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Activision and co. has been finishing up work on Modern Warfare 3 Content Season that’s still going on until next month. Activision and co. recently released Chaos Pack to PS3 and PC owners. Recently, Infinity Ward released some news: Modern Warfare 3′s Content Collection 4 “Final Assault” will arrive to PS3 and PC owners on October 10th. The final Content Collection will feature…

Multiplayer:
Decommission
Parish
Off Shore
Gulch
Boardwalk

However, Call of Duty Elite subscribers can get the new maps early, on October 9th. The Elite Content Drops are Parish, Boardwalk, and Gulch. I must remind you, that this is the final content drop to be released to Modern Warfare 3. This is it, Content Season ends on October 10th, 2012.

If you’d like to know how I felt about all of the maps that have been released thus far, here they are: First Drops Piazza and Liberation, and Second Drops Overwatch, Black Box, Black Ice, and Negotiator. I have recently released my impressions of the Third Drops Foundation and Sanctuary. Fourth Drops Face Off maps. Fifth Drops U-Turn, Intersection, Vortex, and Arctic Recon. Sixth Drops Terminal, Off Shore, Decommission, and Vertigo. Seventh Drops Light ‘em Up, Special Delivery, and Spec Ops Chaos Mode.

Beachhead Studios recently released Content Collection 1 on Xbox Live. Shortly thereafter, Activision, and Sledgehammer Games held an event to promote Call of Duty: MW3′s Content Collection 1. The event featured NFL football players and ahem, Major Nelson was on hand to help ask NFL players questions about what they thought about MW3 and Content Collection in general. The video was published on Inside Xbox.

At Activision’s event in Los Angeles, Xbox Live’s Major Nelson interviewed Ahmad Bradshaw, a New York Giants player. NY Giants won the Super Bowl this year, so it’s a pretty big deal what he says. Anyway, let’s cut to the chase, shall we?

You can get the 6 maps from Xbox Live now. PS3 and PC gamers are going to have to wait for this collection to really enjoy it.

Activision & Beachhead Studios kicked off the Content Season in January. The first Content Drops were “Liberation” and “Piazza.” In February, the second Content Drop called “Overwatch” was released. A week ago, a trio of maps were released. They are called “Black Box,” a Multiplayer map, and two Spec Ops maps “Black Ice,” and “Negotiator.” All of these Content Drops so far have been released to Call of Duty Elite members, but what about those who don’t have a Call of Duty Elite subscription? Well, Activision is answering that question with a map pack of sorts.

On March 20th, which should be by the time you read this. You can purchase the Content Collection 1 on Xbox Live, and it’s being hailed as the “biggest Content Pack in Call of Duty history.” As you recall, COD4′s Variety Pack featured 4 maps, while most of MW2′s map packs had 5 maps each. Both MW2 map packs featured at least 2 re-made maps. This Content Collection of maps is full of fresh content.

Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games, and Raven Software talked about the Content Collection in their behind-the-scenes look at the package.

Shortly thereafter, Activision released a video showing off the contents of MW3 Collection 1. Enjoy!

Sorry, PlayStation 3 and PC gamers you’re going to have to wait a while for this content to arrive to your device.

As reported before, Activision had broken day-one records with Modern Warfare 3. How about what did the first week sales look like for Modern Warfare 3? Activision posted a press release today talking about the sales metrics for Modern Warfare 3. Activision also received day-one metrics from Microsoft and SCEA about Xbox Live, and PlayStation Network total logins, and plays.

According to the stats given by Microsoft and SCEA, more and more people want to play an online Call of Duty game. Even more so a Modern War game. In the next few months, we’re going to see a rise in players since after all, Christmas is just around the corner.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Sets New Five-Day Entertainment Record Grossing More Than $775 Million Worldwide

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Becomes Best-Selling Video Game Launch of All Time at Each of the Top-Five Retailers in North America

Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has shattered theatrical box office, book and video game sales records for five-day worldwide sell-through in dollars. The game established an all-new five-day worldwide sell-through record of more than $775 million, exceeding the record of $650 million set a year ago by Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops and $550 million two years ago for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, according to Charttrack and retail customer sell-through information.

“With $775 million of sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in its first five days, Call of Duty has become the first entertainment property in history to set five-day launch records for three consecutive years across all forms of entertainment,” said Robert Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard. “Life-to-date retail sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded $6 billion worldwide, which makes Call of Duty one of the most valuable entertainment properties in the world. We expect continued sales momentum, as reviews and audience enthusiasm suggest that this is the best Call of Duty game that we have ever made. Online play for Modern Warfare 3 is at record levels and we continue to see high online play for both Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which ranked as the #2 and #4 top-played Xbox LIVE games for the week of November 7, according to Major Nelson.”

“As I have said all year, we have been singluarly focused on making a spectacular game for our fans, and nothing else. Our incredible teams at Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games have done just that,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO, Activision Publishing. “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 continues to thrill core gaming enthusiasts as well as draw new people into the medium, which is not an easy balancing act. But it takes more than a great game. I would also like to thank our incredible team for the pulling off the launch of the year, as well as our retail partners around the world. But most of all, I want to thank our fans. They are our toughest critics, and our biggest supporters, and none of this would be possible without them.”

In addition to beating all previous first-and five-day theatrical box office, book and video game sell-through records, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 set two new records on Xbox LIVE.

According to Microsoft:

1.  More than 7.0 million multiplayer hours were logged playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 by the end of launch day, November 8, a 19% increase over last year’s 5.9 million multiplayer hours logged playing Call of Duty: Black Ops last year’s launch day.
2. More than 3.3 million unique gamers played Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in one day on November 8 up from 2.6 million unique gamers for Call of Duty: Black Ops.
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 set a new record for concurrent players on Xbox LIVE with 3.3 million simultaneous users on November 8.

