Activision’s Call of Duty series has been selling like crazy since… well, forever. With all CoD games since Modern Warfare- Modern Warfare, World at War, Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops- selling over 10 million units, and the previous two games in the series- Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops- selling over 20 million units, Call of Duty has to be the highest selling franchise of this generation.

With the arrival of Battlefield 3, however, a huge chop in the sales of Modern Warfare 3 seems imminent. Infinity Ward, however, doesn’t (apparently) care.

“Our 100 per cent focus is making a game that we’re going to love to play, that we’re going to be proud of, and that we know that our fans are going to play,” Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling said in an interview with IGN Australia.

“We don’t care if there are three people playing it or 30 million people playing it. If there are three people having a great time then we’ve done our job correctly and we will be happy.”

Well, I’d be pretty bummed out if one game of my series sold 28 million units, and the next one did not even sell half that much (but even that would be a pretty impressive number).

Watch some multiplayer footage from Modern Warfare 3 here. It looks very good, honestly.

Battlefield 3 seems to be selling pretty well already, close to a month before its release. Analysts believe it has crossed 1.5 million pre-orders already.

Want to know which game to buy between Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3? You can read out shootout here, which, hopefully, will help you decide better.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 releases on November 8 for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii and DS, with Treyarch and N+ handling the Wii and DS versions respectively.

Stay tuned to GB for more info.

At the Call of Duty XP event, Infinity Ward detailed the script of Modern Warfare 3 and how long it was. In a panel called ‘The Voices of Call of Duty’, voice artists who have lent their talents for the game were answering questions fired by those in the audience. Nolan North and Michael Rooker and Captain Price voice actor Billy Murray were some of the famous people present in the booth.

Keith Arem, Activision talent director and panel host, revealed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will have 10,000 more lines of dialogue than last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. “To give everyone a kind of perspective, if you look at an average television show, a half-hour series, that has about 400 lines of dialogue, and a full motion picture is going to have around 1,500 lines of dialogue,” said Arem.

“By the time we add in 80, 90, 100 characters and all the soldiers, I think on Black Ops we were pushing 25, almost 30,000 lines of dialogue. We’re at about 41,000 lines of dialogue in Modern Warfare 3 right now.

“Managing that much content, we record over a year, and we’re on the motion-capture stage, we’re in the voiceover booth.”

William Fichtner will also be voice acting a character in the game, and his character, Arem says, is “a very prominent character, one of the lead characters.” Fichtner is famous for his voice works in GTA: Vice City, GTA: San Andreas, and Turok. He also played the bank manager in the beginning of The Dark Knight.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 hits the stores on November 8 for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii and DS. Treyarch will be handling the Wii version, whereas N+ will be handling the DS one. You can check out all the latest Modern Warfare 3 updates here.

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Activision has confirmed (via CVG) that the Hardened Edition of the upcoming first person shooter, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, will cost $100. This confirmation came after several retailers leaked the price before an official announcement.

The Hardened Edition comes with the Modern Warfare 3 game with unique disc art, one year of membership in Call of Duty Elite, “Founder status” on Elite with exclusive in-game emblem, player card, camouflage, clan XP boost and other exclusive benefits, steelbook case, PlayStation Network exclusive: “Animated Timeline Theme”, Xbox 360 exclusive: “Special Ops Juggernaut Xbox Live Outfit”, and a Limited-edition “field journal” with more than 100 pages of “authentic military sketches, diagrams and written entries”.

Modern Warfare 3 releases in November for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii and DS.

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Have a look at the screens below, they look pretty good.

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Activision has announced a shitload of new details for Modern Warfare 3, revealing new killstreaks, detailing modes, multiplayer, everything.

The new killstreak system now encourages different play styles, awarding you for not just kills, but team based objectives as well. A new weapon progression system is also in place, that lets you unlock specific attachments for weapons, and weapon proeffiencies, which allow you to upgrade your weapon and make it more durable and usable by doing stuff like reducing recoil, reducing flinches and the like.

