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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer debuts

Trailer shows global conflict ravaging New York City, European capitals; Sledgehammer Games confirmed as codeveloping; Nov. 8 date now official.

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Last week, Activision said it would debut the trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 during the NBA Western Conference Finals game, which airs nationally on ESPN. The tip-off for that game isn't set until 6 p.m. PDT tonight, but Activision decided to reveal the trailer (embedded below) a little bit early.

There goes the neighborhood.
There goes the neighborhood.

Besides officially revealing the game's November 8 release date, the trailer confirmed that Modern Warfare 3 is being codeveloped by Sledgehammer Games, Activision's recently formed San Francisco Bay Area studio. It also cements the fact hinted at by multiple teaser trailers before--that the game will depict the full-blown outbreak of World War III.

Beginning with shots of Russian helicopters assaulting downtown Manhattan, the trailer shows how the devastating Russo-American conflict that broke out in Modern Warfare 2 has now spread to Europe. Urban combat near the Parliament building in downtown London is shown, as is a group of vehicles attacking the city's famed subway system. Paris is also in trouble, with US commandos engaging in street-to-street fighting in the City of Lights. Germany, too, is a battle zone in the game.

The trailer concludes with a voice-over from series antagonist Vladimir Makarov, saying, "It doesn't take the most powerful nations on Earth to create the next global conflict, just the will of a single man." A logo then flashes onscreen for "WW3," which quickly turns into "MW3."

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I don't like The Cod Series but the last moment when appears WW3, i was happy. Finally a war game sets during the Third World War.

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i think this games gonna be pretty cool.. ive been trying to decide whether im going to get mw3 or bf3 and im going to pick mw2 because i like the game cover better... the white backgroundwith green mw3 is definatly box art of the year... alot better than the battlefield box art. i dont like the blue background.. too much going on in the bf3 cover..

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call of duty series will always be the sales king, along with assassin's creed series.

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@Skaigear what it seems like does it not lol they only sold 6 million copies of Bad Company 2 wich is good and it was a good game but no where close to COD sells last time i looked black ops moved 12 million and its not been out as long

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I think activision have call of duty generator. just enter title, upload images and some movies. boom a new installation of call of duty.

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markfarren2004......As i said to the other yank. British SAS had bin laden in their sights in 2003. Our Prime minister called George Bush and was told to wait for a delta team.By the time they turned up Bin Laden was gone...... << LINK REMOVED >> All here if your over patriotic eyes do not believe what your seeing lol. Then heres another, about how highly your Donald Rumsfeld hold the SAS, and how he would like his own version! << LINK REMOVED >>

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@franky111 calm down bro. just a game.

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@chesed Yes, you are a sheep. You have allowed kotick & co. to spoon-feed you the same repetitive crap that is rehashed, reskinned, and re-released every year. To add on to that, you then proceed to encourage this pathetic excuse of a company and its copy-and-paste-gaming ideals by funding with every purchase of those maps that should already be in the game to begin with. The issue isn't a matter of envy or jealousy, but it was cute of you to try to throw that remark in as an attempt to insult people who don't like cod. ;) The issue is that people who are able to think for themselves are sick and tired of seeing the same old crap being pumped out of the gutter every time they turn around, and then infecting other game developers with the "rush and rehash" mindset. Bottom line, you are a sheep. A puppet. A pawn. Whatever word you'd like to use here, it doesn't matter to me. Have fun spending hours upon hours doing the exact same thing you did the year before.

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ohh god, ohh god samael

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@jasonlc3221 so, what makes you think some people hating CoD will make it not the best selling game out there? Laugh all you want- your logic is flawed. A lot of idiots doesn't make a game good.

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This game would have so many less haters if Modern Warfare wasn't part of Call of Duty. That way it would just be looked at as the third installment and not the eighth.

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I also like how the W turned over after it turned to "MW3"... WW3 anyone?

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Anybody else hear that there is going to be a paid subscription to play? I have to say that I am leaving the franchise for good and going to fall back on ole faithful. Da da dunt da dunt dunt

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I've played the series since the first one came to PC. I have been astonished by just the story line and the fact at times it feels there's no way out. Haters have played, and hopefully have played the campaign which is always a first for me- second is multiplayer which literally blew my mind... cod4 was an extreme benchmark for CoD in a big way. I will be getting this, along with BF3 for PC ONLY.

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The MW2 reveal trailer, the first time I saw it, was downright electric. This one, though... I don't know. It just doesn't have the same magic. Maybe it's because they haven't been able to recreate the *spark* they had in CoD4, but I just haven't been impressed by the brand since the 2007 outing. We'll see...

