Modern Warfare 3

MW3 Akimbo nerf a bluff?

Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 by csreynolds Tag: Infinity Ward, Modern Warfare 3

Last week Robert Bowling published an update to the official Call of Duty forums detailing Patch 1.08 for Modern Warfare 3, and how it will impact on the current state of online multiplayer. Infinity Ward’s Community Manager listed a host of improvements (live on Xbox 360 and PC, undergoing certification for PS3) including networking enhancements, shotguns tweaks and Theater Mode fixes, but the most significant was the much-needed nerfing of Akimbo automatics.

Controversially though, new footage has emerged on YouTube demonstrating that dual-wielded FMG9s, Scorpions, G18s and MP9s have in fact been buffed. Read more »

Upcoming MW3 patch to tweak shotguns, nerf Akimbo and more

Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by csreynolds Tag: Infinity Ward, Modern Warfare 3

Infinity Ward Community Manager Robert Bowling has published an update to the official Call of Duty forums detailing Patch 1.08 for Modern Warfare 3, and how it will impact on the current state of online multiplayer – hopefully for the better. Read more »

The world's first legitimate knives-only M.O.A.B. hits YouTube

Posted on 13. Dec, 2011 by csreynolds Tag: Infinity Ward, Modern Warfare 3

The M.O.A.B, or Mother of all Bombs, is Modern Warfare 3’s ‘hidden’ multiplayer Killstreak. Once activated, a M.O.A.B. will kill every opposing player, eliminate all enemy equipment, disable electronics and Pointstreaks for one minute, and double XP value for that player and his/her team for the remainder of the match.

To earn it you must accumulate 25 kills (24 with tier two perk Hardline equipped) alone, without assistance from Assault or Support Strike Package rewards – a feat that requires map knowledge, situational awareness, a thought-out class setup, and depending on your skill level a generous helping of fluke.

The closest I’ve come to achieving this milestone is 19 kills, with a meticulous, methodical loadout no less. This guy did it with nothing but knives. Read more »

Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Posted on 30. Nov, 2011 by ClearConscious Tag: Modern Warfare 3

No other franchise invokes such hatred and love from gamers around the world. The latest iteration of Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has released and has smashed sales records. Is this latest iteration of the series repeating the same formula, or enough to warrant the $60 purchase? Read more »

First MW3 DLC Leaked? That’s Unrational…

Posted on 30. Nov, 2011 by csreynolds Tag: Infinity Ward, Modern Warfare 3

Before the grammar Nazis reach for their pitchforks and storm the PS3Vault office we’d like to point out that we know ‘unrational’ is not a word. It would appear that publisher Activision does not however, as according to a leaked digital flyer Unrational is the name of Modern Warfare 3’s first map pack. Read more »