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It’s been a while coming, but Activision has finally given PS3 Call of Duty Elite Premium subscribers something to download for Modern Warfare 3. Yay! The Liberation and Piazza maps that arrived on Xbox last month have been released on the PS3 today, but only for premium subscribers. The rest of you will have to …

DICE has said that the DLC unlocked with the Battlefield 3 Physical Warfare Pack will be made freely available to all players down the line to avoid a fragmented community. The Physical Warfare Pack – so far only announced for the UK but set to launch in other territories too – will feature extras including …

Activision showed off Modern Warfare 3′s new wave based co-op ‘Survival’ mode last night on American TV, and a little co-op. Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg, Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling and Sledghammer’s Glen Schofield appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to publically reveal the mode, and fellow guest Simon Pegg got in on the action …

This just looks… awesome. We have the full movie for you from the Battlefield 3 mission Thunder Run, as played by Executive Producer Patrick Bach at EA’s 2011 E3 press conference. This mission follows new character Marine Sgt. Miller as he takes part in a large-scale tank assault on the outskirts of Tehran. Enjoy!

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick wanted to play Battlefield 3 at E3 2011 yesterday and got the door slammed firmly in his face. According to reports, a female assistant of Kotick’s hopped to the front of the EA queue on Wednesday morning. The DICE-developed FPS is only being shown behind closed doors in Los Angeles – …

Here’s a whopping 13 minutes of uninterrupted Modern Warfare 3 gameplay showing off the shooter’s Black Tuesday mission, courtesy of Gametrailers.com. With America struggling to cope with a Russian invasion force, it sees you tasked with fighting your way to the US Stock Exchange. The movie features street-based gunplay and rooftop sniping, while the player …

Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling showed off one of the Modern Warfare 3 missions on stage at Microsoft’s E3 press conference earlier, and it looked pretty nice to boot. He plays for about nine minutes, showing off an underwater segment where you have to plant a mine on a Russian sub attacking the American coastline, as …

Another batch of Modern Warfare 3 details have seemingly leaked, this time focusing on the game’s multiplayer component. According to Kotaku sources, fresh individual perks and killstreaks will be joined by team perks, a major new addition. On the negative side, Modern Warfare 3 won’t support dedicated servers, ‘instead relying on the hosted servers found …

The Internet has been all abuzz concerning Modern Warfare 3′s rumoured Survival Mode, and today it has been officially confirmed and detailed, via a report in USA Today. The mode, which comes as part of the new game’s updated Spec-Ops suite, has players competing against increasingly difficult waves of enemies (in the Horde/Firefight fashion) across …

As promised, Activision and Infinity Ward have released the first proper footage Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It’s all very dramatic as you’d expect, and we’ll let the moving pictures do the talking.

Modern Warfare 3 developer Infinity Ward has revealed that the first gameplay trailer for the title will air later today, and went on to say that the game’s engine features plenty of improvements over MW2′s. Asked on Twitter whether MW3 is using a brand new game engine, IW creative strategist Robert Bowling responded: “We haven’t …

Good news CoD fans. It looks like your first glimpse of Modern Warfare 3 will come on May 23rd – this Monday – via ESPN. Activision has announced via the Modern Warfare 3 Facebook page that the game will premiere during the Western Conference Finals. In its own words: “Tune in for the Modern Warfare …

Activision has released a quartet of teaser trailers for Modern Warfare 3, following huge spoiler filled online leaks yesterday, which we didn’t report because spoilers really do suck. As you can see the teasers confirm New York, London, Berlin and Paris locations for the third mega-shooter, which is said to sport a World War 3 …

Activision’s Modern Warfare 3 will reportedly go head-to-head with Battlefield 3 by focusing on large-scale maps and destructible environments, two of the features that have helped EA’s rival FPS franchise earn its strong following. That’s according to Kotaku, which says it has been informed by “sources who have seen the game in action” that the …

We’ve got some confirmation on the Battlefield 3 launch date, and a few more interesting tidbits regarding the title’s HUGE marketing campaign. EA CEO John Riccitiello spoke at an ad conference in New York, where he revealed that Battlefield 3 will launch this November, and will be paired with a $100 million marketing campaign from …