Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Double XP Promotion Detailed

You might have heard in recent weeks that Activision and PepsiCo have partnered on a deal that will offer Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 players some kind of double XP reward with the purchase of select products. The website devoted to the promotion has been updated with an official rules page which runs through exactly how you can get your double XP and how long it lasts.

The details get a little confusing, but it appears that there are different codes for different products. A 20 oz. bottle, 12-pack or Wal-Mart-exclusive 20-pack grants you 15, 45 and 90 minutes of double XP time, respectively. There are also rewards for combo purchases of both Dew and Doritos together.
Basically: buy specially marked PepsiCo products from the Mountain Dew and Doritos brands and get up to 90 minutes of double XP time in MW3 in return. The max amount of time you can accrue for one online ID is 24 hours. You can start collecting and redeeming codes as early as October 10. Maybe go on a diet until then?
Source: RankUpXP.com

Read more: G4TV Hat Tip

MW3: Call of Duty Forums Up and Online

 

The forums are up and live. What do you think?  Let me know.

Go here for the MW3 forums.

MW3-Fact Sheet for MW3 Weapons, Killstreaks, Perks, Proficiencies

From charlieintel.com:

Please check out this Factsheet put together by the guys/girls over at charlieintel.com. Fantastic guide that you can print--covers all of the weapons, attachments, perks, killstreaks, and packages for MW3.

I personally can't wait for this game to get here!

Call of Duty Elite Beta for PS3-Not for PC

From Call of Duty Community:

When the original Call of Duty Elite beta started back in July, little did we know this would be yet another Xbox 360 exclusive. Just like the DLC, where Xbox 360 users get access to DLC a month early, Xbox 360 users had access to the Elite beta for over 2 months now.

Shortly after the launch it became clear in the Elite FAQ that the Elite beta would be tested first for Xbox 360 users. Yesterday, September 19th, PS3 users finally received the green light and Activision announced that the first wave of PS3 Elite beta invitations have gone out. Just like the Xbox 360 users, more and more PS3 users will be invited as time goes on.

While it may be bad for PS3 users, PC users got it even worse. According to Dan Amrich PC users won’t get invited to the Elite beta as the service is being customized for PC.

@HiyaDragon No beta for PC, that's been established here bit.ly/codelitebeta Elite is being customized for PC, no ETA, don't count on launch

September 19, 2011 03:59 via TweetDeckReplyRetweetFavorite

@OneOfSwords

Dan Amrich

If you’re not in the Elite beta yet and you want to give it a try, you can sigh up here.

Infinity Ward’s FourZeroTwo Tweets--More MW3 Details Confirmed

From charlieintel:
Also here is Robert Bowling's Twitter account:

Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling made the rounds on Twitter again in the past 24 hours. Lots of stuff re-confirmed. Here’s the breakdown of what he answered:
-Strike Packages: Support doesn’t reset on death, Assault and Specialist do.
-Scavenger Perk will only resupply NoobTubes if the fallen pack was carrying them also.
-The M203 Grenade Launcher is LESS powerful, they are rarely seen and used due to better choice in weapons.
-Weapon Damage as a whole has been INCREASED.
-Fully expects game to have “M” rating in the U.S.
-TITLE & EMBLEMS: They’re unlocked through specific challenges and actions, like in MW2. NOT user created.
-Playlist are broken up into “Normal” and “Specialty”.
-You can pick up and move equipment.
-Two Attachment MAX. More attachments to choose from.
-Lots of work went into optimizing local search engines, especially for foreign players.
-THERE IS NO PRESTIGE EDITION, ONLY HARDENED. (confirmed again)
-MW3 production began right after Modern Warfare 2, will be 2 Years total.
-Considerably reduced damage on all explosives including NoobTubes. Focus on Gun on Gun gameplay.

UPDATE:
Robert has tweeted again, here is what he answered:

-Reconfirmed that there is a color blind assist option in multiplayer
-Reconfirmed Online Splitscreen
-Full progressive ranking system in Private Match
-For Red Dot site, You can’t customize your reticle BUT there is already preset options you unlock as you level up.
-There are a good number of Hardcore Playlists in MW3
-Portable Radar is equipment you can place and will ping on minimal when someone walks within its 360 degree proximity
-There is a Prestige Leaderboards.
-For Domination there is no extra points for caping B flag. All have the same point value
-Reconfirmed Matchmaking and Dedicated Servers on PC
-P2P matchmaking on consoles
-You can only have ONE strike package enabled at a time
-Reconfirmed NO Last Stand as a perk
-Guns have more kick and recoil
-For Support Strike Package, if you get 4 kills, die, respawn and get another kill, it still counts toward your point streak
-If your partner dies in Survival Mode, the game ends
-If you use the double xp option in the prestige shop, it is time based. It provides you with double XP for pre-determined amount of time
-Reconfirmed Mission Mode returning in Spec Ops

-CORRECTION: -Weapon Damage as a whole has been INCREASED.

