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With the dust settling and new multiplayer information on the table, Call of Duty's inaugural convention has finally ended. Call of Duty XP revealed a lot of new information, but even with the tweaks and polish, for me, Survival mode in Spec Ops is the best element of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 revealed so far...

Back in July, IGN reported that the address www.modernwarfare3.com redirected people to www.battlefield.com/battlefield3, EA's official site for its upcoming shooter...

#callofduty Technically, that's a slight exaggeration, but from the perspective of most other development teams, the sheer number of bodies Activision assigns to making Call of Duty games still boggles the mind. More »

The issue of the web domain ModernWarfare3.com, originally spotted thanks to a (presumably unofficial) Battlefield 3 promotion and later outed by DNS service GoDaddy, has been settled, and you guessed it, Activision and its lawyers have prevailed. The National Arbitration Forum has decided unanimously in favor of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 publisher, saying that the three criteria necessary for a domain name transfer (that the name is confusing, the holder has no real interest in the domain name, and the name is "being used in bad faith") have all been met. The three-member panel has ordered that the domain name be transferred back to Activision.

Currently, the domain name appears to be offline, but presumably as soon as Activision can get it up and running, it'll redirect right into the official Modern Warfare 3 site.

Too bad for Battlefield 3 fan and Florida resident Anthony Abraham, who tried to argue both fair use, and that the term "modern warfare" was generic enough to have a life outside of the video game world. Hopefully he's still got ElderScrolls5.com sitting in his back pocket, just waiting for a competitor to promote.

Oh my word, I need a nap after this. I feel like an octogenarian who’s just been played a Lil’ Wayne record. It’s so noisy, so fast, so violent. COD multiplayer has become increasingly excessive over the years, and Modern Warfare 3′s looks as though it’s thrown in everything it can think of – it looks so very far away from simply sniping dudes in one-storey buildings. I can’t keep up with all that! I’d need to mod DX3′s invisibility aug into it, just so I can hide in the corner, terrified and weeping.(more…)

#callofduty Badges awarded at Call of Duty XP [above] give an idea of the activities that expo attendees enjoyed over the weekend. Kotaku spent the past two days the inaugural gathering for fans of Activision's combat shooter, where the publisher revealed more details about the premium Call of Duty Elite subscription, we spent time with the game's multiplayer offerings, and everyone gazed at a massive display of firearms. All that and more is here for you now: More »

The prizes have been passed out at the Call of Duty XP Million Dollar Tournament in Los Angeles, and the US' OpTic Gaming has taken home first prize, totalling a whopping $400,000. OpTic picked up the lead early in the round of final matches, capturing flags on the Dome map in the first game, and picking up and holding two out of three points in the two Domination maps on Resistance after that. The UK team Infinity caused some trouble in the Kill Confirmed round (after winning a tiebreaker Team Deathmatch to make the finals), but OpTic dug in for the final rounds in Search and Destroy to win the tourney. "No college debt -- that's how I feel, baby!" said one of OpTic's players right after the match.

Infinity is stuck with second prize, which is "only" $200,000. Almost a quarter of a million dollars for playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3? Still not a bad weekend. The other big winner at the conference was Call of Duty fan Brandy Miller, whose picture won a competition on Facebook, and allowed her to take home that brand new Call of Duty edition Jeep Wrangler.

Everybody else? They won a few bruises from the paintball court outside. And oh yeah -- everybody who paid the $150 for a ticket (the proceeds of which go to the Call of Duty Endowment) also picks up a Hardened Edition of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Along, of course, with all the hearing damage of listening to gunfire and explosions all weekend long.

#callofduty Activision's social network and stat-tracking service for the Call of Duty enthusiast, Call of Duty Elite, may become your preferred way to meet and play against your fellow first-person shooter fans. It does a whole lot more, but let's take a look at what Elite's Connect feature suite is all about. More »

#callofduty Operation Kingfish is the sequel (of sorts) to Find Makarov, the fan-made short film based on the Modern Warfare series—the mini-movie that fooled us into thinking a Modern Warfare 3 announcement was imminent in February. (Oops!) More »

Call of Duty XP is bursting with information about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Here are the key elements you need to know in order to understand the changes coming to November's big shooter...

The Call of Duty XP event continues today here in Los Angeles, with Activision showing off Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer and Spec Ops modes, as well as giving fans (who paid $150 each for tickets to the show, the proceeds of which are all headed to the Call of Duty Endowment) a little something back.

And the fans appreciate it, apparently. Chris Munoz and Alonzo Contreras, both 19, came just a few miles away from here in Los Angeles, and they say the event exceeded expectations. "The multiplayer reveal was one of the ones that got to me," says Contreras. "I was excited about that." The pair also enjoyed the reveal of the new Find Makarov short film, and their friend, Omar Torres, 20, enjoys one specific change in the new Call of Duty game: "No more Last Stand!"

