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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

E3 2011: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Map Packs Launching First on Xbox 360
Written Monday, June 06, 2011 By Richard Walker
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Microsoft's E3 2011 Press Conference has just begun with a bang, with incredible in-game footage from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, showing an elite Navy Seals team dodging mines on the sea bed before infiltrating a nuclear submarine and clearing out the inhabitants. There's slow-mo breach and clears, wall to wall action and lots of noise, showing that MW3 won't stray too far from the established formula.

There's missiles being launched into the sky and a fraught escape by dinghy as battleships explode all around you to look forward to, but of course all of this had a point. That point being that Xbox 360 will once again be getting all of the MW3 map packs first once again.

It's a coup for Microsoft again that will no doubt bag loads of extra sales of the game on the console. And goodness knows that CoD: Modern Warfare 3 is looking remarkable ahead of its launch on November 8th, 2011.




 
 

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Comment #1 by Jack Flak
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:44:08 AM
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Can we have the game first? WOW!


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Comment #2 by dirtycochise
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:44:23 AM
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isnt call of duty a 60 dollar map pack already


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Comment #3 by Eythan
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:46:33 AM
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Its nice to get something first, especially as we have to pay for live every month/3 months/year, it may not be much but at least its something (:

We pay extra so we get it earlier that's how I see it, it probably isn't because of that but well you never know (:


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Comment #4 by H0p3sfalL
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:47:41 AM
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@1
They did the same thing last year. Chill.


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Comment #5 by Jack Flak
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:48:51 AM
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60 bucks? BULL. Between tax and packs, more like 95. People are always saying, "games are so expensive now. Soon they'll be 100 bucks." Well I got news for ya...


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Comment #6 by vaughny_69
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:49:30 AM
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Oh yay we get to waste 1200msp even earlier now ;)


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Comment #7 by Manicmonkey85
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:50:14 AM
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And the year before that. I have just assumed it's a given that we'll get it first every year


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Comment #8 by XxStuartxX 1990
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:52:44 AM
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6 months before the game comes out their annoucing DLC WOW just WOW


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Comment #9 by GameStyle91
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:53:49 AM
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its gonna be like this for the next couple of years. they said so on the last E3 in 2010.


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Comment #10 by MakoBallistic
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:54:12 AM
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@2 - LOL. Well said sir.

Good old CoD, it just refuses to die until its taken most of us with it.


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Comment #11 by House atlantic
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:56:17 AM
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they better not try pulling that 3 new maps 2 reguritated maps stunt again. that made me sick.


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Comment #12 by IVIR BLOBBY
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:56:32 AM
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I wish Microsoft wouldn't do this. the money they dole out to get the map pack a month early could be used to make other MS games in development better or to make a completely new game or to host something like 1 Vs 100 again, Build on the community, not profits


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Comment #13 by H0p3sfalL
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 12:01:21 PM
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Again as I told #1. They did this last year with Black Ops. RELAX !


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Comment #14 by MustaPastori
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 12:01:28 PM
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omg mw3 was soooo ebin i'm gonna buy three copies!


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Comment #15 by Len lfc
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 12:07:22 PM
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They announced that CoD DLC would be first on Xbox 360 for the next 3 years at last years E3.


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Comment #16 by Flibbity Floid
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 12:07:26 PM
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I'd bet my entire salary, tax return AND bonus that if there was no DLC announcement within the first week of the games release, there would be an overload of comments in whatever MW3 News article posted of asking where the DLC/Map Packs are.

Guaranteed.


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Comment #17 by XxStuartxX 1990
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 12:37:24 PM
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@4 n 13

just because theyve done it before doesnt mean its right


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Comment #18 by Flibbity Floid
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 01:00:34 PM
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@ 17 - But the point is, they announce DLC early for MANY games. This is nothing new. #1 should know this by now as well. People cry about hearing about it too early or too late. If there's anything that doesn't exist in the world of Games and Patience - it's middle ground. There is none. People are either super excited or completely negative.


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Comment #19 by Hawkeye1691
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 01:15:55 PM
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@12 - Agreed.


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Comment #20 by SpaceRazzer
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 01:29:40 PM
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"MW3 won't stray too far from the established formula."

