Content Collection #1 includes the brand new multiplayer maps Liberation, Piazza, Overwatch and Black Box along with new Special Ops Missions Black Ice and Negotiator, marking the first time Special Ops has been made downloadable online in the franchise’s history.

The Modern Warfare 3 Content Season is co-developed by Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software. Information on the MW3 Content Collection #1 for the PC will be coming soon.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is rated 18 by BBFC. For more information on the Call of Duty: MW3 content drops, season of content, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty Elite visit www.callofduty.com/mw3 and www.callofduty.com/elite.

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Fans of the world’s most popular FPS were promised a wider variety of content at last autumn’s inaugural Call of Duty XP fan celebration, and Content Collection #1 delivers. For the first time ever, two intense Special Ops missions, “Black Ice” and “Negotiator,” are riding shotgun alongside four new multiplayer maps—Liberation, Piazza, Overwatch and Black Box. Collection #1 is available first on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 for 1,200 Microsoft Points.  The collection is open to all; a premium Call of Duty Elite membership is not required. The DLC pack will be rolled out to other platforms at a later date.

“Call of Duty MW3 Content Collection #1 is the biggest DLC pack ever for Call of Duty,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. “We’re serious about delivering the best value to our fans and just as we promised last year, it’s not just maps anymore.  With six pieces of playable content, that’s more content and bigger variety than we’ve ever been able to include before in aCall of Duty DLC for the same price.”

Content Collection #1 sets the bar for variety, value and fan-service in the FPS DLC marketplace, featuring six fully-fledged Call of Duty experiences. The full loadout includes:

·         Black Ice: This Special Ops mission plunges combatants deep into a frozen diamond mine via a snowmobile in order to infiltrate a secret weapons plant and initiate the self-destruct sequence to take the facility offline for good.
·         Negotiator: India is the backdrop for a Special Ops hostage extraction, where gamers must execute flawless breach-and-clears and negotiate a maze of surface streets to ensure the safety of rescued civilians.
·         Liberation: Players take up positions in a militarised Central Park in the heart of NYC, a sprawling deathscape ripe for long-range sniper and LMG kills.
·         Piazza: An idyllic seaside village, an Italian getaway gone rogue, where blind corners and a complex warren of branching pathways pose danger at every turn.
·         Overwatch: A compact, sky-high battle arena set in a construction site atop a New York City office tower.
·         Black Box: Players seek tactical advantage in multi-level hillside homes overlooking a downed Air Force One, as a luxe SoCal neighborhood turns into a warzone.

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Content drops 4, 5 and 6 feature a new Multiplayer level added to the roster and for the first time ever, two new Special Ops missions are available as part of the downloadable content. The content drops include the following levels:

Black Box – a multiplayer level set in the South Californian hillside with half-built homes and the downed wreckage of Air Force One.

Black Ice – a Special Ops mission where after using a snowmobile to escape your foes, you have to plant high-grade explosives in order to shut down a perilous mine forever.

Negotiator – a second Special Ops mission where you head to India for a high-stakes hostage extraction.

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MW3 Collection #1 includes an unprecedented breadth and variety of content for Call of Duty downloadable release – four brand new multiplayer maps Liberation, Piazza, Overwatch and Black Box along with new Special Ops Missions Black Ice and Negotiator, marking the first time Special Ops has been made downloadable online in franchise history.

In “Black Box,” players will battle beside a downed Air Force One amidst multi-level homes overlooking the luxurious Southern California neighbourhood. Infiltrating a diamond mine aboard a snowmobile in the Special Ops mission “Black Ice,” your primary objective is to plant high-grade explosives in order to shut the mine down forever. In “Negotiator,” you head to India for high-stakes hostage extraction in which you’ll breach-and-clear rooms and navigate surface streets to ensure the safety of your VIPs.

Additionally for Call of Duty Elite Premium Members on Xbox LIVE, Call of Duty Elite Content Drops 4-6, featuring Black Box, Negotiator and Black Ice, will be available for download on 13^th March. Elite Content Drops 4-6 and MW3 Collection #1 will be made available on other platforms at a later date.

The Modern Warfare 3 Content Season is published by Activision and co-developed by Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software. Coming first to Call of Duty Elite Premium Members on Xbox LIVE, all content will be available to Premium Members on other available platforms at a later date. The full calendar of content is outlined here – http://www.callofduty.com/contentcalendar.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is PEGI rated 18.

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We’re excited to announce the start of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s Content Season for Call of Duty Elite Premium Members on the PlayStation Network with today’s release of the first two content drops – Liberation and Piazza.

Call of Duty Elite Drop 1: Liberation, a militarised Central Park in the heart of NYC, features a vast landscape ripe for long-range sniper and LMG kills. Mounted turrets on opposing ends of the map offer overwhelming firepower to anyone brave enough to man them. Elite Drop 2: Piazza, set in an idyllic Italian seaside village getaway gone rogue, offers blind corners and a complex network of branching pathways that pose danger at every turn. Visceral close-quarters combat dominates in Piazza, and attacks from above and below are an ever-constant threat.

Liberation and Piazza are the first two content drops in the nine-month Content Season that will include more than 20 pieces of brand new content. The next Call of Duty Elite Content Drop for Premium Members on the PlayStation Network is scheduled to land on 29^th March with the release of Overwatch, a multiplayer map that drops players into a construction site atop a New York City skyscraper.

The Modern Warfare 3 Content Season is co-developed by Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is PEGI rated 18. For more information on the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 content drops, season of content, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty Elite visit www.callofduty.com/mw3 and www.callofduty.com/elite.