-SOURCE: @FourZeroTwo

MW3 – ACR Most Popular Gun, Big Role for Tagging/Spotting, Assassin not like Ghost

From MP1st:

More Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer details have emerged.
ACR the new Famas?
In a recent NowGamer interview, Infinity Ward’s Creative Strategist Robert Bowling, aka FourZeroTwo, revealed that the ACR was the most used gun in the assault category throughout Call of Duty XP in response to the concern of how the Famas was the most dominant gun in Black Ops. It’s worth noting that the ACR, for its lack of recoil, was also one of the most popular guns in Modern Warfare 2.
Click here to view the complete list of primary guns in Modern Warfare 3, and let us know which gun you are going to run first.
Assassin and its Match
When Robert was asked on twitter whether the Assassin perk would be as overpowered as Ghost in Black Ops, he replied “Assassin isn’t this all powerful stealth perk, Recon Drone can still see / tag you and you can be tagged by Recon.” While we now can sigh in relief that Assassin won’t be similar to how Ghost was, Robert’s answer raises more questions: how prominent will “tagging” be? Will it work as it does in the Battlefield series by pressing “back/select”? What we know so far is that tagging through a sniper rifle won’t place Doritos (DICE’s words not mine) over the enemies heads like in Battlefield. However, unlike Battlefield, the “Recon Drone” uses a regular camera instead of a thermal one. Robert Bowling uses tagging as a counter measure to the Assassin perk, then the new game mechanic, tagging, must play a big role in MW3.

Online splitscreeners are back
You know how in Black Ops when splitscreeners, for the most part, hindered your team’s performance or were easy kills. Well, Bowling confirms the return of splitscreen multiplayer. All I have to say, please create separate playlist dedicated to splitscreeners.

Please be sure to check out the blog MP1st.

MW3 Hardened Details Leaked

From G4TV: 

An anonymous source has leaked the contents of the premium of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 "Hardened Edition" to Wired. The Hardened Edition will ship with a ton of cool content including disc art, a collectible case, a free year membership to Call of Duty Elite, and more. Keep in mind that the list of contents is unconfirmed at this time, but from what we can tell, the Hardened Edition will include:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 game with unique disc art.
• One year of membership in Call of Duty Elite.
• “Founder status” on Elite with exclusive in-game emblem, player card, camouflage, clan XP boost and other exclusive benefits.
• SteelBook case.
• PlayStation Network exclusive: “Animated Timeline Theme.”
• Xbox 360 exclusive: “Special Ops Juggernaut Xbox Live Outfit.”
• Limited-edition “field journal” with more than 100 pages of “authentic military sketches, diagrams and written entries.”

I think that the field journal sounds pretty interesting, and a year membership to Call of Duty Elite isn't a bad thing either. Keep in mind that the contents of the Hardened Edition were supposed to be kept mum until the Call of Duty XP event in Los Angeles this weekend, but I think it looks pretty official. What do you think? If this list is confirmed, then will you be picking up the Hardened Edition of MW3 when the game ships on November 8, 2011?

Read more: G4TV


Original story here at: Wired

Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Mode Pics and Video Leaked Before Call Of Duty XP

Hat tip and good work to SFX-360 for posting this:

A video posted to YouTube (no longer available) by someone who allegedly broke into the upcoming Call of Duty XP event in Los Angeles shows a new game type, maps and information about the eagerly anticipated Modern Warfare 3 game. The 25 second video shows the person navigating the multiplayer menu for the game.The YouTube user that posted the video gained access to the Xbox 360 systems they’re using for the tournament.
The video showed a list of 13 multiplayer maps for the game. The names of the maps are Carbon, Coast, Dome, Exchange, Hardhat, Interchange, Lambeth, Meteora, Mogadishu, Paris, Plaza, Radar and Seatown. It’s possible a few more maps could appear in the retail release. Call of Duty: Black Ops, the last game in the series had 14 maps while Modern Warfare 2 had 16.

The video no longer works and was removed from Youtube by Activision.