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Fucks sake.

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That the combat isn't as good as Dark Souls?

Mmmm, mash.

I really fancy some of my patented mustard mash right <removed because its probably someones email address that you've just accidently pasted into a post :-)>

Gill, I would join your game but Xbox Live keeps crapping out for me so I'm playing the campaign instead!

No problem, my internet is being a bit flaky as well. We've got seven now, we might need to Mimi into a private match once we get a couple more

So... Anyone else getting disconnected from Live periodically?

ELITE SERVICE NOTICE
Latest update: November 11th, 10:05PM PST

As we continue to keep everyone updated on the steps we’re taking here to get more of you into Call of Duty Elite, we are aware that some users have been denied entry into the service once they have input their age. We recognize that in regions around the world player age requirements vary. We are happy to say that we have identified some solutions to this issue. Our team is working on the technical changes required, and we expect to announce the details soon on this change. Meanwhile, if you purchased MW3 and were not able to register for Call of Duty ELITE, we wanted to make you aware of this pending change, and we thank you for your patience.

We remain committed to taking all of the necessary steps to increase our capacity for all our users. The Call of Duty Elite team will keep you updated at callofduty.com/elitestatus. Continue to check back here for overall Elite status or for a complete list of FAQs, check out our customer service site. We will also give you updates regularly through the official Twitter account, @CallofDutyElite.

We’re working around the clock 24/7 to resolve things, so thanks again for your patience.

There are SO MANY copies of this swimming about in Hull that I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is the one which actually has a price drop in line with the mean in a couple of months. Still, I've a rack of unplayed single player shooters already and BF3/Reach&CE/War for Cybertron to sort me out for multiplayer. Nonetheless, I might go for it at 20 quid as it seems to be better than the last one which I paid £22 for on launch day and didn't consider worth it.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Shatters All Sales Records, Nears Half a Billion Dollars in Day One Sales

More than 6.5 million people bought copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in North America and the United Kingdom in the first 24 hours of its release pulling in more than $400 million, Activision said today.

That makes it one of the largest entertainment launch in history, with sales of more than $400 million. That's an impressively big number, one that approaches the biggest opening weekend for a movie of all time. That record is held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Its reported $483 million take includes the entire world and two days, not just one, so there's a very good chance that Modern Warfare 3's worldwide end up breaking that record too.

Modern Warfare 3's impressive sales topples last year's record-breaking release of Call of Duty: Black Ops, which managed to sell 5.6 million copies the day it went on sale. That means Black Ops sold $360 million worth of copies in its first 24 hours of release in North America and the U.K. That compared to the $310 million that Modern Warfare 2 pulled in two years ago by selling 4.7 million copies.

"We believe the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the biggest entertainment launch of all time in any medium, and we achieved this record with sales from only two territories," said Bobby Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard, Inc. "Other than Call of Duty, there has never been another entertainment franchise that has set opening day records three years in a row. Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise exceed worldwide theatrical box office for "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings," two of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time."

Eric Hirshberg, CEO, Activision Publishing added, "Call of Duty is more than a game. It's become a major part of the pop cultural landscape. It is a game that core enthusiasts love, but that also consistently draws new people into the medium. It is the most intense, adrenaline pumping entertainment experience anywhere. I would like to thank our incredible teams at Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games for making a brilliant game. But most of all, I would like to thank our millions of passionate fans worldwide. We made this game for you."

Activision also announced today that they donated $3 million to their Call of Duty Endowment, a non-profit, public benefit corporation that seeks to provide job placement and training for veterans. This latest donation will be added to the $2 million that Activision has already donated to the Endowment, which has provided more than $1.5 million in grants and scholarships to veterans' organizations across the country since it was conceived by Bobby Kotick in November of 2009.

