SANTA MONICA, Calif.,
Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 Season of Content
wraps up with the last two Content Collections – Collection #3:
Chaos Pack and Collection #4: Final Assault – set to release on the
Xbox 360 on August 9 and September 6, 2012 respectively. The
Call of Duty: MW3 Collection #3: Chaos
Pack, will introduce gamers to the brand new Special
Ops Chaos Mode, in addition to offering three all new FACE OFF Maps
and four new Special Ops Missions. The final Collection
#4: Final Assault will be released on September 6 and deliver five all-new Multiplayer
Maps.
By its conclusion, the season of content will have delivered an
unprecedented depth and variety of content to fans worldwide –
including 29 pieces of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
DLC (including three free maps) and introducing the new multiplayer
FACE OFF and all-new Special Ops Chaos Mode and delivering Special
Ops Missions in DLC for the first time in franchise history.
Call of Duty: MW3 Collection #3: Chaos Pack offers
extensive solo and co-op gameplay for the Special Ops enthusiast,
featuring four brand new Special Ops Missions – Vertigo, Arctic
Recon, Light 'Em Up and Special Delivery – and FACE OFF maps –
Vortex, U-Turn and Intersection. Introducing a new way to play Call
of Duty®, Special Ops Chaos Mode delivers a frenetic form of combat
that demands players to outlast waves of enemies, while chaining
kills on maps littered in power-ups to achieve the highest possible
score on fan-favorite multiplayer maps Resistance, Village,
Underground and Dome.
The final act of the Call of Duty: MW3
Content Season, Collection #4: Final
Assault, is tailored toward hardcore multiplayer fans, and
features five all-new multiplayer maps. "Gulch" sends combatants
into a forgotten mining town with mine shafts and equipment sheds
for cover. In "Boardwalk," fun in the sun on the Jersey Shore
means facing enemies on the beach. "Offshore" and
"Decommission" will test players' sea legs on deadly oceanic
oilrigs and among a maze of rotting ocean liners respectively.
Rounding out the collection is a trip to the French Quarter in a
war-torn New Orleans, where
"Parish" pits players against one another amidst the city's
rubble.
Both Collection #3: Chaos Pack and
Collection #4: Final Assault will release first on
the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft for 1,200 Microsoft Points, or
$14.99. The Collections will be
released on other platforms shortly thereafter. The DLC included in
the Collections will be made available to Premium Elite members at
an earlier date; for current release dates for Premium Elite
Members, go to http://www.callofduty.com/mw3/contentcalendar.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is
published by Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary
of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), 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 go to
www.callofduty.com/mw3 or check out @InfinityWard or @SHGames on
Twitter.
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