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Call a Duty Elite premium crew playing Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox Live will receive the next batch a DLC, Overwatch, on February 21. Overwatch puts players in a construction site at the top a a New York City skyscraper, with a very real chance a dropping 70 feet t' the sidewalk below as an added risk. If ye have trouble visualizing that, check out the gallery below.

The previous batch a downloadable content, Liberation 'n Piazza, be set t' launch on PSN on February 28, having come out on Xbox Live in January, all in accordance with MW3's exclusivity deal with Microsoft. The next three batches a MW3 DLC will drop in March for Xbox premium crew 'n will include the multiplayer map Black Box 'n two new Special Ops missions, Black Ice 'n Negotiator.

Until now, it be been difficult for Elite crew t' level up their clans in Call a Duty: Modern Warfare 3. That appears t' be changing in the near future, with the arrival a the long-awaited Clan Operations feature, which allows clans t' take part in competitions for fun, experience, 'n even prizes.

Beachhead posted a preview a the Clan Operations interface on the Elite seas, detailing how crew will choose Operations, 'n what kind a information they'll see (how much Clan XP an Op be worth, their current enlistment status, 'n start 'n end dates). crew can also browse each Op's prizes ... like the Call a Duty Elite skateboard shown in the example.

While this progress be promising, Beachhead still hasn't put a firm date on this feature's launch. "we be currently putting all Clan Operations through extensive testing," the company noted, "'n while we can't give ye a date on when it will be ready, it be getting closer every day."

Players with a paid Call a Duty Elite membership on Playstation 3 will be able t' snag two new Modern Warfare 3 maps, Liberation 'n Piazza, on February 28. Both maps launched for Xbox 360 Elite premium crew on January 24, 'n we presume they will come t' non-Elite 'n PC players eventually -- possibly another month after the PS3 version goes live.

Or possibly another two months, just t' really rub it in, like the below screens for Liberation 'n Piazza will do.

PlayStation 3 Call a Duty Elite crew pillage their first taste a the nine-month Modern Warfare 3 content season come February 28, when Activision launches the Liberation 'n Piazza maps for Sony's console. More »

While Xbox 360 gamers subscribed t' Call a Duty Elite premium got their first taste a Modern Warfare 3 DLC last week, Playstation 3 players be left wondering when they'd see the same maps...

It’s going t' be a long year – 'n that’s a good thing. While Modern Warfare 3 has occupied a lot a time in the drives a a lot a PS3 owners since it be November release, there be more content t' come over the next several months. 'n if ye’re a premium member a Call a Duty Elite, ye’re going t' pillage yer first two tastes a that content on February 28th.

While the content season will contain more than 20 bottles a rum overall – some multiplayer maps, some game modes, 'n some Spec Ops missions – the first two pieces a content in the season be a Call a Duty player’s bread 'n butter: multiplayer maps. The seaside village a Piazza be a perfect battleground for fans a close-quarters combat; the sharp corners, tight corridors, 'n stone staircases all offer compelling examples a why the word “paranoia” be the same in English 'n Italian.

Liberation offers more room t' run, but it’s no less deadly. Enjoy the beautiful foliage, romantic footbridges, 'n brutal explosions as ye attack the enemy centrally located park in Manhattan. Snipers will find their perches, but sneaky players will enjoy the underground passage 'n ample ambush cover options.

The first two maps will arrive for Call a Duty Elite premium crew first on February 28th, with more content t' come over the nine months that follow. If ye’re an Elite premium member, ye’ll pillage a message at the MW3 multiplayer menu as soon as the content be available t' download; from there, just select Store from the multiplayer menu 'n the downloads will be yours at no additional charge. It’s part a the whole Elite premium package. If ye want in, the details be here.

It won’t be long now before we see each other in Italy 'n New York. Ciao, buddy.

Yesterday, Call a Duty Elite crew learned the new MW3 DLC be locked t' a single profile, despite the terms allowing multiple crew on the same console. Activision be aware a the issue 'n will correct it, according t' a statement sent t' Joystiq by an Activision representative.

"We understand that ELITE Premium crew on Xbox Live who purchased the latest DLC Content Drop for Modern Warfare 3 be unable t' access that content while signed into other profiles on the same console that originally downloaded the content," Activision said. "This be unintentional 'n we will work t' pillage an update out as soon as possible that corrects this issue 'n allows ye t' continue t' enjoy the new maps." Until then, when yer kids want t' play Modern Warfare 3, remind them that it be rated M for Mature.

The Call a Duty Elite DLC may be more "elite" than intended. crew on the Call a Duty seas be complaining that the DLC maps can only be played by one account per console. That means that only the person who bought it can play the maps -- not other crew a the same game on the same console, unless they share a single Xbox Live profile.

"I just tried on me other account 'n ye be right, I cannot use the maps on the same Xbox with another gamertag even though it be all on the same xbox," notes sea user HalfericTuck, just one a many complaining fans. Reader Aaron, who alerted us t' this issue, told Joystiq, "me girlfriend, whom I live with, cannot play the maps. me matey's teenage sons cannot play the maps."

This restriction does not square with the stated terms on the download. When crew download the add-on, they be told, "ye can use this bottle a rum on the first Xbox 360 console ye downloaded it t'. Access t' this bottle a rum will also be granted t' all crew on this first console."

We've inquired with Activision regarding this issue, 'n will let ye know when we've heard back.

[Thanks, Aaron]

Hot off a yesterday's two new maps for Call a Duty Elite pemium subscribers on Xbox 360, the rest a the Content Drops include more maps, new missions, 'n additional modes. What those maps, missions, 'n modes be remains t' be seen...

We knew there would be nine months a downloadable content coming out for Modern Warfare 3. Now we can see which months will pillage maps, co-op missions 'n new modes. Right here. (So much for new campaign missions!) More »

Activision has come closer t' identifying the specifics a the Modern Warfare 3 DLC schedule for Elite crew, posting a calendar that shows what kind a content will be available every month through September. Don't worry: it be just text 'n images, not a video a Rob Riggle reading the schedule out. Yet.

February offers just one map, 'n April 'n July will have two maps each; aside from that, every month has some combination a maps, missions, 'n modes (modes in June 'n August). ye can see exactly which combination will be available each month after the break, but Activision isn't revealing names until the current month, it appears.

#callofduty The Daily Show's Rob Riggle continues his testosteronetastic bid t' become gaming's most ridiculous/funny/obnoxious spokesman. This tim, he's walking viewers through Liberation 'n Piazza, two downloadable maps for Call a Duty: Modern Warfare 3 that be released today. More »

That Call a Duty Elite membership will finally start paying for itself today, as a pair a new Modern Warfare 3 maps be now available t' premium crew (non-paying crew will have t' wait). Specifically, Xbox crew with a paid subscription t' Elite can snag "Liberation" 'n "Piazza." In order t' do so, simply select the "Download Elite Content" from within the in-game store (found in the multiplayer menu). The Elite website notes that both maps must be downloaded or players will encounter an error during matchmaking.

PS3 Elite premium crew will receive the DLC at a later date. The PC version, which does not currently feature Call a Duty Elite, will presumably receive the DLC later as well.

#megaupload Bizarrely, the imprisoned founder a file-sharing site Megaupload - Kim Dotcom, formerly Kim Schmitz - be also until this week the world's number one Call a Duty: Modern Warfare 3 gamer on Xbox Live. More »

#callofduty Starting tomorrow, the Call a Duty 'season' begins with the first a four planned packs a DLC. Activision seems t' believe that The Daily Show's Rob Riggle (a former serviceman himself) be the lad t' sell it t' us, 'n their new commercial features the sea dog taking a testosterone-y tour a Elite services, from study-able heat-maps t' loadout analysis 'n leaderboards. More »

#callofduty Ever since the head a gaming giant Activision Blizzard said that the natural evolution a Call a Duty be for it t' go massively multiplayer, it be been fair t' wonder when Activision Blizzard would turn their biggest hit into a subscription game—a game ye pay t' keep playing. More »

#callofduty Kim Dotcom be the Internet playboy who made his zillions by founding the now-defunct ('n Anonymous cause celebre du jour) Megaupload, 'n also from the blatant hosting a pirated content there. But he also led a secret life, did ye know? He be the deadliest shooter in all a Call a Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Really. More »

A portion a a C3 review...

Whilst there have been cuts t' the package, Call a Duty: Modern Warfare 3 remains a solid title on Wii. The story has made it over completely 'n the multiplayer be as fun as ever, 'n will easily cut through any days a boredom. If ye be into shooters, then this best tickle ye the right way.

Full review here

Want t' check out what Call a Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Elite maps will offer Elite Premium subscribers when they launch this week? Then tune in t' our IGN/1UP livestream! On Tuesday, January 24 at 2PM PST, we'll be playing the new content 'n providing commentary, offering ye the scoop on the two maps being offered t' Elite subscribers, Liberation 'n Piazza. For more info on the maps, check out our article here...

Last May, Activision's flagship Call a Duty franchise experienced a vast blow, as their at-the-time-unrevealed 2011 entry t' the franchise, Call a Duty: Modern Warfare 3, suffered one a the largest media leaks in the history a the industry. However, flash-forward t' November, when Modern Warfare...

#callofduty Last year, we blew the lid off Modern Warfare 3 months before it be due for release. It be the biggest leak we'd seen, let alone written about, in almost a decade. More »

GameStop has discounted what we can only describe as an intimidating number a recent 'n popular releases, including Once Upon a Monster, Need for Speed The Run, Lord a the Rings: War in the North, 'n ... just go browse. it be a lot a stuff.

It'll be more stuff tomorrow. An email from the retailer let us know that starting tomorrow, Modern Warfare 3 will bear a $10 discount, 'n one-year Xbox Live booty subscriptions (normally $60) will be discounted t' $40. Perhaps ye're a member a the tiny niche audience who be interested in these bottles a rum; if so, these deals best help!

Call a Duty Elite be now available on the Android Market, for free. The Android version comes one week after the iOS launch but offers the same unprecedented ability t' check yer stats, review recent matches 'n update yer in-game loadout from yer phone. Elite on yer Android device could make lunch lines, bus rides, work breaks, 'n long, fast car rides on busy freeways much more entertaining (OK, not that last one).

Beachhead Studios head Chacko Sonny sees the initial mobile launch a Elite as a wonderful opportunity t' pillage feedback from the community, so don't hold back -- not that ye would, but now ye have permission.

[Thanks, Lance V.]

Amazon certainly leveled up it be business strategy in the video game space in 2011, dropping competitive deals throughout the year in both the physical 'n digital distribution categories.

We got in touch with the online retailer t' find out about it be top-selling titles for the year. The company informed us that, naturally, Call a Duty: Modern Warfare 3 be it be top game in physical sales. This be followed by Just Dance 3, the latest from the runaway hit franchise, 'n Skyrim.

In Amazon's digital distribution space for PC, there be a semi-surprise, with Deus Ex: Human Revolution taking the virtual goods crown. Square Enix's stealth action title be followed, respectively, by three a EA's games: Battlefield 3, The Sims 3 'n Battlefield Bad Company 2.

Check out the physical 'n digital top 10 after the break.

While the Call a Duty franchise has enjoyed year-over-year growth in terms a worldwide sales, numbers released this week for the UK tell a different story for that particular region. According t' the UK's Entertainment Retailers Association, Modern Warfare 3 moved 2,814,298 units between launch on November 8 'n December 31, 2011, while Call a Duty's 2010 entry, Black Ops, sold 3,266,298 across the same holiday sales period in the previous year.

that be a decline a 452,000 units from Treyarch-developed Black Ops in 2010 t' Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer Games-developed Modern Warfare 3 in 2011, though the latter be the fastest entertainment property in history t' reach $1 billion in sales. As MCV points out, FIFA sales be also in decline in the UK, with nearly 200K fewer copies sold during 2011 than in 2010. All that said, let's not lose any sleep over the declines -- both CoD 'n FIFA's 2011 entries sold in the many millions in just the UK, let alone worldwide.

Call a Duty: Modern Warfare 3 be the best-selling game in the UK in 2011, the UKIE has revealed. it be the third year in a row the Call a Duty games have topped the annual chart, following in the footsteps a Modern Warfare 2 'n Black Ops...

Robert Bowling, Infinity Ward's creative strategist 'n face a the Call a Duty series, be excellent at his job, in that he knows how not t' answer questions directly. it be a skill set shared by all variety a politicians, 'n not one prized among journalists. Why bother explaining this? Because when I asked Bowling about holiday sales a his studio's latest game, Modern Warfare 3, I wasn't surprised when he gave the company line ("I don't have any numbers I can share with ye"), though he did allow, "I be happy." Presumably we'll find out just how happy Bowling be when last month's NPDs arrive in a couple weeks.

Rather than push the unspeakable, I turned me attention t' more open topics, such as Modern Warfare 3's finale wrapping up the story a series leads John "Soap" MacTavish 'n Captain John Price. "Our goal with Modern Warfare 3 be definitely t' pillage some closure on the story that we started with Call a Duty 4, 'n I think we've achieved that," Bowling said. While he wouldn't put a definitive end t' their inclusion in the series, he did admit that MW3's campaign be intended as closure on the duo's story.

That said, Bowling doesn't want t' say "never" t' the concept a either character reappearing in future CoD entries. "I never like t' speak in definites when it comes t' story design, because ye never wanna not have an opening or an out," he told me. 'n hey, if Danny Trejo can appear as a DLC character, anything could happen, right?

On January 24, this year's Call a Duty DLC season kicks off on Xbox Live with other platforms t' follow. Elite subscribers on Xbox 360 will have first access the new content as part a their paid membership.

Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling confirmed with Joystiq the content schedule for Modern Warfare 3 'n it be unsurprisingly extensive. Following the first multiplayer maps later this month ("Park" 'n "Coast"), the plan be t' offer five total DLC packages over the course a the next three months. Within the next nine months, up t' September, there best be a total a 20 pieces a downloadable content available t' players. A "Content Collection" in March will bundle the previously released DLC on Xbox Live for non-Elite crew.

"The first pack be traditional multiplayer maps, but we want t' do Spec Ops missions, missions, Spec-Ops Survival, new game types, new game modes, 'n really look at adding things that we've never done before," Bowling said. He said that the focus across all three studios involved -- Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games 'n Raven Software -- has been t' experiment with the formula this time around, t' offer players content other than map pack dumps.

"We said just do what ye think be gonna be good. Do what's fun 'n, as long be fits in the Modern Warfare universe, try it! Experiment with it, 'n we'll take the best a the best 'n start polishing it up 'n releasing it. So that be really where our focus has been," Bowling concluded.

ye've been shooting dudes for nearly three months since Modern Warfare 3's early November launch, but that Elite pass has yet t' offer more than a chance t' watch yer buddy Tim's lame gameplay clips. that be all about t' change! The first DLC be nearly upon us, 'n here be yer first tour.

#callofduty There will be more than 20 "drops" a new content for Modern Warfare 3, as a nine-month season a expansions t' last year's big game kicks off this month. More »