modern Warfare 3 Files: Exclusive First Details on the Biggest Game of 2011Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming Nov. 8, 2011,
Kotaku has learned, delivering with it mammoth battles that engulf a dozen
cities around the world including New York, Paris and London.
Multiple sources have shared details of the game's story, art, sounds and game modes with
Kotaku, noting... More »
Where You'll Go, How You'll Kill, and Who Will Die in Modern Warfare 3We've been gentle so far in our revealing of what we know about
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. We've tip-toed through the minefield of spoilers, and tried to reveal only facts anyone would want to know. More »
Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Features Battles in Brooklyn, Clash in MogadishuPacked with 15 levels set in locations around the world, from Manhattan to the catacombs of Paris,
Modern Warfare 3's near-future campaign looks to be an experience that will top anything seen before in a
Call of Duty game.
Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Features Battles in Brooklyn, Clash in Mogadishu Brian Crecente
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Packed with 15 levels set in locations around the world, from Manhattan to the catacombs of Paris,
Modern Warfare 3's near-future campaign looks to be an experience that will top anything seen before in a
Call of Duty game.
Multiplayer, too, seems to be shaping up to be an experience packed with new maps, experiences and ways to game.
Sources tell
Kotaku that
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will have as many as 20 multiplayer maps, though it's unclear if some
will be cut before release or perhaps sold later as expansion packs. The
game will also include a powerful mix of mission-based and survival
Special Ops modes. While the mission-based levels will be designed like
the ones made popular in
Modern Warfare 2, we're told, the survival maps will have players fighting until they're overcome by increasingly difficult waves of enemies.
While we haven't seen the game in action ourselves, we believe that
the imagery is accurate. That doesn't mean things can't change before
release.
We've contacted Activision for comment and will update the story when and if they provide reaction.
Multiplayer Maps
- Alpha
- Alps
- Bootleg
- Bravo
- Brooklyn
- Carbon
- Coast
- Dome
- Exchange
- Hardhat
- Interchange
- Lambeth
- Meteora
- Mogadishu
- Paris
- Plaza 2
- Radar
- Seatown
- Underground
- Village
Spec Ops ModesSurvival
- Carbon
- Dome
- Radar
- Seatown
- Village
Mission
- Civilian Rescue
- Flood the Market
- Invisible Threat
- Little Bro's
- Out of Africa
- No Fly Zone
- Wing Man
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