Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Review

In case you haven't already picked up your copy of the latest installment of Infinity Ward's classic take on near-future gun-shooting, and you say you're "on the fence" for this game, then please read on.  Apparently, analysts are predicting over 7 million day-one sales world-wide, and Activision estimates 4.7 Million copies were from North America and UK alone.  So what's the big deal? Why do my feet stink?  All very good questions.

Press on after the jump to get our full impressions.

Authenticity is Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising's middle name

Codemaster's has provided us with another release video for their soon to be released first person shooter. While the last video we posted focused on the vehicles available, this most recent developer diary focuses the sounds inside the game that help add an authentic feel to the player. Though loud gunshots and explosion through a massive surround sound makes almost any gameplay experience euphoric and are bound to piss of your neighbors and family members, the gameplay video on top of the sound work done by the developers make this game look promising.

Modern Warfare 2 dropping names on November 10, 2009

In a world gone mad with name changes (Bioshock 2, is it, or is it NOT: Sea of Dreams), Infinity Ward and Activision have decided to zig, when others zag. Instead of adding a subtitle, they're just USING the subtitle!

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was the first in the COD series to be, well modernized. To me, this made the game worth playing - as we've all been 'round the WWII horn a few times before. Well then they followed that up, but taking a step back, thematically at least with the release of Call of Duty 5: World At War.

Being that COD 4 was the juggernaut that it was, they had to do a sequel, but at this point, you surely can't call it Call of Duty 4:2, or Call of Duty 4.2, or even Call of Duty 4 squared. That would just confuse most people, and people might think it suddenly turned into a edutainment title about mathematics.

So they bucked the trend, and dropped the COD altogether, and now we wait for Modern Warfare 2. It's deploying on November 10th, so it will be sandwiched right in there before the holidays, and I'm sure it will sell a boat-load, likely on par with how many sands are on the beach or hairs on your head.

Check out the teaser site and trailer