Modern Warfare 3 'Overwatch' Map Coming to Premium Elite Folks on Feb 21st

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Richard Walker

Activision has announced the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 content drop for February, which as per the designated DLC schedule, will be a solitary multiplayer map called 'Overwatch'.

Dropping you into a construction site on top of a New York skyscraper, Overwatch is a symmetrical map with a two-level layout, a central bridge and side channels opening up opportunities for assaults from all angles. There's no safety barriers surrounding the perimeter either, so you'll have to watch your step, lest you fall 70-storeys to your doom.

The Overwatch map will be available for premium CoD: Elite members from February 21st, and is the third DLC drop for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Elite drops 4-6 will be coming in March with the Black Box multiplayer map and two Spec Ops missions called Black Ice and Negotiator. Look at the three Overwatch screenshots below.



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  • meh!
  • HMMM CHEVOS?
  • Woopee one map...
  • MW3 sucks. Figured I'd get on here just to say that. And if you thumb me down, it just means you're butt-hurt about it. You've been warned.
  • so do you not get any dlc if your not a elite subscribeer
  • This is the one map of the ones planned I've seen that I'm actually looking forward to. Only thing that sucks is that we already know that they've got all the maps done lol xD. Kind of stupid to make Premium members wait month-to-month to get it. Dumbasses.
  • Yeah i mean maps are all well and good, but the devs said way back when that the "season of content" could also include more survival, spec ops missions, and they could even continue the campaign story, which i was particularly interested in. I'm a little disappointed after seeing what they're releasing, even down the road, like 2 missions and a "new game mode." Whatever.
  • The last two maps didn't do much for me, but this one actually looks like it'll be a lot of fun.
  • #4 You're an idiot troll who's in need of some sexual attention that you obviously haven't been getting for quite some time. To say any game the caliber of MW3 "sucks" is moronic. Anything that gets an 8/10, not just an FPS, certainly does not "suck". Opinions may vary, sure, but speaking blindly and pulling things out of your ass is a whole different subject. #5 They've said that non-Premium members will get the content bundled for a price as a future DLC. Don't expect much, though. I'm assuming the first pack will just have 3 maps and the 2 spec ops missions for around 1200MSP. I'll be "butt-hurt" (that's for you #4) if they make the first non-Premium DLC bundle 4-5 multiplayer maps for that price.
  • £40 a year for elite???.....for this??? pretty sure black ops u got charged £10 per map set, and that was 4 map and 1 zombie map...so 16 maps and 4 zombie maps would be the same price as elite...but will we be getting the same value??? will we get 16 maps??? (20 total...i know mw3 has no zombies) probably not so everyone paying for elite is being mugged off!!
  • #4 - Foolproof trolling?
  • im glad theres no achievements or i wud have had to buy this piece of shit game back
  • @7 if you look at the content calender for the upcoming months http://www.callofduty.com/contentcalendar by the end of September,altogether they will have 12 new maps and 6 new missions(2 confirmed so far as Special Ops missions out in March)and also some 'classified' stuff,which i am not sure what it will be
  • Highrise?
  • @5, they'll probably be bundled and available later on.
  • i want a zombie mode x)
  • @#14 I was thinking that myself - definitely looks like a slightly rejigged Highrise.
  • @14 Was thinking the same thing.
  • The maps look cool, however I don't think they are worth what you had to play for elite. Maybe if elite was 30 dollars.
  • Still haven't played the maps which were in the previous map pack for Elite.
  • This is essentially the map they were going to release for the third map pack for MW2 that never came out.
  • Only getting it because it's free with ELITE lol. Maps so far are free to me but cba going on it just to download maps I probably won't use :/.
  • Yess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • @9 Not to necessarily agree with what the former said, but seriously? If you're going to go by ratings, then take this into account. Most people are PAID to rate the game, so obviously they're going to give it a fairly high score when honestly its not that much better than the last one nor is it doing anything different. Honestly they're are alot other games out there that deserve and 8 out of 10. For me its more of a 6. Just dont buy into what the "experts" at Metacritic, IGN, etc say the game is. Cause they aren't necessarily right.
  • Call of Duty sucks. Always has and always will. On a side note, I feel as if the people at this site are obsessed with CoD. Any bit of CoD-related news that comes out ends up here. Its annoying. Fuck CoD and FIFA.
  • @25 Your opinion sucks. Always has and always will. On a side note, people here aren't obsessed with CoD. They're obsessed with bashing CoD.
  • MW2 Highrise CTRL-C CTRL-V Rename Overwatch. I bashed COD. Does that make me cool guiyz?
  • MW 2.65 Unlike charlie sheen .... Trolling
  • @4 Dangit you beat me!
  • @4 well said
  • Why does it take sooo long to make 1 map in a month? It's being made by more than 2 devs...