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@funtanas32----------- 99% of the original Infinity Ward left to form Respawn Entertainment. The only people left at Infinity now is the maintenance man, and the window washer.

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Best trailer ever...

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@MRgoyou it is most likely they based the sides off of NATO forces during the cold war so yes it will be all the countries mentioned on the side of the US in a most likely case cant wait for this game and BF3 to come out

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I laugh in the face of all the people that claim they hate COD, yet it will once again be the highest selling game this year............by far. I'll see you all coming to eat your crow in November.

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i'm confident that the campaign will be cool and all but, for me, its all about what they do with making multiplayer more innovative than its been in past games

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Another 5 hours of incoherent and absurd story thrown in with 10 year old gameplay and stuffed down the juicer. K.

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MW3? BF3? hmmmmmmm I'll go with BF3.

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this is gonna be the best C.O.D

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@mihmom... No, I'm pretty sure I know the difference between Mass Effect 3 and Battlefield 3. I was told by a GameStop associate the other day that BF3 had been pushed to Jan. 2012. After a quick search I can find nothing to back that up. Maybe he was confused, or was given incorrect info. Doesn't matter though, I'll be getting both... makes no difference when they come out. EA should move the release to the same day as MW3, then we'll see which one is the sales king.

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can't wait for November... i don't care for haters comment, i like to play Modern Warfare and no one gonna stop me to buy it hahaha

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Bout time, only Infinity Ward make the good COD games. Black Ops and WOW shamed the series.

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Ice cream is great, but if somebody keeps feeding you it all the time you pretty much get sick of it. Yearly releases of call of duty are the same way.

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I am surprised by the number of anti-American posts. I guess I gave up all of those years of my life serving my country and protecting freedom for nothing, huh? This is a game - it is entertainment, it is a business. Enjoy it for what it is.

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Who else thinks this seems like its gonna be all these countries somehow against Russia? I sure as hell do; seriously seems like it.

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@robings And the fact that those bright lights and pretty graphics are for the PC. BF fans that want in for consoles are in in for a rude awakening. Why do you think we have only seen game play for PC?

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Hey look! It's One World Trade Center aka Freedom Tower. How surreal @_@; can't wait to play!

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it amazes me how much their are more haters than fans of COD, just because its more commercial than battlefield. I mean really dont you guys have anything better to do. Your arguments over which series is better isnt going to make BF more popular and its not going to make COD less popular. So shut it. Oh and i dont even play COD

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Is it cool to hate on Call of Duty or something? If you don't like it, stay away.

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It is weird. But I think I will be buying this and BF3. I like the bigger maps on BF3, but I loved MW2.

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Looks great!!!!

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"Product not yet rated" PUHLEAZ. As if we don't know it's going to be rated M... Also, SUPER EXCITED. Can't wait! ;)

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looks like crap compared to BF3

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@markfarren2004 that's the point of a black ops unit.. you're not supposed to know when they've been on a mission... You don't know what the SAS have done lately because they're just too good at their job.

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Eh, I guess I'm a sheep. I've enjoyed MW1 and 2. I love the campy storylines and it's fairly easy so I'm able to enjoy them, sans a few controller-bashing moments. Multiplayer is fine... sometimes unfair but whatevers. I win some, lose some. I have fun. That's all the matters. All I hear are people crying that they can't have the perfect game. Guess what? You don't have to play MW. There are plenty of other excellent games out there. Honestly, it just seems like some people are jealous that others are having fun when they aren't. I for one am looking forward to how the story continues.

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Sheep Sheep Sheep Sheep Sheep Sheep Sheep. I will say no more.

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looks like a Michael Bay flick...

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London's subway system is 'famed'?

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@jshaas You must have misread something or you are mistaking ME3 as BF3. BF3 will be released in Q4 if current schedules are right. Mass Effect 3 was pushed to 2012 instead of BF3.

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The best game of war flag of the story and they are shooting and the events and precision in playing mw3 and I hope to be better for the game.

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Very predictable with the country's they were involving right after they shown England.

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@nini200 Nope, didn't come to view a trailer, came to read the article. I'm fascinated by the kids that are all about a game that just keeps putting out the exact same game mechanics, play style and lame broken storytelling. Now that Activision has full control of this IP it is done for. They will churn out as many as they can as long as it sells. They care little about innovation, imagination, or progress and that is going to kill this franchise. Their are too many games coming out that are original for this to keep on going but it is amazing how big it remains. Selling the same game over and over for 60 bucks a pop... people will figure it out sooner or later that they are basically paying for expansions rather than full games sooner or later.

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Like watching an action movie without the suck parts in it. Not bad at all. But it seems that it'll be "TOO" epic. Sadly, sometimes it ruins the whole show. Aaagh.... gona play it anyway. No doubt.

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