Team Defender and Kill Confirmed- collecting dog tags from killed enemies- are some new game modes for the MP.  Black Ops’ Gun Game and One in the Chamber will also be included. The game will include 16 MP maps.

Check out the bucketload of details below:

ALL-NEW STRIKE PACKAGES: Killstreaks have been redesigned to reward different play styles and skill levels through unique Strike Packages. Completing game mode objectives now counts towards your Pointstreak progression. For the first time ever, kills are not the only way to earn Pointstreaks. This also allows Pointstreaks to cater to more unique play-styles:

Survival Mode: – Making its first appearance in MW3, Survival Mode is the New Special Ops mode in which players face wave upon wave of attacking enemies. Acquaint yourself with all 16 MP maps by playing through them on Survival Mode – a great way for players to prepare for online multiplayer.
Mission Mode: Mission Mode makes its return, allowing players to team up with a friend locally or online for 16 new time-trial and objective-based missions.
Ranking/Progression System: An independent rank progression system within the Special Ops based on the rank progression players encounter in multiplayer.

The game releases in November for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii and DS. An MW3-themed Xbox 360 has also been announced, and it will release on the day the game releases.

Activision has announced that they will be releasing a Modern Warfare 3-themed Xbox 360 bundle to go along the launch of the game, and will release on November 8, the day when the game itself releases.

The pack will include a Modern Warfare 3 themed Xbox 360, of course, with two MW3 themed wireless controllers and a copy of the game. It will come with and exclusive items for Xbox Live avatars and a month of free subscription for Xbox Live Gold.

Much like the Star Wars themed Xbox 360, the special edition console will have custom sounds from the game for when the system is turned on and off and for when the disc tray is ejected.

All of this will come for $400. A pretty good deal, I think.

Activision will also be selling Modern Warfare 3 themed Xbox 360 peripherals separately. They be selling MW3 themed controllers for  $60, and similarly themed wireless Bluetooth headsets for $70. Both will come with exclusive yet unannounced downloadable stuff (codes for the stuff, actually) for the game.

Stay tuned for more.

Check them out below.

Perk 1

Extreme Conditioning- Increased sprint time- Pro Climb objects faster

Slieght of Hand- Faster Weapon Reloads- Pro Faster weapon swap

Scavenger- Replinish Ammo- Pro More ammo off spawn

Blind Eye- Undetectable by Air Support- Pro Launchers lock on faster+do more damage to vehicles

Recon- Explosive damage marks target- Pro Bullet damage marks target(good for call outs)

Perk 2

Hardline- 1 less kill for kill/point streak- Pro 2 assists=kill towards kill streak

Assasin- Immune to UAV, portable radar, thermal and heartbeat sensors- Pro Immune to CUAV and EMP

Overkill- Two Primaries- Pro 2 attachments on your 2nd primary

Quickdraw- Faster ADS- Pro Faster recovery from equitment/nade usage

Blast Shield- Flak Jacket from Bops- Pro Immune to stun/flash bangs

Perk 3

Sitrep- Hacker from Bops- Pro Hear enemy footsteps louder

Dead Silence- Ninja- Pro No fall damage

Stalker- Faster movement while ADS- Pro Delayed Claymores

Marksman- ID Targets from range- Pro Longer Breath Hold

Steady Aim- Increased hip fire accuracy- Pro Faster ADS after sprinting

Kill streaks

3 types- Assault, Support, Specialist. You pick what type of class is which during class editing

Assault

Care Package- 4 Kills. No Changes

IMS- 5 kills. 3 or 4 landmines that can not be stunned or flashed.

Predator Missile- 5 Kills. No Changes

Sentry Gun- 5 kills. No changes

Precision Airstrike- 6 Kills. No changes

Attack Helicopter- 7 Kills. No changes

Little Bird Flock- 7 Kills. Little bird helicopters patrol the map, possibly tag enemys or kill them, downside probably no
flares.