  • @9/11 It's not trolling, it's stating fact. Just because a "game sells millions" does NOT warrant it a great game. It just means a bunch of IDIOTS bought into the hype because of the name Call of Duty and/or Modern Warfare 3. I've played every single CoD. After World at War (Black Ops was alright but not the best, imo) it went downhill. I've said it before and I'll say it again: CALL OF DUTY 4 MODERN WARFARE remains the best CoD TO DATE. The guns were balanced, the maps were good (even though we only got one dlc map pack), the perks were good (no bullshit overkill perks), it was SIMPLE. Now you got AC-130s, nukes (really?), blah blah blah. Not to mention the dumbass perks. Heartbeat monitors? Seriously? So fps gamers need that now to get kills? CoD4 is where it WAS at....and it only went downhill after that. Not to mention the Elite membership. Do people get into it THAT much to warrant a $50 per year sub + $60 Live? And we wonder why companies keep putting garbage like this out. Just like the map packs of MW2, they made them 1200 a pop and idiots bought them. If noone bought them, they would've reduced it. Bet. But no, I GOTTA HAVE IT NOW, right? This new gaming generation is the corruption of gaming. Just like the new generation of teens, whom by the way are labeled Generation Lost. But, fanboys will be fanboys. It's like trying to argue with a fencepost. /rant
  • Wow....just 1 map? And no achievements either? The season of content by the looks of it will suck.
  • @6 Kind of like the dumbasses who pay $50 a year for early map packs and a stat sheet, right?
  • @34 - Why do you care how other people spend there own money?
  • Premium Elite Folks can have it.
  • @26 Fanboy.
  • @4 lol your so silly :) @34 well what else do you want me to do with all of my money give it to the homeless? FYI the stat tracking is free..... Dumbass The map looks good but damn just one map? thats sad
  • @26 and @25 Fixed it for you #37 :)
  • @32 for elite, blame activision
  • @9 Butthurt fanboy lololol.
  • This map actually look like fun. I actually like the other two that were released, but this game has been beat to death and has lost much of its flare. I'm actually disappointed I spent the extra money on elite. I have my fingers crossed there are no extra cheevos coming to te game so I don't have to play it anymore. If they do add more I will play and get them, I would just rather not. COD is old and boring and is the same rehash of the game before it over and over. Go ahead and flame me for my opinion I'm not here to bash on anyone. Just speak my mind.
  • I have to admit, I don't like how this business model is playing out. I hate playing in the ELITE playlists because the community is so small. I also don't like just getting one or two maps at a time, doesn't really seem like enough of an addition to the multiplayer suite for my liking.
  • Highrise + Hardhat = Overwatch. Simple math, really.
  • @25, FIFA sucks?! Really?! You better watch your back, mister, because Emile Heskey and Titus Bramble are plotting to rape you as you read this. Good day to you, sir!
  • hmmm. Wish they didnt just come out for elite members. I got this game to play with my friends who onlyyyyyyyy play this. I don''t mind it, but whoever says this is a great game is a fool. COD4 was GREEAAT. MW2 not bad, MW3 = MW2 - nuke just doin some simple math @44 =)
  • I really hope some of these maps are night ones and the spec ops missions have achievement otherwise the hardened edition was a waste of money. They already screwed us having us thinking there would be 20 maps.
  • Wtf 1 map why did I buy hardened edition
  • Nothing to see here people just some poor content. Time to go play The Darkness 2/Kingdoms of Amalur.
  • Did you really misspell the word "stories"? God Walker sucks.
  • Big woop. I'll stick to Black Ops thanks, the gameplay is well... better!
  • @22 why do people like you keep saying you're getting the maps for free? you paid 50$ to get the maps first. they're not free
  • This is "Sleepy Hits" until Black Ops 2 or whatever next COD will be caller arrive for cheevos thanks :) Mass Effect 3 coming near 1 month to go!! 8D
  • pretty sure half the people who commented on this don't understand the concept of elite. It's cheaper to pay for elite than it is to buy all the map packs seperate you just dont get the maps all at once you get them spread over time and before regular players.
  • Looks cool!
  • I purchased Elite, and too be honest I am disappointed in it. As it has been said, it is basically money for a misleading add-on, and a poorly functioning score card. I fell into the empty promises, and I know I will not be purchasing another year of elite, unless it is better functioning, and the content drops are less of a rip off. I know that this is a Xbox forum, but I also do not understand how the dlc will be distributed to non premium ps3 users, because xbox premium users get the content in September. Does this mean premium ps3 users would get it in October, and non premium get it in November (When a new COD game is likely to be released) ?? Flame me.
  • i'll still wait for them to drop the maps together in a proper map pack... and ppl thought the old 1200 msp for 4 maps was a rip off. sneaky sneaky activision
  • reminds me of highrise.
