Not being the biggest fan of Call of Duty, I find it a little hard to judge the success of Call of Duty Elite — the subscription service Activision launched last year alongside Modern Warfare 3. The launch was troubled, however, but according to Activision product director Noah Heller, the service is starting to make up some ground.
The much ballyhooed Call of Duty: Elite online service will not be available in Japan. Square Enix, Call of Duty‘s publisher in Japan, revealed that a Japanese version isn’t happening due to localisation issues.
Former Daily Show correspondent Rob Riggle wriggles his way into Modern Warfare 3‘s upcoming Overwatch map, giving us a guided tour of the hoary heights of New York City skyscrapers.
PlayStation 3 Call of Duty Elite members get their first taste of the nine-month Modern Warfare 3 content season come February 28, when Activision launches the Liberation and Piazza maps for Sony’s console.
Man, Activision is really pushing its new Elite subscription service. Not that we blame them — it’s a smart idea. Now Activision has completely ‘mapped’ out its DLC schedule for 2012, and it looks as though they will be regularly releasing new maps and missions exclusively for Elite subscribers.
Some hardcore fanatics might say that Call of Duty’s a major part of their life. Thinking about killstreaks, prestiges and perks in Activision’s multi-developer FPS series takes up a large part of their days and their nights get spent filling online opponents full of bullet holes.
Premium Call of Duty Elite Subscribers got a couple stocking stuffers on Christmas Eve for use in Modern Warfare 3. They’ll get an extra two hours of double XP play, and a Prestige Token that can be redeemed for more XP time or other perks in the game’s Prestige Shop.