Little Bird Guard- 9 Kills. Big Helicopter that follows you and over see’s you.

Reaper. 9 Kills- Mortar team with 5 predator missles.

Talon. 10 Kills- Robotic tank like Homefront.

AC-130. 12 Kills- Sandy Ravages killstreak is back…

Pavelow. 12 Kills- No Changes but possible buff.

Juggernaut Armor- 15 Kills. Become a Juggernaut from Spec Ops.

Osprey Chopper Gunner- 15 Kills. Jump into a chopper gunner, and drops 4 care packages for your team.

Support

UAV- 4 Kills. No changes

Counter UAV- 5 Kills. No changes

Ballistic Duffel- 5 Kills. Gives your team Juggernaut(the perk) so player health is increased to 130.

Hacked Care package- 5 Kills. Drops hacked care package that explodes.

SAM Turret- 8 Kills. Returns from black ops with possible buff.

Remote UAV- 10 Kills. Something like UAV in Battlefield Bad Company 2, target enimies and then shoot them with missiles

Advanced UAV- 12 Kills. Blackbird

Remote Turret- 12 Kills. Sentry gun that you can control.

Stealth Bomber- 14 Kills. Possible buff.

EMP- 18 Kills. No changes.

Juggernaut Armor- 18 Kills. Care Package that contains juggernaut armor.

Escort Airdrop- 18 Kills. Same as Osprey except computer controls the chopper gunner and still drops 4 care packages.

Specialist

Extra Perk- 2 Kills

Extra Perk- 4 Kills

Extra Perk- 6 Kills

Death Streaks-

Juiced- Lightweight- 4 Deaths

Martrydom- Same as previous games- 4 Deaths

Final Stand- Same as old games, Dont know if you stand back up- 4 deaths

Revenge- Person that last killed you appears as permanent dot on radar till killed- 5 deaths

Stopping Power- Last for one kill- 5 deaths

Dead man’s hand- Run around with c4 in your hands and suicide bomb- 6 Deaths

Activision recently revealed that n-Space will be developing a DS version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. We were baffled that it was a DS version, not a 3DS version that Activision announced.

n-Space, who have developed all DS Call of Duty games, replied to questions of their fans on their Facebook page. They said that they didn’t have a choice, they simply made games for the system they were told to.

“You guys all need to understand that we make the games we are hired to make. It is not our call to decide which platforms to support. Obviously we are big 3DS fans and supporters as we have 3 titles in development. If it were as simple as us choosing what products and platforms to develop for I would get a lot more sleep.”

MW3 on the DS will be called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance.

Activision has also confirmed Modern Warfare 3 will also be released on the Wii, and will be developed by Treyarch.

Bobby Kotick believes the enthusiasm surrounding MW3 is unlike anything he has ever seen in the company’s history.

Hot on the heels of having recently announced that Modern Warfare 3 will be coming over to the Wii with the help of developers Treyarch, Activision has announced that even the DS will be getting a version of the first person shooter.

Activision has announced that, like the previous DS Call of Duty versions, Modern Warfare 3 will be handheld by n-Space for the dual screened handheld.

Says  Activision social media manager Dan Amrich- “They’ve done the handheld editions of COD4:MW, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops, and World at War, among many other DS games. So, the DS version is also in expert hands.”

So, who wants to bet there’ll be a 3DS version too?

Bobby Kotick recently also said that the excitement and anticipation surrounding Modern Warfare 3 in unlike anything he has ever seen in the company’s history.

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says he’s never seen anything like the anticipation and excitement surrounding Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in the company’s history.

“It’s sort of surprising because you always go into the launch of a new Call of Duty game with an expectation that… it’s a hard number to beat,” he said.

“But if you look at the player enthusiasm for Modern Warfare 3, I don’t know if we’ve really seen anything like it in our 21-year history.”

It was recently announced that Modern Warfare 3 will also be making its way to the Wii, and that Treyarch will be developing it.