World’s First Modern Warfare 3 Details Revealed
Kotaku’s apparently got hold of a wealth of details regarding Activision unannounced title – Modern Warfare 3.
The game will be releasing on 8.11.2011 according to the website, and promises to deliver mammoth battles that “engulf a dozen cities around the world including New York, Paris and London.”
Details of the game’s story, art, sounds and game modes have been shared with Kotaku by multiple sources and claims that it’ll will reshape the landscape of the Call of Duty franchise, with an impressive number of eclectic settings, deep multiplayer gaming and a story which fills in all gaps from previous CoD: MW titles, including the final moments of key figures in the series’ history.
Kotaku’s gone as far as collecting hands-on accounts from their sources as to how the game opens and more. Although, they haven’t played the game themselves, they claim that these are accurate representations, although it’s an early build of the game apparently.
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 has confirmed that a new CoD title will be announced “within weeks” although they haven’t confirmed that it’ll be Modern Wafare 3. A online CoD title is also in development.
Modern Warfare 3 is rumoured to be in development by not one but three studios – Raven Software, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games.
We’ll send Activision an email and see if they offer a comment.
Expect more details to land soon.
