Modern Warfare 3 Collection 2 Brings New Maps, 2 Spec Ops and Face Off Mode
Activision announced the first details for Modern Warfare 3 Collection 2 today. Collection 2 will include two maps already released to premium ELITE members, Sanctuary and Foundation, plus a brand-new multiplayer / survial map called Oasis which takes place on the coast of the United Arab Emirates.
Collection 2 will also include two new Spec Ops missions, Iron Clad and Kill Switch. Iron Clad takes you back to the ‘Goalpost’ Campaign mission and has you escorting a tank division. You also get the opportunity to pilot a tank. Kill Switch takes place in an industrial area in Russia. One player is on the ground tasked with locating and detonating an EMP while the other player provides cover from afar with a sniper rifle.
Then we have a brand-new multiplayer mode called ‘Face Off’. Face Off features Kill Confirmed and TDM but on custom-created, small maps for 1v1 or 2v2 matches. The four new Face Off maps, available exclusively in Face Off mode, are called Getaway, which takes place at a beachside mansion in Brazil, Lookout, which is at a observation post in Afghanistan, Erosion, which is at Roman ruins in Italy and Aground, which is a shipwreck off the coast of Scotland.
Modern Warfare 3 Collection 2 will be available to premium ELITE members on the Xbox May 15th. It’ll be available for everyone on Xbox to purchase a week later on May 22nd. Two of the Face Off maps – Aground and Erosion – will be available for free to everyone on Xbox Live May 16th, and PSN June 16th.
Collection 2 also comes with six new achievements for 150GS.
Don’t Tread on Me (15 points)
Complete the “Iron Clad” Special Ops mission on any difficulty.
High Roller (25 points)
Complete the “Iron Clad” Special Ops mission on Veteran difficulty.
Not a Scratch (35 points)
Finish with your tank at full health in the “Iron Clad” Special Ops mission.
One-Four-One (15 points)
Complete the “Kill Switch” Special Ops mission on any difficulty.
Helipocalypse (30 points)
Destroy 6 helicopters in the “Kill Switch” Special Ops mission.
EMPressive… (30 points)
Complete the “Kill Switch” Special Ops mission on Veteran difficulty.
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Awesome, so for everyone else who has Elite on Xbox, instead of 4 new maps like we thought; we get 1 new map, 2 spec ops missions, and 3 maps we will almost never see or play on.
GOOD JOB ACTIVISION!
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So the majority of maps are only available in 1v1 and 2v2 modes? Really? This is what i was waiting for?
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The Face Off maps, yes.
So they’re just throwing us a bone by adding Oasis, the only new multiplayer/survival map to a map pack hardly anyone wants to buy. Why not make the new maps available for all mulitplayer modes like everyone was expecting?
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Because they are custom created, small maps. I agree, I would rather “regular” maps.
This could be a good thing, but yes, at least allowing a team of 4 to play would appease peoples expectations. I don’t like that they are releasing things for free either… Not because it is free for people, but because they are only doing it to entice more people to buy elite. ‘like these 1v1 maps? Well we have more on the elite service, come buy them!’
Also, the content calendar said that there would be four new maps this month. Correct me if I am wrong, but we have the two ‘free’ maps, two paid maps, and a single multiplayer map. That makes 5 maps total, or if you remove the free ones, (since the content calendar is for elite maps, i.e. paid maps) then we have 3 maps. No way is this four new maps, and spec ops missions were not advertised?
does anyone feel that this was some last minute change around because they messed something else up with the maps they were supposed to release??
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1v1 and 2v2 maps? only boosters want these maps, have they ran out of ideas to make actual multiplayer maps
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Well this is something not many people were expecting.
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so we can except DLC2 at early july on PC?
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Survival mode – why do they have the difficulty on these maps set so high?? Why is there no option to adjust the difficulty – juggernaunts and shooting helicopters on level 4 ?????? This is the last time I spend money on new maps until they change this. How can you enjoy a game when you cannot survive past level 4 ?? Stupid call on the difficulty settings.
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