  • no achievements = no buy
  • Yeah so it's basically high-rise.....
  • No achievements No buy.
  • In the words of Peter Griffin "Oh my God WHO THE HELL CARES"
  • MW3 sucks, Bf3 is way kick ass then this shit
  • I don't like MW3, but it looks like a fun map. Wish it was for a game like BF3 so I could actually enjoy it.
  • I have no idea what premium elite means. Don't give a sh*t. COD fanboys can suck my duck.
  • How long will it take for idiots to realize COD will not put achievements on the multi for MW not 1 of the 3 have them why would they change it. They already have all the Elite people's money
  • If you come to cod articles and bash it u definitely need to reevaluate your life. Cod=#1. Go ahead and thumbs down me haters but look where your at right now.
  • @46 you are the fool for buying a game u think is not great
  • @35 Because when US, the consumer, spends money on this stuff it then justifies the dev companies to INCREASE THE PRICE. You need me to spell it out for you? Oh, and it's "their" not "there". @38 That's the most unintelligent thing I've ever heard. "What else do you want me to do with all my money?" Really, guy? How about support other dev companies who DESERVE our money in order to make more awesome games. Like, Bioware, Bethesda, Turn 10, just to name a few. But when you buy the SAME GODDAMN FPS every fucking year (with no movement forward in innovation) and then drop 1200 msp X4, it tells them, "Hey, people are buying our shitty maps for 1200 msp each! Let's keep doing it! Maybe on the next gen console we'll charge 'em 2000 msp per pack cause they didn't have a problem with paying 1200!" See my point? WE SET THE PRICES. Period. Refuse to buy it and they will drop. But the gaming community won't do it. No back-bone. We'll just let 'em keep screwing us over at every turn and nickel and dime us to death. And the citizens here in the U.S. wonder why the little man gets screwed over....they're scared to stand up. One person can't do it by themselves.
  • @67 Because this is an achievement/news site for people to voice their rightful opnions. If you seriously think CoD is #1, then you need to "reevaluate your life". To Activision/Infinity Ward/Sledge and fan boys who eat/breath/sleep CoD it's #1, but to me it's a paper-weight in the bottom of a trash can.
  • @ #32 and #70. You sir are the MAN. You just dropped the "The Atomic Leg Drop" on all these fools.
  • @67 What a fucking hypocrite. I've seen you bash other games countless times on their respective articles. So please shut up.
  • I have said it before and I will say it agin, BF3 beats CoD.
  • Yhese 1 map drops are the reason why I dont play this game anymore..
  • @70 Everyone has their opinions, you understand that yet you bash #67 and anyone else who thinks COD is #1 because you disagree with their opinions. I understand people are allowed to voice their opinions on these sites but majority of you act like children. "Ohh look a new article out on a game I despise let me go read it and then comment on how much I hate it." "this game sucks" "Fanboys of this game are sheep" Enough. Its pathetic, seriously stop and think about your actions when you guys come to this site or others. You go to an article about a game you like or are interested in and someone post a comment saying "this game sucks", then you thumbs him or her down and call them a troll. Then you go to articles for COD or whatever other game you don't like, Skyrim, Max Payne 3, articles about Mp in ME3 etc. and continue to bash the games and post comments about how much you hate this and that. This also makes you people the trolls. If you aren't into a certain game then why keep paying attention to it? Yeah you can't help coming across commercials and such but you can avoid articles and forums. Stop trolling. I think Skyrim is the most overrated game ever, yet I don't go to the articles bashing anyone who thinks it is the greatest game of all time. In my opinion BF3 is overrated fun but overrated but I'm not bashing it in the articles, if you people prefer it over COD that's fine with me. I still love to play MW3 I have a love/hate thing going with it. The game isn't number 1 in my book, the series has fallen from grace but In my opinion it is still a great game overall and a pretty fun experience. I'm not even bashing you guys for hating the game, you can dislike the game all you want but I tire of always seeing these disrespectful comments to the players who still love this game, and the constant complaining.
  • I honestly wish they would go back to the old format. Two to three DLC packs instead of this 1 or two map packs a month bullshit. They make us think we're getting more for our money but if you think about it, altogether it's more expensive then buying clumped map packs. Plus in all fairness it is kind of a douche move to make the PS3 users still wait a month even though they payed $50 like the rest of us.
  • #32 and what did you get the "lost generation" into.... A bad economy!!!
  • Why do's everyone call people all fan boys and then say the game is in my trash or have the game it seems you like it as well. It may be bad by you but it's sales figures don't lie on another game. First game or movie to hit 1 billion dollars in 15 or 16 days i forget 1 day earlier then Avatar. I am no where near a COD lover it is ok but why do all you rip it so much. Most of you have played it or own it so Activision did there job correctly it seems by making money.
  • Wow 1 new map for the entire month of February? Geez Infinity Ward don't outdo yourselves now!
