SANTA MONICA, Calif.,
March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hailed
as "exhilarating" and a "standout" upon their debut days ago to
Call of Duty® Elite Premium members, the new Special
Ops Missions "Black Ice" and "Negotiator" are now poised for play
for all Call of Duty® fans on Xbox LIVE® everywhere
as they lead the biggest and deepest content offering in Call of
Duty history with today's release of the Modern Warfare® 3
Collection Content #1. The content rich collection features
the two new epic Special Ops missions and four new,
adrenaline-fueled multiplayer maps, including "Black Box," already
heralded in the media as "ingenious" and "awesome."
Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today the
availability of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Content
Collection #1, the largest and most eagerly anticipated DLC
release in franchise history. Fans of the world's most popular FPS
were promised a wider variety of content at last fall's inaugural
Call of Duty® XP fan celebration, and Content
Collection #1 delivers. For the first time ever, two
intense Special Ops missions, "Black Ice" and "Negotiator," are
riding shotgun alongside four new multiplayer maps—Liberation,
Piazza, Overwatch and Black Box. Collection #1 is
available first on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video
game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 1,200 Microsoft
Points, or $14.99. The Collection is
open to all; a premium Call of Duty® Elite membership
is not required. The DLC pack will be rolled out to other platforms
at a later date.
"Call of Duty® MW3 Content Collection #1 is the
biggest DLC pack ever for Call of Duty," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing.
"We're serious about delivering the best value to our fans and just
as we promised last year, it's not just maps anymore. With
six pieces of playable content, that's more content and bigger
variety than we've ever been able to include before in a Call
of Duty DLC for the same price."
Content Collection #1 sets the bar for variety,
value and fan-service in the FPS DLC marketplace, featuring six
fully-fledged Call of Duty experiences. The full
loadout includes:
- Black Ice: This Special Ops mission plunges combatants
deep into a frozen diamond mine via snowmobile in order to
infiltrate a secret weapons plant and initiate the self-destruct
sequence to take the facility offline for good.
- Negotiator: India is
the backdrop for a Special Ops hostage extraction, where gamers
must execute flawless breach-and-clears and negotiate a maze of
surface streets to ensure the safety of rescued civilians.
- Liberation: Players take up positions in a militarized
Central Park in the heart of NYC, a sprawling deathscape ripe for
long-range sniper and LMG kills.
- Piazza: An idyllic seaside village, an Italian getaway
gone rogue, where blind corners and a complex warren of branching
pathways pose danger at every turn.
- Overwatch: A compact, sky-high battle arena set in a
construction site atop a New York
City office tower.
- Black Box: Players seek tactical advantage in
multi-level hillside homes overlooking a downed Air Force One, as a
luxe SoCal neighborhood turns into a warzone.
To celebrate the launch of Content Collection #1,
Activision will be pitting football superstars Ahmad Bradshaw of the World Champion New York
Giants and Rob Gronkowski of the New
England Patriots against each other in a Grudge Match for ultimate
bragging rights. Bradshaw and Gronkowski will captain teams
featuring development studio members, online personalities and
Modern Warfare 3 fans in an intense head-to-head
battle. Gamers can review Grudge Match highlights on the
Modern Warfare 3 Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/MW3.
Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection #1 is
published by Activision and co-developed by Infinity Ward,
Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software. Call of Duty:
Modern Warfare 3 is rated "M" (Mature) by the ESRB for
Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence and Strong
Language. For more information on the Call of Duty: MW3
content drops, season of content, Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare 3 and Call of Duty Elite visit
www.callofduty.com/mw3 and www.callofduty.com/elite.
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