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Overwatch is a frantic multi-floor-frag-fest 70 stories up with views to match; it’s all you could want to cure that V-Day hangover. Live the good life on a New York high-rise and dominate all who come against you in the all new vertigo inducing environment; rule the world from the highest multiplayer map Call of Duty has ever seen.

Overwatch, the new Modern Warfare  3 multiplayer map, is available 21^st February on Xbox Live for Call of Duty ELITE Premium members. Premium Call of Duty ELITE members receive new Call of Duty: MW3 content every month of the season for their platform for nine months. Non-premium Call of Duty ELITE members can still look forward to new content with Modern Warfare 3 Content Collections, including maps, modes and other features previously released through content drops.

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Call of Duty Elite Drop 3: Overwatch drops you into a construction site atop a New York City skyscraper. The battle takes place along two levels in a near symmetrical layout, with the central bridge and side routes open to attack from multiple angles. Watch your every step, as a lack of safety barriers surrounding the perimeter leaves nothing between you and a 70 story fall to the ground below.

Overwatch is the third Content Drop in Modern Warfare 3’s Content Season, which will include more than 20 pieces of brand new content over the 9 month season. Elite Drops 4-6 will be available in March for Premium Members on Xbox Live and will include the multiplayer map Black Box and two brand new Special Ops Missions, Black Ice and Negotiator. The full calendar of content is outlined here – http://www.callofduty.com/contentcalendar

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Call of Duty Elite Drop 1: Liberation, a militarised Central Park in the heart of NYC, features a vast landscape ripe for long-range sniper and LMG kills. Mounted turrets on opposing ends of the map offer overwhelming firepower to anyone brave enough to man them. Elite Drop 2: Piazza, set in an idyllic seaside village, Italian getaway gone rogue, where blind corners and a complex network of branching pathways pose danger at every turn. Visceral close-quarters combat dominates in Piazza, and attacks from above and below are an ever-constant threat.

The Modern Warfare 3 Content Season is co-developed by Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software. All content is available first to Premium Members on Xbox 360, but will be available to Premium Members on PS3 before non-premium members on their console.

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Call of Duty Elite Drop 1: Liberation, a militarised Central Park in the heart of NYC, featuring a vast landscape ripe for long-range sniper and LMG kills. Mounted turrets on opposing ends of the map offer overwhelming firepower to anyone brave enough to man them. Elite Drop 2: Piazza, set in an idyllic seaside village, Italian getaway gone rogue, where blind corners and a complex network of branching pathways pose danger at every turn. Visceral close-quarters combat dominates in Piazza, and attacks from above and below are an ever-constant threat.

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This makes 3 years in a row for Activision as the publisher also made No1 in 2010 with Call of Duty: Black Ops and in 2009 with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has continued to set new records since its release in November last year, grossing a record-breaking £83 million in its first week of sales, which was also the biggest grossing week of all time for video games software at £121m.

EA also had a strong year with the No2 and No3 games FIFA 12 and Battlefield 3. FIFA 12, the latest version of EA’s football game kick-started the market at the end of September last year, selling around 1m units in the UK in just 2 days.  Meanwhile, Battlefield 3 became the most successful alternative to Activision’s Call of Duty series and remains within the Top 10 of the most successful week 1 launch titles in the UK.

At No4 is 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness, mostly thanks to the release in 2011 of the Wii version – overall sales on Wii, 360, PS3 meant that the title topped the All Formats Chart 13 times in 2011, but on the Wii chart, the title ruled for record-breaking 28 consecutive weeks in 2011.

Bethesda’s critically acclaimed The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim takes No5 and is the publisher’s most successful title ever and a first Top 10 All Formats placing over a year, even taking No3 on the Xbox 360 and PC Games individual format charts.

Ubisoft’s strong performance in 2011 is highlighted at No6 and No7 with Just Dance 3 and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations.

Completing the Top 10 is Take 2 at No8 with L.A. Noire, THQ at No9 with Saints Row: The Third and Warner at No10 with Batman: Arkham City.

New for 2011 was the Nintendo 3DS, gaining a separate chart from DS and topped by Nintendo’s most popular franchise, Super Mario 3D Land.

On DS the latest Professor Layton And The Spectre’s Call carries on a 3 year tradition of being the No1 DS game (2010 was Professor Layton And The Lost Future, 2009 was Professor Layton And The Curious Village).

2011 All Formats Chart

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
2. FIFA 12
3. Battlefield 3
4. Zumba Fitness
5. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
6. Just Dance 3
7. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
8. L.A. Noire
9. Saints Row: The Third
10. Batman: Arkham City

2011 Nintendo Wii  Chart

1. Zumba Fitness
2. Just Dance 3
3. Just Dance 2
4. Mario Kart Wii
5. Wii Sports Resort

2011 Sony PlayStation 3 Chart

1. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
2. FIFA 12
3. Battlefield 3
4. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
5. Assassins Creed: Revelations

2011 XBox 360 Chart

1. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
2. FIFA 12
3. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
4. Battlefield 3
5. Gears of War 3

2011 Nintendo DS Chart

1. Professor Layton And The Spectre’s Call
2. Pokemon White Version
3. Pokemon Black Version
4. Art Academy
5. Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo

2011 Sony PSP Chart

1. FIFA 12
2. FIFA 11
3. Motorstorm: Arctic Edge
4. Gran Turismo
5. Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines

2011 Nintendo 3DS Chart

1. Super Mario 3D Land
2. Mario Kart 7
3. The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time 3D
4. Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever
5. Rayman 3D

2011 PC Games

1. Football Manager 2012
2. Football Manager 2011
3. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
4. The Sims 3
5. Battlefield 3

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