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Activision has announced Overwatch as the next content drop for Modern Warfare 3 and it will be made available first to Elite Premium Members on the Xbox Live February 21. After the exclusivity period on 360 ends, it will be released for PC and PS3. Overwatch takes place in a construction site atop a New York City skyscraper, and includes two levels “in a near symmetrical layout,” with the central bridge and side routes open to attack from multiple angles. This is the third content drop for the game, and the next two will be released in March and will include Black Box and two brand new Special Ops Missions, Black Ice and Negotiator. New screens are posted below and the content calendar can be found here.

Meanwhile, Beachhead has posted a preview of Elite’s Clan Operations through here, and stated its release is “getting closer every day.”

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The Call of Duty Elite team has announced it’s “putting Vengeful Beast’s prizes in Beast Mode” tomorrow, January 20. Called “100k Day”, those who log onto Elite can participate in matches were those with the highest total kills in Team Deathmatch could win rather nice prize. The first place winner will receive a 2012 Jeep Wrangler: MW3 Edition, second place gets the Gamer’s Entertainment Bundle, third place a Canon EOS T3i Digital SLR Camera Kit, and fourth place will receive an iPad bundle. The 360 match starts at 12pm EST and the PS3 match starts at 3.00pm EST. You can enlist through here.

Activision has released a set of screenshots for the first of 20 Content Drops coming to Modern Warfare 3 starting January 24 with Liberation and Piazza. The multiplayer maps, which are also playable in Survival Mode, will toss players into locations such as Central Park and an Italian seaside village. Liberation is a “vast, militarized landscape, ripe for long-range sniper and LMG fire, with mounted turrets on either end”, while Piazza contains “tight corners and branching pathways” which pose “great risk at every turn” and is dominated by close combat. The maps, as with all MW3 DLC, will be released first on Xbox Live for Elite before hitting PC and PS3 due to an exclusivity agreement with Microsoft.

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“The idea of giving people constant incremental playable content and making it so you’re never more than a few weeks away from the next new experience within the Call of Duty universe is part of what we’re experimenting with. This franchise doesn’t really behave like most franchises. It’s become something of a year-round activity for a large percentage of our player population. One of the things that was most appealing when we were researching these ideas with consumers is the idea of breaking up the DLC so that it comes more often and more regularly. We want to provide DLC to people more often and also experiment with more of a variety in the forms of playable content. The nature of this kind of service requires constant iteration. There are things [in development] that consumers don’t yet know they want… because they can’t imagine it.” – Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg to Wired.

Inevitably, Activision already has a new Call of Duty game on the cards – and Sledgehammer is on board.

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Modern Warfare 3 has set a new five-day entertainment record, Activision said today, grossing over $775 million worldwide. It has also set a record on Xbox Live by having 3.3 million unique online users in one day.

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Modern Warfare 3, unsurprisingly, has gone top of the UK charts following its $400 million launch last week.

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Planning to log some hours with Modern Warfare 3 this weekend? Producer Mark Rubin tells Steph Nunneley what’s in, what’s out, what’s changed, and why.

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Working alongside Infinity Ward was the the opportunity of a lifetime for Sledgehammer Games, but not a light-hearted undertaking.

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Activision has released a small batch of multiplayer shots to commemorate the launch of Modern Warfare 3 today. You can look them over below. They feature a look at modes such as Domination and Sabotage, and killstreaks such as Juggernaut in Tag Team mode. MW3 is out today.

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Just a quick heads up to let everyone know that if you pre-ordered Modern Warfare 3 through Direct2Drive or Steam, you can now pre-load the game. With that out of the way, you should also know that Elite’s Friday Night Fights will start on November 11 through Elite TV.

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Activision has released a new behind-the-scenes video for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 which walks you through Facebook and ELITE integration. It’s posted below. Also, those who frequent Walmart should know that over 2,700 stores will be holding tournaments for the game starting at 8pm Monday, November 7. Here’s a list of store locations. Modern Warfare 3 is out November 8.

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Major Nelson has posted a timeline video for Modern Warfare, which should get you caught up on the events leading up to Modern Warfare 3. For those who haven’t played the previous two games in the series, it all started with the assassination attempt of a Russian arms dealer by the British military. Unfortunately, Lt. John Price only blew the fella’s arm off instead of killing him, and it’s been hell ever since. Watch the video below. Game’s out in six days.

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Activision has release a behind-the-scenes look at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3′s multiplayer modes and match customization. In the video posted below, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer previews two of these two new multiplayer modes: Kill Confirmed and Team Defender. The team also talks about how private matches have been “significantly enhanced” to allow players to create fully customizable game modes to share with friends and the community. Modern Warfare 3 is out next week on November 8 for PC, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360.

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Activision is on the look out for those holding a pirated copy of Modern Warfare 3 after partial copies of the PC version started popping up online.

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Activision has released a video for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which focuses on the game’s weapon proficiencies. The progression allows the player to customize the gameplay experience with weapon leveling unlocks, and using proficiencies which provide weapons with new attributes. Each weapon will contain an experience bar, so the better you get, the better your weapons gets as well. It’s all very interesting, and you can watch it below the break. Modern Warfare 3 is out on November 8.

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“I think Call of Duty delivers epic scale, so the single player does amazing stuff. It effectively puts you in the heart of a movie that Michael Bay directed, and it’s just… explosions everywhere. It’s that experience that really resonates with people. They love it. That once-in-a-lifetime, you get in there, and you’re like ‘wow, I can’t believe I’m doing all this stuff.’ So yeah, I think that’s what Call of Duty delivers. Epic scale, and fantastic storytelling.” – Activision senior brand manager Eric Folliot to Spong.

Activision has released the launch trailer for Modern Warfare 3.

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Robert Bowling posted information pertinent to the PC version of Modern Warfare 3 on the game’s community site today, and according to Infinity Ward’s creative strategist, the development team has “put a ton of emphasis,” on the PC experience.

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Activision has released a new behind-the-scenes video for Modern Warfare 3 detailing the game’s Strike Packages, which contain the Assault, Specialist, and Support classes. The video also details the game’s killstreaks, and how to use special perks, and how each Strike Package was designed to reward different play styles and skill levels. Watch it below. Game’s out November 8 for PC, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360.

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