Modern Warfare 3 'Survival' mode detailed

Details about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's 'Survival' mode surface.

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The guys over at GameHunters have managed to unearth some details about a new multiplayer mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, called 'Survival.' This new mode is an addition to the popular 'Spec Ops' mode from Modern Warfare 2; however, Survival mode will utilize the game's multiplayer maps.

Infinity Ward also revealed that Spec Ops will be receiving its very own progressive ranking system, leaderboards, and online matchmaking.

According to the report, GameHunters checked out a Survival map called 'Dome,' described as "a derelict Cold War-era desert radar command bunker."

Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling described the mode, which throws unlimited and ever-changing waves of enemies against you and a friend. "You definitely have to change up your strategy as the enemy changes up," he said. "Obviously how you fight the kamakazi dudes is different from how you fight the normal dudes and how you fight a dog is different from a dude and how you fight juggernauts, they are not only big and armored, so they will just brute force come at you. But they each have their own way of being taken out effectively."

Head on over to the original report on USA Today for the complete report.

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    May 27, 2011 8:00 PM

    Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Modern Warfare 3 'Survival' mode detailed.

    Details about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's 'Survival' mode surface.

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      May 27, 2011 8:29 PM

      Dogs?! Those things gave me PTSD in MW1.

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      May 27, 2011 8:40 PM

      As long as they get rid of juggernauts.

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        May 27, 2011 9:03 PM

        Agreed. They made the spec ops mode harder than it needed to be.

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          May 27, 2011 9:04 PM

          OK no such luck as they are talked about in the article. Fuck.

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          May 27, 2011 9:08 PM

          I just didn't like how they really were only beaten by explosives and sniper head shots. It was just stupid.

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          May 27, 2011 9:33 PM

          They should of made such that a headshot with an ultra powerful gun like the barret .50 dropped them in one hit.

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            May 29, 2011 5:22 AM

            Juggernauts are fun. They added challenge to a game mode that exists only to be a series of challenges.

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      May 27, 2011 8:53 PM

      so innovating

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      May 27, 2011 9:08 PM

      More articles about BF3 please

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      May 27, 2011 9:15 PM

      Heh, I already played some Killing Floor today.

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      May 27, 2011 10:02 PM

      A quality spec ops mode is the only thing that'd make me consider coming back to the franchise. Loved that in MW2.

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      May 27, 2011 10:05 PM

      Can someone explain what Spec Ops was in MW2? I never played it.

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        May 27, 2011 10:08 PM

        2 player co-op mode that took place in some of the levels from the SP campaign. Multiple difficulty modes on them also to earn stars to unlock more levels.

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          May 27, 2011 10:50 PM

          That was the best part of MW2, I had so much fun with that co-op.

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            May 27, 2011 10:58 PM

            I played it more than regular MP mode I think just got get all the gold stars. Veteran was complete bullshit on some levels but it was still a shit load of fun.

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            May 28, 2011 3:28 AM

            Agreed.

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        May 29, 2011 11:37 AM

        To further explain, it's basically little bite-sized missions for 2 people to take on. It ranged from normal stuff to one person controlling an AC-130 with another person on the ground or one person as a helicopter gunner with another on the ground. One was even in the style of the sniper mission from MW1.

        It was an almost uncharacteristic kind of creativity from a big budget shooter and they were a huge value-add to the game.

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      May 27, 2011 10:41 PM

      So basically this is Modern Warfares version of zombies?

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        May 28, 2011 1:12 AM

        Much better than zombies i find, i'm getting tired of the franchise now, haven't even got black ops yet but i think i'll end up getting this at some point so me and my bro can play Spec Ops, it's good fun.

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        May 28, 2011 3:29 AM

        Zombies mode doesn't have shit on Spec Ops.

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        May 29, 2011 12:32 PM

        I hope not...Zombies is too slow. I imagine this will be more like Firefight or Horde.

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      May 28, 2011 3:29 AM

      lol

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      May 28, 2011 5:06 AM

      OH





      Left 4 Dead

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      May 28, 2011 8:37 AM

      They still haven't fixed a well known bug that has been there since the beginning that prevents you from playing multiplayer unless you run MP and SP at the same time because of their shitty IWnet in MW2

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      May 28, 2011 9:10 AM

      gears of war 3 it is not

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      May 28, 2011 10:51 AM

      I like the way they tried to make it sound diverse like L4D survival or Halo Firefight when it's just not.

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      May 29, 2011 6:23 AM

      TLDR Fight the dudes.

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      May 29, 2011 8:21 PM

      Zombies!... without zombies...

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      May 30, 2011 6:57 PM

      Unless they come out with something that would WOW me im going to pass. Ive played Mw2, and Blops, MW3 wont be any different.

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