That's too bad, I was hoping for some major improvements in the game and story.
Let's just hope for some minor ones, to make the game worth playing. :)


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Comment #21 by NATH4Nx
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 03:17:40 PM
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Does it really matter who gets them first either way are cash gets raped!


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Comment #22 by TheUglyCasanova
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 03:29:48 PM
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Too bad I will have weeks of BF3 before this even hits the store. A-no-thank-you.


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Comment #23 by Kevx15
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 05:57:40 PM
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yay! we all get to complain about something that everyones going to buy anyway. seriously, its not like anybody here is not going to be buying MW3


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Comment #24 by Pixo
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 07:25:06 PM
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Wow, Activi$ion. Game isn't even out yet.


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Comment #25 by Thewickedwiz
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 07:42:38 PM
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It's like Activison are coming into my house and stealing my wallet, cheeky bastards >.>
Why don't they put these maps on the disk? Absolutely disgraceful developers, and the sad part is, people will still buy them...
What do we think it is this time? 3 maps for 1200 Microsoft points or how about 1 new map and 2 maps from a previous COD game?
Activision shall not get another penny from me.

Rant over, haters got to hate don't they ;)


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Comment #26 by ChuckPalahniuk
Monday, June 06, 2011 @ 11:53:15 PM
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@25 and you know that the maps are finished how? im pretty sure they ARENT and this is just a general statement to let people know that WHEN the maps are ready and released they will be seen on the Xbox first


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Comment #27 by Yellow snowman
Tuesday, June 07, 2011 @ 04:44:36 AM
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Wow, I feel so honored that we get to experience these maps first at a low price of $15.


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Comment #28 by Tea Cup
Tuesday, June 07, 2011 @ 05:06:08 AM
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First CoD: Elite, now this bullshit. They are seriously just trying to be the biggest trolls and money-grabbing whores. They haven't even upgraded the graphics engine so it's just like getting two new MW2 maps.

I don't think I'm going to give Activision any more of my money (Apart from when Diablo 3 comes out)


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Comment #29 by Masta Mylez
Tuesday, June 07, 2011 @ 08:55:25 AM
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This is sad. The damn game is not even clost to being out yet and their already talking about DLC. BF3 here I come


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Comment #30 by Jack Flak
Tuesday, June 07, 2011 @ 10:55:41 AM
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@4 and 13 Yes they did it last year but it's still crap. Just because you're used to being occupied by nazis don't make it right, right?


@18 I know it's nothing new, but again, that doesn't make it any less of a scam.


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Comment #31 by Blueprotoss
Wednesday, June 08, 2011 @ 03:19:57 PM
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This is a useless article especially when MS announced this will be happening for 3 years after MW2 came out.

@ 24. SeriouslyI don't understand why most people didn't hear about this last year.

@ 25. How that disgraceful when most of the DLC that comes out is on the disc especially when Developers are still working on content until the game is shipped out. If you have to whine about that with Activision then whine to the whole Gaming Industry. In before you're really a Hypocrite that will buy another Activision game soon and don't forget that every single Company is Greedy.

@ 28. I see the real Troll is you especially when you didn't see the impovement on the graphics. You're really getting picky even when you get 5 MP maps for $15 while you forget that most Shooters recyle their maps like Halo, Gears, Battlefield, Killzone, and Lost Planet.

Thats what we call a Hypocrite especially when you'll buy another Blizzard or Activision game before and after Diablo 3 comes out.

@ 30. You're correct that this news is very old while I'm surprised tha people did read that last year. This isn't a scam especially when no one is forcing you to buy these maps and you knew the price would increase with MS being involed anyways.


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Comment #32 by ViNyLek
Wednesday, June 08, 2011 @ 04:31:54 PM
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The mission was amazing, agreed. Fact that they dish out on having DLC earlier while Sony invests in more console exclulsive, is not amazing. Actually if they think this is even remotely interesting to me, they are mistaken... With so many ppl bitchin about DLC prices every time new map pack comes along, I would love to see how many thumb down I will get now, LOL!


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Comment #33 by Omega Atrocity
Thursday, June 09, 2011 @ 04:27:17 PM
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you guys are a little stupid. this doesn't mean that the DLC is already made. it just means that if and when it comes out it will be first on the xbox, not PS3 or PC


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