Modern Warfare 3 getting Face Off mode
Latest Call of Duty title adding one vs. one and two vs. two mode for Xbox Live on May 16; first two maps to be free.
Call of Duty fans yearning to put their skills to the test in close-quarters maps are in luck. Developers Infinity Ward, Raven Software, and Sledgehammer Games today announced a new Face Off game mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
The new Face Off mode will be played on specially designed maps with matches consisting of either one vs. one or two vs. two. Two free Face Off maps--Erosion and Aground--will be made available to all Xbox Live users on May 16.
An additional two maps--Lookout and Getaway--will be available to purchase inside the Content Collection 2 downloadable content pack, which arrives on Xbox Live on May 22. This add-on also contains the multiplayer map Oasis and two new Special Ops missions. Future releases for additional platforms were not mentioned.
For more on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, check out GameSpot's review.
@thetravman
Yep, I totally agree with you bro. People complain about these kinds of announcements from COD games yet they buy it. LOL...
This is just adding to a game, bringing more variety...and it's free. Yet people still find stupid reasons to complain. Get real.
thetravman Did you know they had a 1v1 in MW2? They removed it due to boosters. Yet, they're adding it back in to satisfy boosters. Read up a bit before commenting, buddy.
RavageCobra Maybe they'll disable tactical insertions in this mode, just like Treyarch disables tactical insertions in FFA in Black Ops.
1 vs. 1 doesn't interest me at all. It'd basically be a game of who-sees-who-first.
2 vs. 2, however, does sound interesting. A sniper/spotter team sounds nice....
POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! Let's see here IW, I'm sure you are quite aware that this is a rebuilding year for you guys, your least proud moment in the history of Call of Duty, when you think all flash and nothing in the form of the addictive play style we used to love about COD. Now I take you plan to continue beating the dead horse by boasting about this all-fantastic game mode where you get to play against only one or two other players! Go ahead, enjoy your time on vacation, sipping pina coladas, hanging out on the beach and crystal-clear ocean water, thinking everyone is going to buy your product regardless. But lemme tell you something, the time is now to SHAPE UP and announce content that people are ACTUALLY GOING TO COMMEND YOU FOR, because it is only a matter of TIME before we all smart up and your once-proud organization will line up the walls of bankruptcy court. Just as you guys became fed up with Atari 30 years ago and left to start your pioneering company, the time may soon be that we the gamers will be fed up and send YOU to the gaming graveyard.
i see very little good things and a huge amount of bad things coming from this ( campers, boosters, etc.)
and wtf about PS3??? tired of this BS
So wait.....they're bringing back boosting matches like cage match?? Yet another reason why Black Ops will be better than MW3.
great ,i cant wait for this
And now With 1v1 and 2v2 it gives them a reason to make even smaller maps.
Oh great....
if they would deliver a cake with dlc,again it would be negative taughts
I don't see this getting the play time they want.
Oh man, and you thought the trash talking NOW was bad...
The only FPS games in which 1v1 is fun are Quake style deathmatch games like UT and Halo, imo.
Can't see 1v1 CoD ever being fun.
"How does this work when both people are camping" - COD hardcore player
How about fixing the spawns you promised to do in November...
Cods is meant to be fast paced this just takes all of that out the window.
Oh goody, I can't wait to play as Nicolas Cage and John Travolta.
Yeah, no.....
why would anybody ever want a one on one match in cod? an hour of epic corner camping sounds like such a thrill!
sledge hammer ruined mw. the maps suck and they focused way too much time into the perk system. fail! Rip cod. Activision needs to step it up. Im tired of the same stuff. They just polish a terd, release it with some extra features and call it a game. I myself woud like to see a graphic overhal and some snipper maps. Who else is tired of getting quick scoped by 12yrs and shot in the back from long range with a striker? hmmmmmm
Yeah right!! Lol! A 1 vs. 1 match will take all day especially when most people camp in COD. Each player would just stay in one spot, and wait, and wait, and wait, and wait. Lol!!
Eh, not what I wanted from the next content drop...
I'm not going to pay for it!.. ... Wait a minute! I even didn't buy the game! Oh that's so better now :D
Sooooo Activision has run out of ideas....
Activision? Free? Has Hell frozen over or something?
