Modern Warfare 3 essentially confirmed by OPMUK

Following the supposed leak from voice actor Craig Fairbrass, and the supposed reveal later tonight, the ad for next month's OPM pretty much confirm the coming of Activisions CoD trump card.

[worm2010]

cool, but i think battlefield 3 will be this years shooter

[Caleb_141]

There's no doubt about it and I'll be voting with my wallet with this one.

Luckily I didn't get sucked into the hype of BO and it turned out exactly as I expected. MW2 was my last COD game and while I don't necessarily want to see the series go down the drain, they've really got to take a step back and try and revolutionise the formula as DICE are doing with BF3.

Destruction is the way forward as it brings an entirely new dimension to war games. Where previously we could only kill someone in a building through a risky attack through the door or with a grenade, we can now tactically destroy the building to lower the risk.

DICE are innovating with each of their games while COD sticks to the same true and tested formula. While in the short run this is financially sound, Activision and the COD development studios are eventually going to see that they are way behind with the technological curve and the only way they'll be able to compete is by creating a new engine. By this point DICE, providing EA don't make the same mistake by milking the franchise, will already have been consistently making technological advancements.

Unless they take some time out from the scene, I don't see how COD will have any future when it comes to the FPS market. Give it a few years and I guarantee it will be beaten by other FPS franchises such as BF who are actually spending time and money trying to advance the genre, rather than rehashing the same game with the same engine, year upon year.

[Tachyon_Nova]

"Luckily I didn't get sucked into the hype of BO"... Lol, you've clearly been sucked into the hype of BF3. You have no idea what that is going to be like online, it could suck major ass for all you know and yet you say they are revolutionising the formula. That is the definition of being sucked into hype right there.

How are DICE innovating with each of there games? What did Bad Company 2 to that had never been done before? Let me tell you, absolutely nothing.

EA have already milked the christ out of Battlefield. By the end of the year there will have been 9 Battlefields realeased. That is 9 since 2002 compared to 8 since 2003 for Call of Duty.

[Caleb_141]

Of course they're revolutionising the formula! Have you even played the Bad Company series? Maybe you could argue the earlier games weren't doing so but the most recent titles certainly have done. Also sure BF3 could suck but they can't afford to put out a bad game as they're trying to take on the current king of the FPS genre: COD.

Besides, from what's been detailed and what i've seen already you don't need to be a psychic to know that BF3 will trump this years COD in every aspect. I mean, seriously, MW3 has only been in production for 2 weeks since BO launched and to think that anyone would predict a solid and revolutionary game to come from 3 studios having to work together is just ridiculous.

Bad Company 2 brought collapsible buildings into the formula which was where Bad Company 1 was lacking. Why include an element of destruction if you can't destroy something entirely within reason? They're taking step by step improvements with their games

You seem to be defending COD resolutely, so i'm not going to waste any more of my time writing responses. However, by all means go ahead and buy the next COD, I certainly won't miss you while revelling in the 64 player destructive battles that I will be enjoying when it releases this fall.

Just you go back to racing explosive RC cars around a top secret nuclear launch facility while getting shot in the back with golden akimbo shotguns.

[Vherostar]

But in terms of sales COD will be as people buy it because of the name.. Nobody has bought for quality in years most people nowadays buy on name alone.. It's the reason FF13 sold so well..

[Zydake]

Whoa, I didn't know Uncle Sam was a troll.

[NeaL_ThA_GaMeR]

OPM's awesome although the next issues not out untill wednesday so this could easily be a fake :/

[Craptain_Steel]

I got it in my post this morning...

So i took a pic lols

[Fil101]

I can confirm this as I too have received my opm this morning

[NeaL_ThA_GaMeR]

ohh ok lol....but then again activison would have to announce within the next couple of days.. the thing thats hard to believe is that opm is usually a couple of weeks late with news, reveals, reviews etc (like with any magazine ofc)

[Kingdom Come]

Let's hope its actually a bloody improvement this time and not just a recycling...
EDIT: If it's titled Modern Warfare 3, can we expect it to be a direct sequel? I know there's a lot of evidence pointing towards a prequel but surely calling the title 3 would imply a continuation...

[bananasNmonkeys]

Very true. I'm curious to see what developer/developers are developing it.

[Kingdom Come]

Raven, Sledgehammer & Infinty Ward.

