Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter video game, jointly developed by Infinity Ward👏 and Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. The game was released worldwide in November 2011 for Microsoft Windows, the Xbox👏 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and OS X.[1] It is the sequel to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), serving👏 as the third and final installment in the original Modern Warfare trilogy and the eighth Call of Duty installment overall.👏 A separate version for the Nintendo DS was developed by n-Space, while Treyarch developed the game's Wii port. In Japan,👏 Square Enix published the game with a separate subtitled and dubbed version.[2]
The game's campaign follows Modern Warfare 2 and begins👏 right after the events of its final mission. Similar to Modern Warfare 2, it is centered around Task Force 141,👏 which contains Captain Price, Soap MacTavish, and a newly introduced playable character, Yuri. Alongside the Delta Force and Special Air👏 Service, they hunt Vladimir Makarov (the main antagonist of the trilogy), a Russian terrorist who leads the Russian Ultranationalist party.👏 He led several terror attacks across Europe, triggering a large-scale war between the Ultranationalists and friendly forces. For the game's👏 multiplayer mode, new mode types and killstreak choices were brought in. Improvements were also made to the mode that solved👏 issues that appeared in Modern Warfare 2.
Using an enhanced version of Modern Warfare 2's IW engine, development for the game👏 began in 2010 with more than one developer studio. Prior to development, Infinity Ward co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella👏 left the company to form Respawn Entertainment. Other members had been fired or had left the company following the duo's👏 departure. Sledgehammer Games had joined the Modern Warfare 3 development force, with Raven Software also developing the game's multiplayer mode.👏 Following a large leak containing detailed information about the game, multiple teaser trailers were released, with each showcasing a location👏 featured in the game's campaign, leading up to a full reveal.
Modern Warfare 3 received positive reviews from critics, with praise👏 for its gameplay, campaign, and multiplayer, although there was some criticism for its story and lack of innovation. It won👏 the award for Best Shooter at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards. It was a massive commercial success. Within 24👏 hours of going on sale, the game sold 6.5 million copies in the United States and the United Kingdom and👏 grossedR$400 million, contemporaneously making it the largest entertainment launch ever.[3][4][5]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2024) features 20 playable maps at launch, including 16 core maps🧾 that are further complemented by the addition of four larger environments.
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