Eric Hirshberg, CEO, Activision Publishing added, "Call of Duty is more than a game. It's become a major part of the pop cultural landscape. It is a game that core enthusiasts love, but that also consistently draws new people into the medium. It is the most intense, adrenaline pumping entertainment experience anywhere. I would like to thank our incredible teams at Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games for making a brilliant game. But most of all, I would like to thank our millions of passionate fans worldwide. We made this game for you."

Also, it's not really my thing, but the London map on Spec Ops survival just had me complaining that the fonts weren't right

Many of the missions require you to adopt the guise of Yuri, an impressionable young Russian lad hanging around with a pair of impossibly butch men, one of whom, Captain Price, is the aforementioned guy with a moustache – not just any moustache, mind, but a full-blown leatherman's handlebar number. I think Captain Price's "look" was designed by Tom of Finland. Your other companion is a Scottish lad called Soap. I'm not sure why he's called Soap, although I think it's because Captain Price once picked him up in a bathhouse.

Price is definitely the "top" in the relationship, and before long both you and Soap appear to be vying for his affections. Often when you look at Price, the word "Follow" literally appears over his head – a sincere instruction presumably beamed directly from your heart – as you walk behind him, tracing his footsteps while gazing forlornly at his back like a pining lover. When Price commands you to "get down", you literally crawl behind him on your hands and knees. Sometimes you'll be crawling so close, your viewpoint goes right up between Price's legs until his crawling, pumping backside takes up the entire screen, which is precisely the sort of cinematography that failed to occur in Delta Force starring Chuck Norris.

Perhaps that's why Modern Warfare 3 will make more money than Delta Force did. Because presumably they've done market research and discovered that that's what their consumers want. I just wish they'd be honest about it and let the lead characters kiss. And press X to use tongues.

Interestingly, the map file contains four maps from CoD 4 and only one from MW2. Call of Duty 4 maps are Crash, Crossfire, Strike, and Overgrown along with Highrise from MW2.

Odd to put Crash in, when it's really quite similar to the one that's already in the game.

And if true it's more than a little cheeky to sell people the Elite upgrade on the promise of new DLC, only for it to be old maps.
I suspect these are just leftovers from the testing phase though.

I realise that by posting that it will now break but Elite seems to be up at the moment - i've got in , created a group (Beex) and looked at my classes and previous match stuff.

Oh and last night the next match after everyone else left (apart from Ramsea) somone on our team got the MOAB (Mother Of All Bombs) which works a bit like the Nuke (apart from ending the game) , so a short countdown with the same screaming "arrrggghhh!" , then an EMP and the instant death of everyone on the other side (first time i've seen it in game)

That sounds Really shit.

MOAB (25 kills)
MOAB

The MOAB (Mother of All Bombs) is a hidden killstreak available with any Strike Package. It's earned by getting a 25 killstreak, not including Strike Package kills. The MOAB works pretty much like the Tactical Nuke from Modern Warfare 2; it kills every enemy on the map and causes an EMP-effect for the enemy team by eliminating all enemy equipment, electronics and killstreaks for 1 minute.

The MOAB doesn't end the match. The team that uses the MOAB will have double XP for the remainder of that match.

http://www.themodernwarfare3.com/mw3/ki ... -packages/




I prefer it to the Nuke , and given its 25 (or 24 kills) then its not the type of thing your likely to see very often

Except, of course, for the bellends with an inside man on the other team.
It's just a broken mechanic they've chosen to put in. Again.

The more I read about this game the less I want to play it. It's so far from realism it's ludicrous. They should just make the enemies aliens and turn it into a scifi shooter.

tennis Sam thing 3

Given that I was tired of it by midway through the first prestige of cod4, it's not for me. I'm just bemused at how people at still playing tennis Sam thing 3 years later, but withheld even more Whitney (bikes etc)

I think the moment I started playing hide and seek, kangaroos and swimming pool stabbsies to avoid actually having to play the game, it was quite obvious something was wrong.

Private games where you generally weren't playing against ducks was much begter, but shafted by no xp gain.