Activision has confirmed the suggested retail price for the Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition: $99.99, which is $20 more than previous Hardened Editions. The Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition comes with a one-year membership to Call of Duty Elite, bonus in-game content, a Juggernaut XBL avatar skin, a 100-page field journal and new disc art, all in a fancy steel case.

So far, Gamestop and Amazon have the Hardened Edition listed at $99.99, while EB Games Australia is charging $158 for the same package. Modern Warfare 3's jump in price may be attributed to the one-year Elite access alone, which is valued at $50 and bumps users up to "Founder status," which includes an in-game emblem, player card, camouflage and an XP boost. Or, it may all go to pay the air-conditioning bill at the Call of Duty XP Event -- we hear it's awfully temperate in that hangar.

#callofduty Hey, you like guns? Then you should really be at Call of Duty XP this weekend. They got guns! Lots of 'em. They even have a FGM-148 Javelin and an alien head. Just head to "The Armory." Or take a journey with me through the magic of photo galleries! More »

Despite an early morning traffic jam that actually delayed the keynote by about 30 minutes, the crowd has settled in to the exhibits here at the Call of Duty XP show in Los Angeles today. There's lots of gaming going on, featuring Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer and Spec Ops Survival mode, as well as Call of Duty: Black Ops' King of the Hill and Zombie modes. Outside, paintballers are playing on real-life replicas of MW2's The Pit and the Scrapyard multiplayer map, and grabbing grub from a full-size replica of a Burgertown franchise.

You can see all the action in the gallery below. Later on today, Activision is holding a few panels, talking about both clan support in the new Call of Duty Elite service, as well as voice acting in the series as a whole. The Dropkick Murphys are playing a closing concert this evening, and there's another whole day of activities and sessions going on tomorrow.

Stay tuned -- we'll have more coverage from the show on both days (minus, of course, the $150 cover charge).

The Modern Warfare 3 goods keep coming today. You won't want to miss this gritty live-action promotional film. ...

The Modern Warfare 3 goods keep coming today. You won't want to miss this gritty live-action promotional film. ...

You'll have to wait until next year for that Star Wars-themed Xbox console, but there's a custom console for a different "war" coming out this year. At Activision's Call of Duty XP event, the publisher announced a Modern Warfare 3-themed 320GB Xbox, which will include two matching controllers, and custom startup and disc loading sounds (which you can listen to here). Those controllers a will be available separately, for $60, packaged with tokens for exclusive downloads.

In addition, Microsoft will launch a new MW3-themed headset, which can be used either on the console or as a Bluetooth headset. It'll also include exclusive downloads, for $70.

Oh, and of course the bundle includes a copy of Modern Warfare 3. A month of Live is also thrown in. Check out the hardware in our gallery below, and decide if it's something you want to drop $399 on. Major Nelson reports that it's up for pre-order in "the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and EMEA," and will ship November 8.

Every year the Call of Duty series returns with a new take on its familiar formula. As new campaigns arise and new tweaks hit multiplayer, the series continues selling into the high millions. Activision just showed off Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's new multiplayer in action, but has it changed en...

#callofduty Call of Duty Elite, Activision's new social network and stat-tracking service that will launch alongside Modern Warfare 3—and work with last year's Call of Duty: Black Ops—is largely going to be free to use. But there are very good reasons for investing in Elite. More »

#modernwarfare3 Year after year, how can Call of Duty's massive online shooter remain fresh? With Modern Warfare 3, the game's developers have focused on what works—player progression, extensive customization, tons of maps and game modes—and are blowing it out. More »

You'll have to wait until next year for that Star Wars-themed Xbox console, but there's a custom console for a different "war" coming out this year. At Activision's Call of Duty XP event, the publisher announced a Modern Warfare 3-themed 320GB Xbox, which will include two matching controllers, custom startup and disc loading sounds, and a new, custom headset that can be used either on Xbox or as a Bluetooth headset. Those controllers and headset will be available separately.

Oh, and of course the bundle includes a copy of Modern Warfare 3. As we wait to hear more information -- like the price -- check out the hardware in our gallery after the break.

Call of Duty XP is currently underway in Los Angeles, CA. Last night, before the big event kicked off, Activision treated the press to a reveal of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer component. We'll jump you right to the bottom line: The core gameplay itself is a whole lot like the rest of the Call of Duty series, in that you grab a couple of weapons, sprint around a map, and try to shoot the bad guys as much as you can.

Where Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer differentiates itself, however, is outside of the actual game. In fact, says Infinity Ward's Community Manager-turned Creative Strategist Robert Bowling, the real steps forward in MW3 aren't in the game -- they're in the platform. "We designed it specifically to be that kind of experience," he says. "To basically go from designing a game to designing a platform that allows the widest audience possible to have fun any way they want to have fun. That was a major goal of Modern Warfare 3."