[2fk]

these developers are not going to be anything like the old infinity ward

[DrillaKid]

Not necessarily; lots of games are numbered as sequels but are actually a prequel, like MGS3. A prequel makes sense since it allows them to drag on the "Modern Warfare" franchise for a few more years.

[Kingdom Come]

That's what I'm worried about. I wouldn't mind seeing what happens with Soap and Price but I don't see much point in learning the past of Ghost, it won't progress the story in any manner. He's dead now, therefor we wouldn't be learning anything of any use...

[Apocwhen]

Any chance it might be Battlefield 3?
I thought MS had some sort of exclusivity to the COD franchise?

Although the green '3' does look like Modern Warfare.

[Fil101]

as soon as I turned the page, strait away I said MW3

[Oldsnake007]

they said the world's biggest game will return.

Cod is the world's biggest game right know.

[Croash]

"Cod is the world's biggest game right know. "

And that's kind of awful. With so many games out there, you'd think the most popular one would be amazing.

[bananasNmonkeys]

E3 is going to be very interesting this year.

[Fil101]

very interesting indeed, I've got my fingers crossed for R6 announcement.

[Kran]

Could be misleading.

I mean look at WOTLK/Diablo 3. There was adverts showing up all over the WoW website, which looked like WOTLK but was actually Diablo 3, so yeah.

[CaptainMarvelQ8]

Maybe that's an "M" for Medieval

ONE CAN ONLY DREAM!

[Veeger]

Just take a look here http://files.students.ch/th... and then here http://gfx.gaminator.tv/dat...

I'm glad it's BF3 not COD.

[DoomeDx]

Very nice find!

[macky301]

Or Activision,.. just borrowed (bought the rights to use) the font ,..

You know,..It is Activision. (you know they must have marketing, psychology of association down to a T)
It is just a speculation,.. but this people are more witty and wicked than they want us to believe,..

If I was doing this,.. I would do it subtle, like that (not like MS commercial where they copied LBP 'style of presentation' and even bought the music of LBP) http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Well it works,..

[jukins]

who really needed mw3 to be confirmed for them is the real question

[Ninjamonkey82]

They can keep it

[Wuu]

Comon, it's BF3 :D

[Craptain_Steel]

BF3 has already had an OPM feature, and Battlefield isn't the biggest game in the world.

Just read the damn text on the image

[caffman]

I will go even further. It will be released on November 11th

[Tachyon_Nova]

It won't, I would slap down a hundred big ones that it will come out on the 8th of November. CoD's traditionally are tuesday releases, and lately on second week of November. Guess what date fits that, the 8th!

[caffman]

However in the uk it's always the 11th. No matter what day it falls on

[Tachyon_Nova]

Funny that BO came out on the 9th then in the UK...

[SephireX]

As much as we dislike CoD because of how frequent the games release, there are so many people who love it and spend hundreds of hours a year playing the latest CoD game. For them, 60 dollars is well worth it for the amount of entertainment they get so yes, these people will continue to buy CoD year after year unless a competitor takes over. That competitor could very well be Battlefield 3.

[benleescott]

It's an M, W and a 3 all in one.

[IGAMEHARD]

mw3 baby, the goat

[MGRogue2017]

Uh, Where's the article?

How in the hell did this sh*t get approved..?

[doctorstrange]

This one should be approved - http://n4g.com/news/758882/...

[BigWoopMagazine]

exactly what I was thinkin, who the hell approved this?

[CanadianTurtle]

Black Ops was a joke. Treyarch is horrible. I actually loved MW2, it was my first CoD, so I got very addicted to it. Not to mention, I loved the story mode too.

Too bad MW3 will be ruined because its going to be made by crappy devs.

Anyways, theres way too many other games to think about right now. You can't possibly put call of duty first in line when you have games like Resistance 3, Uncharted 3, GearsofWar3, KZ3, BulletStorm, Portal 2.

[JMyers]

Wait for the big announcement... Another broken online, another mediocre campaign, again being a glitch fest, and hacked to hell. And don't forget, no innovation, dedicated servers, or updated engine... and guess what? It will be priced higher, just like its DLC and people will still eat it up. Move along. Nothing to see here.

