Maps Confirmed:
– Favela = Shanty town, narrow alleyways. Colourful propaganda on walls. Washing on a line. Abandoned football goals.
– Highrise = No description. Apparently it looks like downtown Russia.
– Afghan = Desert environment with crashed plane.
– Estate = Unknown details (same goes for the following maps).
– Quarry
– Terminal
– Sub Base
– Derail
– Underpass
– Scrapyard
– Wasteland
– Skidrow
– Rust
– Invasion
Miscellaneous Confirmations: (by people at this event)
– NO. PUBLIC. BETA.
– In the lobby screen, you can see your NAT type. This shows how easy it will be for you to find a match (Easy – Hard). Also: There is a marquee at the bottom of the screen showing some of your personal stats.
– After some further searching and sifting through details, it appears that Akimbo is not a perk after all. It is an attachment, somehow. Will get back to this later when I can find more info.
– Two map packs will be available first on Xbox soon after the release of the game.
– Get the winning kill in a match? Everyone will view it after the match is over! A killcam pops up, showing “Game Winning Kill” at the top and it will play the last kill in slow motion.
– Launchers selected will take up your secondary weapon slot. Using an AT-4? No shotgun, SMG, or pistol for you.
– There will be a limited edition MW2 themed 360 coming out on November 10th, 2009 (same date as the actual game) priced at $399. It comes with the new 250GB Hard-Drive, 2 Controllers, and a copy of the game.
– New Veteran Edition of MW2. View at: http://www.mw2blog.com/modern-warfare-2-veteran-edition-announced/
– Killstreaks are stackable. EX: If you get a helicopter, but had an airstrike, you can use your helicopter and then you can use your airstrike (and anything behind that).
– Modded controllers have been addressed. No more rapid fire pistols (unless it’s the Glock 18).
– Rank cap is now level 70. Unknown level of prestige’s. Rewards for prestiging.
– Throwing knives can be pulled out of your dead opponents body after the kill.
– The infamous ‘red hand’ in the bottom corner of the Flag Runner video is now confirmed as a faction. It’s apparently called; ‘Militia’. Other known factions: TF 141, Opfor, Spestnas.
– Players will now unlock emblems and titles for their Callsigns. We had assumed this, but it has now been confirmed.
– Shotguns & Sniper Rifles can now be silenced.
– Better customizable loadouts. For example, you can use a Throwing Knife, Semtex, Blast Shield, or Tactical Insertion. Secondary weapons can be SMGs, Shotguns, Launchers (Rocket and Grenade + unrevealed). Etc, etc, etc.
– “The riot shield is an extremely hardy defensive tool, able to soak up a ton of damage before breaking (up to two full magazines with some of the weaker weapons and most of the force of a grenade). Better still, slinging the riot shield onto your back while you have your SMGs out gives you protection from bullets coming in from the rear.” Riot Shields can be picked up off of the ground by anyone, no matter your perk set. You can kill with the riot shield; Two melee hits for a kill. Akimbo does not work with the riot shield. Riot Shields cannot break. Ever.
– New party support. Players in a party with you are identified by blue markers over their head. Easy to stick with your friends.
– When you use the riot shield, it obscures the bottom quarter of the screen and you move more slowly.
– Dual-Wielding is not limited to pistols. There were dual UMP’s being used. Possibly dual shotguns as well.
War.
War never changes.