There are indeed multiple examples of that in the build playable at CoD XP this weekend. Infinity Ward has tweaked the metagame quite a bit, and made it possible to play the new sequel while chasing more than just a great K/D ratio.

In case this week's report regarding the contents of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's "Hardened" Edition weren't proof enough for you, Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling confirmed them during this afternoon's Call of Duty XP opening keynote in Los Angeles. As previously noted, the bundle will contain a one-year CoD Elite membership ($50 value), various in-game content bonuses, and it comes in a fancy metal case.

It's cost, however, is still unknown, but previous CoD "Hardened" versions have launched at $79.99. We'll keep an eye on retailer sites for the edition, which is said to be popping up for pre-order any minute.

Here's the thing about Call of Duty Elite so far: It's confusing. Even Chacko Sonny, studio head of Beachhead Studios, agrees that the information shared about the service hasn't exactly been clear. "There's been a lot of review internally in the organization in terms of how that message was presented," he told us at Call of Duty XP this weekend. "It's tough to say -- I think people wanted to understand it in its entirety as opposed to in pieces."

There's a good reason for the segmented information delivery, according to Activision's Vice President of Digital, Jamie Berger. "The tie to showing everything, including the price, was really tied to doing it in lockstep with Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer," he says. "The only way to explain in the end what you were going to get, truly, was to show it with Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer. ... And yes, that did mean we were going to have to hold back some information until we were able to frankly put it all on the table with the Infinity Ward team. We decided it was better to take the hit that way than on the development side to take the hit by holding back the beta."

Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer had its official reveal last night, so Activision can finally talk about what Call of Duty Elite's premium membership entails. The price, we can tell you now, will be $49.99 a year. And what's included in that package is listed right after the break.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 supports a variety of options for players to customize game types and change the rules of standard matches. While I didn't get a chance to go hands-on with the options, the big reveal was that these game types can be saved, uploaded, and shared through Call of Duty Elite...

Beyond the newly revealed Premium features of Call of Duty Elite, Activision announced today that the stat-tracking service is compatible with Facebook. If you log into your Facebook account through Elite, you'll immediately see which of your friends out there are on the battlefield and you can quickly join them. This service also helps connect players to friends of friends, in order to expand circles of multiplayer comrades...

With Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer all on the table, a new game mode emerges. Kill Confirmed is a new game type that forces players to solidify their kill count by collecting the floating dog tags left behind by dead bodies...

The Call of Duty XP event is streaming live, beginning at 10:30 a.m. PST (1:30 p.m. EDT) today (that's right now!), with a keynote scheduled for 11 a.m. PST, activities and panels running through 7:30 p.m. PST, and ending with a live performance from the Dropkick Murphys. Watch the carnage above as California is overrun with Call of Duty fans, and check out the schedule of events for today and tomorrow below:

Friday, Sept. 2:

• 9:30 a.m.: Registration begins
• 11:00: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer briefing
• 12-7:30 p.m.: Activities open
• 2:00: Pros vs. G.I. Joes
• 4:00: Call of Duty Elite -- Clans and groups panel
• 5:00: The voices of Call of Duty panel
• 7:00: Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish film premiere
• 8:00: Dropkick Murphys perform live

Saturday, Sept. 3:

• 10:00 a.m.: Doors open
• 11:00: Gameplay launches
• 11:00: The making of Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer panel
• 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m.: Activities open
• 12:00 p.m.: Call of Duty: Zombies -- Origins and evolutions panel
• 2:00: Pros vs. G.I. Joes
• 6:30: $1 million tournament finals
• 8:00: Kanye West performs live

#callofduty The first ever Call of Duty expo, Call of Duty XP, is being held today and tomorrow in Los Angeles. If you didn't score a ticket, you can still feel like you're there via live coverage on both days. More »

There’s a lot to be gleaned from the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer World Premiere Trailer, though after typing out the cumbersome title I’m loathe to write anything else due to intense fingercramp. I’ll say this for it though: it manages to make combat look exciting, dramatic and bloody horrible, sometimes simultaneously. There’s lots of shooting, which I expected, lots of killing, which I also expected, but also large, spinning fuchsia dogtags, which I certainly didn’t expect. Admittedly, it is mostly man-shooting though. There’s evidence of all kinds of new as yet unexplained details, from strike packages to proficiency. What does it all mean? I’m going to say that men will use packages to strike other men in their proficiencies. Or some other combination of those words. You heard it hear first. Discuss and dissect below. Oh, and do look out for the particularly unpleasant Claymore-alike, the Bouncing Betty. Ouch.

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