[Ryutamashiisan]

Never understood why theres no much hate for MW2, ive always thought it was a blast at least as far as the online goes, every game has its annoyances as far as players, though i stopped playing cause of all the ridiculous hacking. now BO that was crap, $60 of BS EXCEPT zooooooooooooooombies! love nazi zombies its the only part of BO thats worth a damn, should just make nazi zombies a standalone psn download >.>

[AliC]

MW3 is inevitable, i just hope they pick up from the end of the second one and don't go for the prequel route.

[Bloodshedder]

i thought posting to images was illegal...

[Gamer_Z]

I think the real question should be will people still buy the next COD if it doesn’t have zombies?

[TheNocturnus]

meh...

[archemides518]

who cares, mw3 by a fake infinity ward

gonna be the same game AGAIN except WORSE

[hazelamy]

latest news, there will be another cod this year.
in a related story the sun will shockingly rise in the east and set in the west. o_O

[YonkouLuffy]

Good I guess but is the game going to be any good.

[T3MPL3TON]

Uhhhh this is such old news.. we knew at the begining of the year that the next game will feature Ghost as the main character it'll be a prequel to MW.. Jesus.. Christ..

[supremacy]

You don't need rumors or leaks to know a new call of duty game is coming out every year.

This in my opinion is by far the most if not its becoming the most milked franchise in history.

Given its current success, i wouldn't be surprise if it gets to the point where the name call of duty ends up somehow registering more ips than mario, halo, granturismo combined.

Unless of course it ends up like guitar hero and depending what activision decides to do with this franchise as far as monetary schemes go will determine that.

No hate, just being honest its all.

[sl4y4]

Meh

[TBONEJF]

Just great why won't this franchise just die already every year they release it same thing just new time line and story.

[artdafoo]

LMAO, there is no possible way COD 3 will be able to compete with BF3 in terms of overall quality.

BF3= true next gen graphics engine, destruction, vehicles, huge maps, 12 hr long single player campaign.

MW3=using a variant of the same engine since COD4. Just a new paint job.

MW3 will sell more than BF3 though. There are a lot 13 year old boys waiting for their every Novemeber COD fix.

E3 will be interesting this year for sure.

[theflyindutchman]

always funny to read " i am not going to buy the next cod "
and at the end of december bobby can say that they have sold a gezillion copy's again lol

[KiWi1711]

I don't care much for the Call of Duty franchise, I am only looking forward to my brother picking this up just to finish off the trilogy storyline of Modern Warfare.

I'm much more of a Battlefield person. As much as I truly hope Battlefield 3 will overcome the C.o.D Goliath, I also can not help feel it's too late. The franchise has built an absolutely monsterous (both in size and fanaticism) fanbase.

[Raptura]

sigh, here we go again

[bobrea]

EPIC SURPRISE LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

[OooHJohnny]

Are the 360 fanboys crying because it was announced by OPM? Pathetic... pathetic...

[theflyindutchman]

btw it looks like a BF 3 to me.
And activision reported a few days back they had a major reveal online.
Would be strange to reveal mw3 in a magezine right?
Especially in a opm, they always work with ms.

[earbus]

Make a kill 20,000 people online achievement ill play longer new logos mean nothing.

[Speakindatruth]

lol... could be UC3, too guys.

[CaulkSlap]

BREAKING NEWS! Rumored yet all but confirmed - there's going to be a new Madden next year. Who could've guessed?

[TrentKill]

Wow.. all you retard ps3 fanboys that are like "ooo maybe cause its in a ps3 mag? and cod is on ps3 too? duh retard!" just stfu. everything that has ever dealt with cod has always been with xbox so yea its going to be pretty isane that one is going to be debuted with ps3 so stop acting like its no big deal. just because COD overlooks you ps3 fanboys doesnt mean you should get all whiney with us. now go cry bout your psn being down some more.

[Tru_Blu]

Lets see.. Battlefield 3, skyrim, uncharted 3 in November.. ya I'll pass on this crap for sure this year. Still 6 months away and I already spent 180 bucks on games that month lol.

[lareka]

I am not excited at all.
I bought all of the Call of Duty games last 8 years. COD 4 was the best, after it MW2, World at War and Black ops all got advantage of COD 4`s positive reputation. They didn`t add much to the game. Why they should ? They are selling the game like bread and butter. Also the overpriced DLCs are selling like hell..