As you all know by now, the year’s most anticipated FPS title has finally dropped, and we’ve all been living, sleeping, eating, and breathing Modern Warfare 2 for 6 days now. I decided to hack my way through the campaign before I touched the multiplayer, and managed to hack my way through on Veteran Difficulty in just under 9 hours, yielding me roughly 600 points worth of achievements. Now, I make no bones about being a huge fan of the COD series, but this campaign was awesome. I know a lot of you buy the COD games only for the multiplayer aspect, but with this iteration in the series, you are only ripping yourself off. Why? Hit the jump and find out.
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The game has only been out a few days now, but Infinity Ward has pushed out some new multiplayer playlists for Modern Warfare 2 across all platforms. Here’s the in-game descriptions:
- 3rd Person Team Tactical – Third person perspective with Team Deathmatch, Domination, Capture the Flag, and Demolition (6-8 players)
- Team Deathmatch Express – Team Deathmatch with shorter time between matches (8-12 players)
- Mosh Pit – Mixed bag of many game modes in one playlist (8-12 players)
I’m sure we’ll test these out tomorrow in our Community Playdate on Xbox 360. You’re playing with us, right?
Well, the wait is over, and MW2 has finally fallen into our grubby little ninja hands. And let me start off by saying, this game is totally living up to all the hype. First, the story is enthralling, and extremely well-written. Other articles I’ve read, and people I’ve heard talking, have said they thought it was too far-fetched, and unrealistic. I disagree completely. I think the story flows very well, and is entirely plausible from a “possible-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it” viewpoint. It’s not any more far-fetched than the standard season of the 24 TV series. The story and character development both carry on perfectly from the last iteration of the Modern Warfare series, and also introduces a few new characters as well.
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Well, it appears the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 will no longer be the beneficiary of dedicated servers.
A EuroGamer story states that developer Infinity Ward will roll out a new proprietary service, called IWNet, which will focus on matchmaking. More after the jump.
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Infinity Ward revealed that they had to fight tooth and nail to make a Modern Warfare game. As far back as Call of Duty 2, the developer wanted to move the series out of World War 2, but Activision was completely against the move. Yeah, that worked out well. Vince Zampella, the head of Infinity Ward, dropped some knowledge on the Official PlayStation Magazine:
With Call of Duty 2, we were dead set against it being World War 2, but Activision really wanted it, the compromise sort of being that we’d get some dev kits for consoles in exchange for doing a World War 2 game. We always wanted to be on consoles and Activision saw us as more of a PC developer. And something I’ll add to that, Activision also did not want Modern Warfare. They thought working on a modern game was risky and [thought], ‘oh my god you can’t do that, it’s crazy!’ They were doing market research to show us we were wrong the whole time.
It’s a good thing Infinity Ward kept pushing and convinced Activision to let them develop the game in a Modern Warfare setting. While CoD5 was good, it was disappointing going back to World War II after seeing how cool it is to fight in modern times. It’s also sad at how much Activision is willing to adapt and take even the slightest of risks. Bobby Kotick seems to want to empty your wallet and push you the same product over and over. Hopefully that philosophy changes, but I have my doubts.
Can’t get enough Modern Warfare 2? Want to get hyped even more heading into our upcoming Community Playdate? Love football? Of course your answer is yes to all the above, so you’ll be pleased to hear that Activision and Infinity Ward have a new trailer for Modern Warfare 2 showing during tomorrow night’s Sunday Night Football game. Make sure your HDTV is glued to NBC while the Charges take on the Steelers (which should be a great game, by the way).
The above image is a still capture from the trailer, so go ahead and over analyze whatever tiny bits of information you can gather. Whatever you discover won’t change the fact that Modern Warfare 2 will be the multiplayer game to have this Holiday Season.
[USA Today, via Joystiq]
With the E3 on stage demo and the recent multiplayer press showcase. Infinity Ward has a monster on their hands with Modern Warfare 2. But what we’re seen so far only scratches the surface of what the game really has to offer. Robert Bowling, IW’s Community Manager who also goes by “fourzerotwo”, dropped some wisdom at the recent multiplayer event:
There are some huge surprises. What’s awesome is, we’ve done all the press we’ve done so far, we’ve shown Cliffhanger, we’ve shown some Favela, we’ve set the tone of what Modern Warfare 2 is, and yet there is something we haven’t talked about that, and the reason we haven’t talked about it is because once you see it you completely forget everything we’ve already talked about. It becomes this whole new game. That’s what I’m excited for.
Interesting, to say the least, what might come from Modern Warfare 2. My guess is something surrounding the single player portion of the game, most likely co-op. Infinity Ward is very tight-lipped about MW2, so when they’re ready, we’ll know. Until then, I’ll be playing ODST and waiting for November 10th.
Make sure you all get your copy of Modern Warfare 2 as soon as you can for our Xbox 360 Community Playdate on November 15th!
Microsoft and Infinity Ward have revealed a new Limited Edition Xbox360 with a Modern Warfare 2 theme. And let me tell you, this baby is SWEET.
At the moment, Amazon is taking pre-orders for this Limited Edition console bundle.
It features a custom designed case, complete with authentic military GSA numbers, MW2 logos and graphics on a gunmetal gray case. It’s pretty freakin’ sweet guys.
The Limited Edition Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 bundle includes the custom designed Xbox 360 console, 250GB HDD for storage, two black wireless controllers, 1 black Xbox 360 Wireless headset, Xbox 360Composite A/V Cable and standard Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 game. This console will probably NOT include the HDMI cable, as that has been removed from the Elite packages since the price drop. Apart from that, Microsoft also packs the standard free one month subscription to Xbox LIVE Gold and free Netflix trial offer.
This package has an expected MSRP of $399.99.
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Have you gotten tired of people cheating, modding, glitching, and just generally being douche bags online in Call of Duty 4? So have Infinity Ward, who apparently haven’t completely given up supporting CoD4 (even though they’ve barely touched the game otherwise).
A new patch is now available to stop people from cheating in the game. How exactly were they cheating? Beats me, I stopped playing a while ago. I know a few of you out there are still addicted, which says a lot of the game. You’ll be prompted for the patch when you fire up the game, so download it and get your experience points the real way. Yeah, I’m talking to you.
This news is significant for a number of reasons. First, CoD4 is huge, really huge. This is evident by the sheer number of gamers who are playing this, 15 million to be precise. For a franchise that was considered stagnant after CoD3, Infinity Ward has set themselves on a pedestal shared by the likes of Bungie. Now, when you look at the Xbox Live numbers, it is even more impressive.
According to Microsoft, Xbox Live has 17 million users overall, meaning two-thirds of them have played Infinity Ward’s first-person shooter. The figures track all players, not just those who’ve played online multiplayer (necessarily so, since the word is that only 9.5 million people pay for Xbox Live Gold).
That is mind boggling. Gamers who don’t play FPS are playing this. Granted the XBL trump PSN’s but that is for another day. The follow up is tentively called Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2. The name is cumbersome, but the game will certainly make us all go from six to midnight as soon as we play it. Pour some out for Infinity Ward. They earned it.
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