First Modern Warfare 2 footage airs, full reveal coming May 24

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted May 11, 2009 11:18 am PT

TV spot shows snowmobile, scuba-diving missions in sequel to 13-million-unit best-seller; "world premiere" coming in two weeks during Eastern Conference NBA finals on TNT.

The first trailer for Modern Warfare 2 made a point of not showing any footage from the game. Instead, it relied on sound cues to drop hints of an attack by Russian-speaking terrorists on an airport where English was spoken. In fact, other than the game's existence, the only major revelation in the trailer was that the Infinity Ward-developed game had split off from the Call of Duty franchise--which Treyarch is reportedly taking into the Cold War era.

Luckily, this weekend offered gamers watching the NBA playoffs a chance to see Modern Warfare 2 in action for the first time. A 15-second spot--now viewable on YouTube--confirmed that the sequel would have a US/UK-vs.-Russian scenario similar to that of the 13-million-unit best-seller Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The clip begins with several Hughes MH-6 Little Bird helicopters dropping off a US Special Forces unit onto an air base in a frozen landscape. That landscape is apparently Russian, given that subsequent clips show a MIG-29 fighter-bomber exploding amid what appear to be soldiers in former Soviet bloc uniforms.

The trailer then goes on to show some new scenarios not playable in Call of Duty 4. Shots reveal an underwater mission with several commandos decked out in scuba gear and a snowmobile chase ending in a spectacular crash. The clip ends with a night-vision shot from what appears to be a guided bomb closing in on a solitary figure, closing with the announcement, "world premiere May 24 [during the] Eastern Conference Finals [on TNT]."

295 Comments

  • kingNael96

    Posted Jul 28, 2009 9:27 pm PT

    this game is gonna be great, i can tell

  • Phaselinear

    Posted Jun 11, 2009 12:29 pm PT

    Same crap.....just better graphics. Just like the stupid zombie games (Left 4 Dead series.....ZZzzsssst!!) it's time to move on with MW series. Just like Madden NFL series..........how much more of the same thing are we going to have shell [$$$] out for?!

  • diabloheat

    Posted May 25, 2009 4:23 am PT

    YAAA baaaaby ... cant wait for this game to come out. Snow seems interesting!!

  • neelu09

    Posted May 24, 2009 7:23 pm PT

    make it modernwarfare2.com

  • neelu09

    Posted May 24, 2009 7:22 pm PT

    the trailer is on the site moderwarfare2.com

  • hockeyfreak611

    Posted May 24, 2009 7:09 pm PT

    GAH!?where is it at?halftime just ended and I didnt see any premiere?

  • alexnollent

    Posted May 24, 2009 2:35 pm PT

    wher can i find the newest triler?

  • spada92

    Posted May 22, 2009 3:32 pm PT

    i get to watch Lebron and superman and cod 6... nice

  • G92Terran

    Posted May 18, 2009 4:51 pm PT

    on may 24 i want to see the full trailer

  • 10below

    Posted May 18, 2009 4:24 pm PT

    Celtics are out, but I guess I have to watch some more basketball after all.

  • Victor_N

    Posted May 18, 2009 12:53 pm PT

    At first I thought it was gonna be the SEALs and the SAS vs. Russia but now I see the MH-6 so it may be SAS and US Army SpecOps.

  • GrilledCharlie

    Posted May 18, 2009 5:47 am PT

    @ mikees1

    "gordonshun.Nah, im hoping i dont have to play as a an obese and gay American! Got my complaint yet?"

    Trust me. Nobody else wants to play as you either.

  • oldschoolKEN

    Posted May 17, 2009 5:10 pm PT

    I hope they put a separate weapon system for different factions this time. Like if i'm a "terrorist" it wouldn't be right for me to have access to special forces weapons.

  • nathace

    Posted May 17, 2009 3:44 pm PT

    soo glad they decided to make it MODERN!!! carnt stand any more baldy WW2 shooters!

  • GamesMaster4Evr

    Posted May 17, 2009 6:02 am PT

    MARRY ME MW2!! Lol, can't frigging wait for this game

  • Tyrael696

    Posted May 16, 2009 10:19 pm PT

    All Hail Modern Warfare 2 my hands are trembling now i only think about that aaaaahhhh im going crazy...

  • PlzDuntBanMe

    Posted May 16, 2009 4:55 pm PT

    Can't wait!

  • braddersd

    Posted May 16, 2009 12:03 am PT

    wow didnt show much

  • LA_BooM_420

    Posted May 15, 2009 10:07 pm PT

    wtf?!?! 14 seconds of ..

  • kong_sevixnine

    Posted May 15, 2009 9:04 pm PT

    so brief!!!

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