  • @79 did you look at the timeline? Ill take that as a NO.
  • Here's hoping its for a mode I actually play.Aka HC RIC TDM.looks like it would be though.
  • @78 Apparently its cool to hate on something thats popular.I like cod,i also find it funny that people who dont like it get so worked up by it.
  • Okay, anyone who literally and previously said "CoD sucks", really needs something better to do with their time than to troll the internet. Seriously, what kind of idiot hates on a game, but still clicks on news articles concerning that game? A loser with nothing better to do with their time, that's who. Original Topic: Map looks awesome. Piazza was the only good map of the last two, Liberation was very poorly done, and really didn't look much like Central Park is supposed to look, not to mention the skyscrapers surrounding it were very scarce.
  • i love this game the more maps the better i dont go near spec ops though
  • Christ I wish this series would die.
  • 4 player Spec Ops Survival PLEASE!!!!!! Thats all i want out this piece of shit series anymore. Then i'll buy! NOT EVER UNTIL!
  • @13 thanks for the link. Overall can't we at least agree that neither MW3 or BF3 are better than Mass Effect 3? I don't even think that's up for debate!
  • @32 - I LOVE YOU !
  • @#4, The game only sucks to you cause u suck at it dude
  • @90 that is the most retarded comeback people use. I played MW3 a lot. Now was I the best? No, not by a long shot. But I almost always went positive or broke even. Does it make it less of a shitty game? No. If I were playing a game like "Rogue Warrior" online, and I were to say it sucks would you instantly jump to the same conclusion, that I suck at it? No. Because it's a game that you aren't a huge fan boy of.
  • Black ops 2 can suck it IMO. Im just so worn out on past crap. Since Treyarch is done with theyre 900000 world war 2 CODS theyre gonna start on 900000 Cold war/vietnam type cods?. MW3 isnt the best either n its prolly just me gettin bored of shooters at this point in time * im awaiting RB6 Patriots and Farcry 3* but i like the modern/futuristic stuff like what they offer in MW3. This overwatch map looks great though i wish theyd just release a classic map pack from MW2 of Call of duty 4. Thatd b awesome. Itd prolly also interest ppl more in buying call of duty elite. Like a transfer code to transfer the maps over type thing.
  • @91. Awwwww someone else trolling sticking up for somebody they dont even know?. Listen Noobscore it dont make me a fanboy coming on to support a game on a call of duty forum that is entitled CALL OF DUTY FORUM. Retarded is coming on here and pissing and moaning.'ughhhhh call of duty is screwing all us ppl that didnt want to get elite, this map sucks, that map sucks" but yet u will go out when the map packs release and beg ur mother for money so u can go up and buy it. THAT is retarted. What else is "retarted" is coming to a CALL OF DUTY FORUM *and yes im gonna capitalize it cause ur a moron* and calling ppl fanboys cause theyre on a forum made for a game that they like to play. THATS RETARTED
  • @32 I hardly consider myself a CoD fanboy but I do enjoy playing them. You need to understand that some people play the game enough to warrant a $15 price tag on a map pack. If you don't then it's clearly not made for you. I don't buy map packs for other games(with the exception of Battlefield DLC) because I simply don't play the multiplayer enough to warrant the purchase. Coming here and insulting people who bought the DLC because they wanted it accomplishes nothing. I'm not disagreeing with you that a lower price would be nice but it's already in the past. You need to quit dwelling on it.
  • I am glad there is no cheevo's tbh
  • MW3 Leaked DLC game modes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsFfzFDSt8Y&feature=g-upl&context=G2adc11dAUAAAAAAAAAA
  • This reminds of another map from MW2 actually. If I played MP more often I could even show of my knowledge and call it by name, but I don't....
  • Overwatch looks sick. I've been really impressed with the DLC, so far. These maps are better than those on-disc.
  • To all of you who are slagging off Call of Duty, you really need to rethink your points. The fact that this game is the top selling game in the world today, and also has the most played online in the gaming industry, suggests that this is a very successful gaming series with a massive audience who are willing to buy DLC each month. I for one am a massive Call of Duty fan who is very excited for the monthly content. So to all you haters out there please keep your opinions to yourself and the respect the game for what it has achieved, and realise that there are people like myself who are willig to spend their hard earned pennies on monthly DLC
  • @32 You couldn't have told the truth any better. I knew you weren't a troll btw. COD is NOT the way it used to be. I blame activision imo. They're the ones that killed Bizarre Creations, a great company that made a great racing series, PGR. Guess what their next target is Halo Fans? You guessed it! Bungie! Now don't go hating on me yet. I know Bungie is handing over Halo to 343 but did you even care to stop and think they intended to do this? Think about it. They're trying to save the Halo series without letting Activision get their greedy hands on it. Of course, that's just my opinion. Call it a hunch.
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