Modern Warfare 2 intel captured in latest Game Informer

by Ben Gilbert { 7 hours ago } http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.jo...001xbox001.png http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.jo...station001.png
As per this month's Modern Warfare 2 cover story in Game Informer, details of the piece have surfaced over at GiantBomb. A smattering of new revelations are covered, including the flat-out refusal of co-op play in story mode (said to break the narrative experience). Additionally, Captain "Soap" MacTavish returns, bringing with him distinctly more open-ended gameplay, and a significantly fleshed out "special forces" mode (one that will mimic and expand upon the final "Mile High Club" airplane battle in CoD4).

If you want more, you're just going to have to snag a copy of this month's GI. We'll be honest with you, though -- at this point, we expect greatness from the veteran development team at Infinity Ward. Luckily, from the looks of things, the game's release on November 10 will bring ever-widening smiles to the faces of existing fans and reignite our already burnin' love for the series.

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What time did this air during the game last night?

huge boner

Loving it

Game of the year already?

So fucking sick of WaW. Can't believe I bought it again. And the stupid map pack. And how I'm going to buy the second map pack soon. Fuck

Cooooooooooooooooooooome onnnnnnnnn November

I couldn't tell you, because I am a huge faggot who doesn't watch basketball.

I've gone back to BF2.

I'm in love again.

Will defo buy the following this year:

ArmA 2
Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising
Battlefield 1943
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2


To be honest, solid year for warfare FPS.

I never know rather to get it for ps3 or xbox360... Xbox live is more organized but my year is almost up and affter the two 1 month cards i have i don't think i'll use it (inless call of duty comes with a free month)

any good game that comes with a free month I usualy buy.

It's $7mo for fuck sake.

Modern Warfare 2 map packs hitting Xbox Live first

by Ludwig Kietzmann { 10 minutes ago } http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.jo...reaking001.png http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.jo...001xbox001.png
Modern Warfare 2 has officially joined the somewhat exclusive Microsoft DLC club. Infinity Ward's relentless first-person shooter will offer downloadable map packs (duh!), the first two of which will launch first on Xbox Live. The news came via Microsoft's E3 press, where Microsoft's John Schappert was keen to emphasize that the Xbox 360 version would lead the way in Modern Warfare 2's online component.

Which, with any luck, will be heavy on the snowmobile combat. Snowmobile combat!

WOOOOOO just pre ordered this the other day. Blockbuster will be having a midnight madness the when this comes out.

Holy shit, that's awesome.

God that looks hot.

Yeah finally mw2 is here!

You know what they need in this? A Custom Multiplayer Map Creator like in Far Cry 2.

That system was too much. I didn't know where to start.

Some really nice maps were made, but it confused the fuck out of me.

Infinity Ward says 2 is the magic number for Modern Warfare co-op

by Justin McElroy { 42 minutes ago } http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.jo...001xbox001.png http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.jo...station001.png
Why can't every developer be Infinity Ward? When asked by Videogamer.com why Modern Warfare 2's co-op was limited to two players, spokesman Robert Bowling said, "Two player seemed to be the magic number for co-op. That's when it stayed really fun and intense without becoming a clusterf**k of things."

Bowling also said that the whole game won't be playable in co-op because the developer is "crafting a very specific experience" and doesn't want to "ruin that by cramming co-op into it." While it's nice to see a company stick to its guns like that, we figure developers who sell a hojillion copies of a game can pretty much write their own menus.

Beat COD4 today.



Boom, outta here.

OHHHH GOOOOOODD FOR YOOOOOOOUUUU

AND HOW WAS THE GAAAAME??????

UK, June 25, 2009 - Activision and Infinity Ward could be cutting into their profits for Modern Warfare 2 by dropping the Call of Duty moniker, according to tracking firm OTX.

Gamasutra reports that in a survey of US gamers conducted by the firm, consumer awareness levels for the game with Call of Duty at the front of the title were at 40 per cent. However this fell to just 20 per cent when the title was switched to just Modern Warfare 2.

OTX boffin Nick Williams does the math: "The Call of Duty brand association essentially doubles the awareness for the game. That is quite a remarkable statistic."

Indeed it is, although Activision shouldn't go crying to their bank managers just yet. OTX do go on to say that 'purchase intent' for the title was still four times above average, and that's before a sure-to-be-huge marketing push closer to the title's release this November. Says Williams: "Even without the Call of Duty association, it is still perceived as a must have title."

The confirmed weapons list.


Silenced Bushmaster ACR
M110 SASS
Famas (With Red Dot Sight Attachment)
Steyr AUG HBAR
Glock 18 (Pistol)
AK47
SPAS-12
M429 SAW
870MCS
SCAR
Frag Grenade
FN F2000
P90
M1911 (Pistol)
C4 (Explosive)
Stun Grenade
Dragunov (Sniper)

I don't understand why it crossed anyone's mind to drop Call of Duty from the title, how can you have a game called Modern Warfare 2 when there isn't a game called Modern Warfare?

YEAH BOYYYYYYY

So I bumped up my order to a limited edition at Gamestop today.

Anyone hear any buzz about what's so special about it?

Nothing official has been said about it. However, this was posted at Gamestop but take it with a grain of salt.


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Eh I can do without all that crap. Extra Multiplayer maps or some shit would be the only thing worth buying extra.

Hopefully there will be a Multiplayer Beta on this. Everybody look for it around September or October and let us know if you're the first to find out about it.

You'll be happy to know I pre ordered the 360 version instead of the PS3 one.:y: