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12.10.2023 - 15:17 / nme.com
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 developers from Sledgehammer Games have spoken to NME about the game’s longer time-to-kill mechanics, along with planned changes to visibility and weapon balance.Last week (October 6), the first beta for Modern Warfare 3 kicked off on PlayStation. As fans got their hands on the upcoming shooter, a few of its features stuck out – one of which was the game’s unusually long time-to-kill (TTK), a measurement that determines how long it takes one player to kill another.While this varies between Call Of Duty games, Modern Warfare 3 has one of the series’ longest to date.
Speaking to NME, Zach Hodson, design director at Sledgehammer Games, shared the reasoning behind this year’s TTK.“We play test a lot – we do about two hours a day at minimum,” he shared. “One of the big things we focused on was when you play that much, you want to get better.
You want to feel like your investment of time is actually yielding some results, otherwise it ends up feeling like a very flat experience. We found that when we increased the TTK, it felt like there was progress being made.”Greg Reisdorf, Sledgehammer’s multiplayer creative director, says that philosophy was the core of Modern Warfare 3‘s multiplayer design.
“Our north star was to always leave a match feeling like ‘Oh I can try this thing next time, I’m getting a little bit better at my aim, I know a trick now where I can counter drop-shotting,'” he shared.Ultimately, Sledgehammer landed on giving each player 150 health points, but it took trial and error – and at one point even an armour system – to get right.“We tried a lot of different health values, we even tried armour for a little bit, we tried a lot of different things,” explained Hodson. “150 just
.The clocks are set to go back tonight which means many people will have to be changing the clocks all over the house.
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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty and Universal Music announced a secret Chase & Status gig with 25 tickets for fans to win.Hosted in London, and accordingly titled LDN Calling, Chase & Status and DJ Bou have tasked fans with three missions to complete before October 31.Every completed mission increases an entrant’s likelihood of winning a ticket, and they will be able to invite a plus one along with them.All three missions will be released through the mission hub and announced through the band’s and Bou’s social channels.As well as the opportunity to attend an exclusive concert in a secret location somewhere in London, the event will offer fans the ability to play Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ahead of everyone else.
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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 or Modern Warfare 3 are on their way to Xbox Game Pass this year, Microsoft has confirmed, as there wasn’t enough time to sort out a “secret celebration drop”.Activision Blizzard stated that there were no intentions for its “upcoming and recently launched games” like Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Diablo 4 to be playable through Xbox Game Pass this year.Yet, rumours swirled that there was something in store. In the latest episode of the official Xbox podcast, Microsoft CEO of gaming Phil Spencer explained that there simply wasn’t enough time to arrange the games’ arrival on Game Pass.The acquisition of Activision Blizzard was only finalised last week following repeated revisions to the terms of the agreement.
Like lots of children across the UK this week, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have left the classroom behind them to enjoy their school half-term holiday. And there’s another familiar scenario playing out too as their parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, juggle the young royals’ very different focuses.
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Creativity can be found in many mediums and for any major league team, jersey designs and customizations that celebrate a city or community sit perfectly at the intersection of art, entertainment, and sport. In Major League Soccer's The Jersey Swap, a take on the ritual between players showing each other respect after a game, visual artist Mister Cartoon and Los Angeles Football Club star Kellyn Acosta spoke about their experiences playing by their own rules in the city they call home.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will see the return of classics Pack-A-Punch, Perk Colas, the Mystery Box, Wonder Weapon and more in an entirely new twist on the mode.Revealed in Call Of Duty Next, the trailer set the scene for Operation Deadbolt and the continuation of the Dark Aether storyline that originated in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 and was last seen in Call Of Duty: Vanguard.Check out the trailer below.As an open world outing, developer Treyarch aimed to deliver the “largest Zombies offering to date” and confirmed that there are other antagonists as well as the undead.Players will mow down scores of Zombies in waves that are much greater in number than before, but multiple squads will be let loose to curtail the threat.Moreover, the Pack-a-Punch Machine will be back, allowing players to upgrade their weapons in exchange for Essence.Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be released for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on November 10.There are two editions available for pre-order – the Standard edition and the Vault edition.
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Fans of Boyzone star Keith Duffy were left in stitches after a new video featuring him was released online - in a bid to promote his new business venture, Tyreland. Keith teamed up with former Ireland international rugby player Shane Byrne and comedian Peter McGann to create the video which parodies Ireland's Call, the country's rugby anthem. In the very music-video style clip, Keith, who recently hit out at scammers, can be seen dressed in overalls and a pair of sunglasses as he stands amongst tyres whilst smoke fills the air.
The open beta for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will kick off on Friday evening.
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