Andy Alderson of Inc Gamers writes:
"The news was revealed via the Infinity Ward Twitter page with the publisher stating the development team is "focused on polish" until the game releases.
However, while the lack of a pre-release demo may be bad news, a Q & A on MW2 creative strategist Robert Bowling's Twitter page revealed some new details about the game."
Update
More details from FourZeroTwo's Twitter:
FourZeroTwo of Infinity Ward has recently posted NUMEROUS details regarding Modern Warfare 2 on his Twitter account. To save everyone the trouble of sifting through the non-essential posts here is a compilation:
Tactical Insertion can't be thrown out of the map, it's dropped at your feet, not thrown in #MW2
There are no respawns in Search and Destroy so Tactical Insertion is useless there
There isn't an option to search specific regions / countries when matchmaking, but there is improved matchmaking to auto-assist
What type of weather effects will there be on MP maps. ie. snow, rain, dust storms...
- All of the above. Quite a few maps have varying degrees of visibility due to weather effects.
The throwing knife is thrown via the left hand because the right hand is holding the weapon. Low Ready + Throw w/ lefthand
Air Drops are random. They could be an ammo resupply or an awesome killstreak reward. Its luck of the draw.
One of the new attachments is a Thermal Scope.
There is no Alien Terrorist mode. Can't believe this rumor has any weight. Seriously... alien.... terrorist?!
You can combine any attachments you want, given they don't physically overlap each other. i.e. Red Dot can't fit on top of a scope.
So far we've only shown up to Lvl 26 (most have only seen up to lvl 10). With 70 lvls total of unlockables, you can do the math
People are saying the Riot Shields are too overpowerd. Do they have a breaking point? Is it going to be balanced?
- No. They can't be destroyed but you're slow moving, plus shield gets cracks (so no visibility after awhile). Can't shoot also
Certain things that used to be perks are now attachments. Bandolier for example is now an Extended Mags attachment.
You can scale the vertical and horizontal horizons for your specific television so the HUD placement is perfect #MW2
Coldblooded counters detection from Killstreaks. Notice in the AC-130 video how enemies have Red Block identifiers around them?
Fun fact though, did you know Jesse Stern (writer of NCIS) is also a writer on #MW2 ?
Grenades actually HAVE physics now. Before they did not, so they'll react realistically to the environment and world around them.
Since there is snow maps now, will there be any snow ghillie suits?
- Ohh yeah. Unique ghillie suits for each environment. Not only that, but enemy snipers look different than friendly snipers.
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