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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Sledgehammer Games

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games (Treyarch for the Wii version), with Raven Software having assisted in development and published by Activision.

Released
8 November 2011
Developer
Sledgehammer Games
Publisher
Activision
Engine
IW Engine
Perspective
First person
Age rating
PEGI 18 · ESRB M
Platforms
PlayStation 3 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Mac · Xbox 360
Genres
Shooter · Tactical · Adventure
Also known as
COD MW3 · COD8 · Call of Duty 8 · Call of Duty: MW3 · MW3
77
Player rating
81
Critic rating
1,160
Ratings counted

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

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On August 17, 2016, hours after killing General Shepherd, Captain Price and Nikolai evacuate a dying John "Soap" MacTavish from Site Hotel Bravo, Afghanistan. Soap receives medical attention in a safehouse run by Nikolai's Loyalist allies in Himachal Pradesh, India, but Vladamir Makarov's forces arrive in an attempt to kill the trio. After the doctor is shot down, Yuri, Nikolai's best soldier, who has as much a grudge against Makarov as Price, gives Soap an adrenaline shot to keep his heart going, and helps secure a safe route out of the country. Meanwhile, the war between Russia and the United States continues, despite the U.S. Capital being secured. The actions of Delta Force's Team Metal — made up of Sgt. Derek "Frost" Westbrook, "Grinch", "Truck", and their C.O. "Sandman" facilitates the Russian army's withdrawal from the invasion of Lower Manhattan, New York City. They begin by destroying a jamming tower on top of the New York Stock Exchange, then hijack a Russian Oscar II submarine in the East River with the assistance of the US Navy SEALs, in order to use its ordnance against its own fleet. Eventually, Russia pulls back its forces from the US East Coast. On October 4, 2016, Russian President Boris Vorshevsky announces his plans to make peace with the U.S. at a summit in Hamburg. However, during the flight, Makarov's men hijack Vorshevsky's plane and force it into a crash landing on the tarmac of an airport. F.S.O. Agent Andrei Harkov attempts to secure Vorshevsky, but is killed when Makarov appears inside what the F.S.O. believe to be a evacuation helicopter Makarov kidnaps the President, and plans to capture and torture his daughter Alena, to force the President to give Makarov access to the Russian nuclear arsenal that has the capability and destructive power to destroy the entire continent of Europe.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

How long to beat

Main story
7.1 h
Main + extras
13.3 h
Completionist
23 h

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5 languages in the interface, 0 of them with full voice acting. English is supported.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Platform releases

PlayStation 3
8 November 2011
Xbox 360
8 November 2011
PC (Microsoft Windows)
17 November 2011
Mac
20 May 2014

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