I hope its gonna be released for PS3 and not just Xbox
these cod haters are so fucking childish why come here to hate if u don't like it u don't of to come on the page to hate it ok just grow up for once because call of duty still have their loyal fans such as myself and u cant compare bf3 with cod because they are 2 different games one is fast paste arcade shooter with its own unique skills and one is team tactical and if u all gonna compare over powered perks and kill streaks and weapon in cod u will of to compare the over powered vehicles in bf3 so they both have their ups and down so stop hating and enjoy the fucking games.
milomell You must be quite intelligent with that paragraph-long sentence.
milomell
Damn that's one long a$$ sentence. Are u going for a world record?
berzerk0912 Just a class A example of the average intelligence of a CoD player.
milomell
damn i know BF3 and the frostbite engine is a hard act to follow but how could they release a game in the same FPS genre looking like this? and a year later?? what did they do in all that time?
Anyone who doesn't believe that the MW3 map packs have more value then the MW2 ones are crazy. For $15, MW2 gave us 3 new maps and 2 rehashed. MW3 is giving us 3 new maps, 2 spec ops missions, a new mode and 4 maps with that mode in the content collection. And they really don't make you buy this, they're giving you 2 face off maps for free, and if you decide you really like it and still play multiplayer on the regular, go ahead and by the content collection 2. People seriously hate on COD just for the sake of hating on COD. To me it seems they've finally figured out their DLC. Many DLC packs from all games are starting to hit that $15 so you can't just single out Call of Duty.
-theMisfits- many games are copying cod dlc since they saw alot of idiots buying said dlc for that price. Also maybe they include more this time because of all the negative feedback they got before? Just keep playing your COD dude, no need to convince us it's the greatest game on the planet
beuneus12 I don't think its the greatest game nor do i have to in order to enjoy it. I've also played about twice in the past month. Is it crazy people actually like COD who aren't diehard COD fans? And they honestly don't get too much negative feedback from the people who like the game. Half the hate comments are from people that don't even play it. All I said was that for the same price as the MW2 map packs, these have much more to offer which cannot be argued. You also don't have to buy it. I won't defend COD when people say they aren't innovative, because they haven't been since COD4 and MAYBE some aspects of MW2, but when people continue to bash on it because it's cool to do so, THAT's when I'll say something.
while also making you pay for elite to access the maps. what happens when the elite one year sub is up? you no longer have access to those maps. womp womp or you can pay out of pockect months later when the map packs are released to the non elite members. WOMP WOMP....
Jeremy473 Well if you're a diehard COD fan with elite, you'll probably renew it for the next Call of Duty Black Ops 2 and you'll still have those MW3 maps. I don't think anyone who's meh on COD bought elite.
When are we going to see a tank sim on
the Xbox 360.???
Forget COD, its almost time to join a crew and bust some heads in Max Payne 3s innovative and astounding multiplayer!
Face off mode is the kind of mode that will probably be good if you have a friend that is willing to play properly. I don't see it working in public matches. Although it is essentially Cage Match from Mw1. I'll play the free stuff, and as much as I want the collection packs, I'm not paying even more than I already have for the core game (bearing in mind the pre-order prices of CoD are already higher than other games anyway). And I chuckled a bit when he said Call of Duty has the best community in the industry. I like the game and all, but the community is just a joke.
Remeber last time Call of Duty had a 1v1 mode? Cage match from MW2? Boosters everywhere!
why are there so many call of duty games on one gaming system.
@monster637Play Bf3 hardcore mode and problem solved.Anyways I personally dislike this idea of face off. somehow too few players creates immense stress.
Oh "Lookout", they'll "Getaway" with our money again! :p
I like the bf3 fan boys and the cod fan boys,,,,,,,Bf3 weapons are shoot rubber bullets and feel like air soft guns...2 guns kinda Kill like they should........cod horrible and unispiring maps on mw3 and spawn kills from bad map design.........both games sucked compared to there past incarnations
A welcome addition.
call of duty has lots of haters out there!if u don't want it anymore don't push what u think is best on others.we each walk the path we've chosen.uwant BF3 fine! i like COD and the line is drawn end of story!AND FOR THE RECORD BF3 IS NOT IN CALL OF DUTY'S LEAGE AND NUMBERS DON'T LIE!
botsio cool story bro
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- Publisher(s): Activision
- Developer(s): Infinity Ward
- Genre: Action
- Release: Nov 8, 2011 (EU)
- PEGI: 18+
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