“The Call of Duty franchise returned to Xbox 360 this year with another record-breaking launch. More than 7 million multiplayer hours were played on Modern Warfare 3 on day-one of launch on Xbox 360,” said Don Mattrick, president of the interactive entertainment business at Microsoft. “And with the exclusive first access to new multiplayer content, we’re proud Xbox 360 is home to the largest and most engaged Call of Duty community.”

The game also set a new franchise mark for the number of simultaneous online gamers playing Call of Duty on PlayStation Network on its first day, and was the best-selling video game launch of all time in North America on Amazon.com and at Best Buy, GameStop, Target and Walmart.

“In just over a week, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been hugely successful on PlayStation 3, and continues to drive millions of gamers globally to PlayStation Network with its unprecedented and engaging online multiplayer experience,” said Jack Tretton, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA). “The Call of Duty franchise is one of the biggest entertainment brands on the planet, delivering gameplay experiences like no other which is why we’re also excited to bring the Call of Duty franchise to our highly-anticipated next generation portable, PlayStation Vita, where we expect fans will continue their dedication to the most amazing Call of Duty experiences whether in the home or on the go.”

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is rated “M” (Mature) by the ESRB for Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence and Strong Language and is available now for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, and Windows PC. For more information visit www.callofduty.com/mw3 and www.callofduty.com/elite.

There has been rumors about a possible PlayStation Vita version. That had been speculation up until that press release up there. That alone confirms that PlayStation Vita is indeed getting a Call of Duty game. We don’t know what game it’s going to be at this point.

PlayStation Vita releases February 22nd, 2012 in the United States. There’s also no date for the Call of Duty game, so everything’s up in the air.

We have come a long way since Call of Duty Elite was revealed to the public. The Call of Duty community has been confused by Call of Duty Elite until the reveal, to ease this confusion, Beachhead Studio talked about their inspirations behind CODElite in three different videos that you’ll see below.

Call of Duty Elite’s marketing slogan is “Play together better.” And likewise, “Connect. Compete. Improve.” is Activision’s Call of Duty Elite message. As such, they’ve outlined it all. See for yourself…

Call of Duty Elite – Connect: Connect with your fellow Call of Duty players. CODElite started in beta phase with Black Ops, so when the platform goes live in 4 days, the service will support Black Ops, and MW3. That’s over 20 million gamers combined. CODElite’s integration with facebook will open the market to 800 million users worldwide.

Call of Duty Elite in a nutshell is a social network for gamers. Allowing you, the player to connect with other like-minded players. You can also create, and find like-minded clans.

Call of Duty Elite – Compete: You can compete with your friends, your clan members, like-minded clans, and rival clans. You can compare your stats with your friends, and compete for fun. Get better with each day you play COD games.

Call of Duty Elite – Improve: Call of Duty Elite also helps you strategize with your friends and clan members by answering these crucial questions:

Where is the hottest places to do battle?

Which weapon is my most proficient weapon?

What can I do to get better at Call of Duty?

…And more…

With Call of Duty Elite, you can integrate your facebook account with your COD Elite account. You can log-in to Facebook through the MW3 screen. The integration goes further than just logging in and connecting your FB account to your CODElite account. You can also see who’s who on CODElite and Facebook right next to each other. The platform also shares your CODElite info straight to your FB account, so you can tell your friends you want to party up.

Just an FYI: The PC version of Call of Duty Elite has been delayed due to security concerns that may be plaguing the PC version of CODElite. To learn more about Call of Duty Elite, click here.

Stay Tuned as we get closer and closer to Modern Warfare 3 world-wide launch on November 8th, 2011! That’s 4 days away!

Modern Warfare 3 is just mere weeks away from release! Since Battlefield 3 releases October 25th, Activision has been preparing for war. Activision used this weekend to start advertising MW3 across the nation and even the world. The new video released on the Call of Duty youtube is the one you’ll be seeing on TV. Enjoy, because Modern Warfare 3 will ship to retail shelves on November 8th, that’s two whole weeks of waiting for the rest of you! But don’t fret, we’re going to start seeing a lot of leaks on the days before the MW3 launch. Lots. So, that’ll mean INFORMATION!

In any case, enjoy the launch trailer of MW3 below!

Which version of Modern Warfare 3 are you going to get!? I’m Mr. PS3, so hoohah!

Last night, Activision teased that a Modern Warfare 3 Single Player trailer is going to be released. Well, today, they did, in fact release it; The trailer is called “Redemption.” The trailer shows a lot of action-packed madness and gives a glimpse of sniping Makarov! If that’s not redemption, then I don’t know what is!

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you the Modern Warfare 3 Single Player trailer!

You’re also going to reunite with Captain Price! Whassup, man!?

Modern Warfare 3 is slated to be released on November 8th, 2011! It’s getting close, ladies and gentlemen!

Microsoft has been a supporter of Activision’s Call of Duty series. Forging contracts, exclusive map packs, exclusive consoles such as MW2 Xbox 360 console, and this new one:

Call of Duty XP 2011 is ongoing right now and a lot of reveals are all over the place! Microsoft does it again; they’ve revealed the Limited Edition Xbox 360 Console that is MW3 themed. It features a custom-made Xbox 360 that has a finish to it, two controllers, and of course, a copy of Modern Warfare 3! It’s got a 320 GB hard drive, and a wireless earpiece and charger.

Few images:

Xbox Live’s Major Nelson talked about the new MW3-themed Xbox 360 console: