COD 6: Hostage multiplayer game on Xbox 360 and Sony PS3

PR writes: "We have read many ideas for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, some about the weapons and others about the game type's in multiplayer. One of the best ideas we would like to see is a hostage online game.

You could save your hostages from the other team before they get killed or something along those lines. Maybe even have the hostages have the option to try and escape from their captors.

Another great idea in COD 6: is to have the lobby for Xbox 360 and Sony PS3 updated, especially on the PS3. When you go to find match it would be good to have it setup like this Find Match-> Countries-> Core/Hardcore-> Game Modes."

[PPnoPP]

10 Million Xbox360 owners play COD4 on Xbox live and a measly 4 million on PS3 PSN.

Doesn't look good for kill zone 2 just saying.

[LarVanian]

So what you are trying to say is that 4 million Xbox 360 owners play COD4 on PSN?

My God why were you not drowned at birth?

[DA_SHREDDER]

I play Cod4 on the 360 everyday, and there is no more then 45 thousand people playing it at a time. Usually there are only about 2 thousand people playing Search n Destroy. Thats far from 10 million man. On the other hand I play COD5 on both consoles, and there seems to be the same amount of people playing. Ironic.

[Ichiryoka]

Who is this guy?

Edit: Just clarify I'm referring to the pp guy.

[Magic_The_Celt]

your going to be down to one bubble before this week ends my friend

[IzKyD1331]

How retarded in math are you?
http://www.vgchartz.com/gam...

that isn't 10 million you reject

(Yes, I know vgchartz is inaccurate, but they use NPD to fix up their numbers sometimes)

[monitor]

@da_shredder
thats BS. On the ps3 playing cod waw theres at most 80k players. on the 360 theres at most 260k players. I have both. So next time stop spouting bs when u only have a ps3.

[kevanio09]

So like counter strike basically?

[thor]

Yeah but hostage rescue sucked because the hostages were such morons. The reason bomb diffusal worked was because there were 2 bombsites; so there should have been 2 places to pick up hostages from - otherwise it just turned into regular deathmatch and the objective got forgotten. I can't think of a single "escort mission" in a game that didn't completely suck because of bad AI and pathfinding, or because it just wasn't fun.

[PotNoodle]

Works perfectly fine in css, no AI problems whenever i've been playing the rescue missions on cs_office.

[Mozilla89]

but CS came first so I guess its like CS. I guess it would be cool but I hope they put their own twist to it.

[bassturd]

actually sounds exactly like the Counter-Strike Condition Zero hostages. They reacted to grenades and things by running away. If no one was watching them, they would try to escape themselves. Only bad thing was when you go to rescue them they start saying "HEY OVER HERE!" so Terrorists knew a CT was by the hostages

vid of em - http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[No Way]

Rainbow Six Vegas did it as well.

[ThanatosDMC]

In cs_office Source, i usually kill the hostages and shoot up the room. But then again im one of the Tru clan admins.

[agentace]

it would be cool if the hostages were actual people then you could have like 4 rounds, 1st round 1 of the teams of 6 gets split into 3 hostages & 3 recuesers or 2/4, 2nd round they switch(so you dont get stuck being a hostage all the time) then 3rd & 4th round the other team would get to be the hostages

[ProperFunked]

when was there a COD5??? (WaW don't count)

[Graphics Whore]

As long as it's optional I don't see why not.

[S1nnerman]

I hope they have better stats. But it does sound like CS. Which is no bad thing

[DA_SHREDDER]

I dont know, but his mom should have just swallowed him. Hes about as useful as a used tampon.

[Panthers]

Um no, tampons are much more useful... unless you want your girl bleeding all over your car seat.

[Spike47]

cool.

[DA_SHREDDER]

Have fun playing Gears 2 on your 360 for the next 2 or 3 years PP. Ill be playing Killzone 2 next month.

[anubis12]

counterstrike...nice

[pornflakes]

sure you will, but first you will have to wait for a patch like with LBP.. eehhh.. every PS3 game.

[Magic_The_Celt]

didnt you here Fable II got patched yesterday :)

and gears of war 2 still needs a goddamn patch, horde is fine but trying to join any other multi-player game takes the P*ss

[Magic_The_Celt]

Meh

all i played on COD4 and all i play on COD WaW is TDM

[theEnemy]

they will also include that in the campaign.

I would love to do a hostage-rescue-operation CoD style.

:D

[PS360PCROCKS]

Um COD4 has that when you beat the game, it's the extra level and you have to save a hostage. It's crazy hard on the hardest difficulty.

[No Way]

Crazy hard doesn't even begin to explain how difficult it is. Haha. I've never beaten it. =(

[name]

Socom already has it.

[crillyconlig]

...is similar to kz2

the next cod will have to be very special to gain back kz2 fans i think

[PS360PCROCKS]

Well KZ2 online better have the halo effect (I think it could) for people to pass on COD: MW2 at least 8 months after KZ2 is released.

[qqjohn]

I was in the killzone 2 multiplayer beta and it got a similar gametype.
"Assassination" involves killing a tagged player. The players own team have to defend him, while the other team have to kill him.

[BenzMoney]

..which is nothing new. Halo 3's "VIP" game-type is exactly that.

[bassturd]

which is also a gametype in Resistance 2 and WAS a gametype in the original Counter-Strike

[PS360PCROCKS]

Also in Gears of War 2

[BLuKhaos]

Also in RSV 1...

[ProperFunked]

CS had that, it was called "Assassination", One VIP protected by CTs, while the Ts try to kill him. so its a different game type.

[cheapndirty]

I really do think that we will see a call of duty 20 onE day.

[Arsenic13]

Iv thought of a gametype like this for years, to bad its COD. I dont like it that much.

[Knightofelemia]

I am stoked about the game I just hope they retool the perks and take out Juggernaut

[BLuKhaos]

Why?It makes owning the n00bs that use it all the better.

[IzKyD1331]

Hostage is also in SOCOM

[ChampIDC]

Well, from what I read, it seems that they want players to be hostages. That could make for an interesting twist, but it would be tough to do it right.

Also, is this just wishful thinking from a writer or is this actually dev talk? It doesn't really say anywhere.

[TIKUP]

cant bloody wait but i still think that killzone 2 will have better online!!!!!!

[ChampIDC]

Seeing that neither is out yet, I think we'll have to wait a little to decide that one =)

One thing is for sure, both will be awesome online.

[name]

Again, the hostage crap has been in socom since the first one on PS2. Maybe some of you should actually play Socom, something tells me you'd like it.

[bassturd]

Counter-Strike came out before Socom. CS had it first. Something tells me you'd like it.

it's in Socom Confrontation. I never see it played tho. Guess it is the most unpopular mode, as it was in Counter-Strike. So...

[mll09]

The lobby setup would probably be too complicated to that every day you wanted to go online.

If that should happen, it should have an option like "Remember these settings" or something.

[jadnice]

Here is an idea that FOR THE LIFE OF ME NEVER GETS MENTIONED... with a multiplayer game like COD6 have a set PS3 and 360 online gaming scheme that lets 360 player play against PS3 players for fanboy bragging rights. This option will only done exclusive for clan war of a set group on each side.

[ChampIDC]

Would be nice, but with Sony and MS as competitors, it'll never happen.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Far too many obstacles to make that happen I believe. Their would definitely have to be dedicated servers and someone has to pay for those. But what do I know, it would be really awesome though

[PS360PCROCKS]

AHH!! Damn you and your title!!! Lol I saw that and freaked I thought it was video from COD6 lol...you got me all excited

[mega BIG time]

assassination games would be cool, aka v.i.p. escort. counterstrikers should be familiar with this.

[Majors]

Back in the days of COD 1 & 2 i'm sure there was a hostage rescue type mode on multiplayer. Although come to think of it, it may have been Medal of Honor I'm not sure. But it was a great mode to play and such a laugh as when you released the hostages they had to find some weapons before they got back into the fight.
Ahhh brings back memories when PC gaming was at its best and i organized LAN games every 3 weeks..

[bassturd]

CoD2 didn't have any mode like that. Dunno about CoD1.

I just always played Search and Destroy anyway.

[Majors]

Medal of Honor Breakthrough had the Hostage rescue mode in it.
Im sure most of the COD team were still programming for this MOH before they split up to form there own dev team.
But either way it was GREAT FUN.. A welcomed addition.

[capital1player]

the hostage thing great and all but make a lot of changes. like when you go to ur friends list they should put their staus such as if they're in the lobby or in game or staging that would be great!! and also for ps3 owners when you invite your friend to your party they cant see the invite when theyre playying in the game they can only see it if they pause the game which nobody will do bcus theres no need to pause it so while you send 50 invites they still wont respond and youll have to wait for 15min so they should fix that !!!!

[devilhunterx]

They should add this:

When you rescuse a hostage, hand him/her a gun.

[Skynetone]

a level editor is top of my list for improvements

a multiplayer level where at certain times air supplies get dropped in, ie extra ammo / weapons / vechiles and the team picking up the supplies has the advantage

maybe a dog to alert you to near by enimies, are even sending a bunch of cows stampeding towards the enemy,

[Jager]

CoD:6.... have better clan option then just "Set Tag here".... Really, you'd think after Socom had huge clan support options back in the PS2 era that more console games would follow suit.... Well, so far the only Console games i've seen have been Resistance, Warhawk, R2, KZ2, and i think Gears 2 has clan roster / supports....

[Graphics Whore]

Okay, okay, okay for all the fanboy's talking about who had what first. It dates back prior to Counter-Strike, however Counter-strike made it mainstream.

End of discussion.

[bassturd]

but it's not end of discussion cuz you didn't name which game :(

[MGRogue2017]

Hostages would be Awesome and It may just be alot better than Counter Strike Source!!

[matchgrade]

Just some guy's wishful fantasy.

Everyone's got one, imagine what would happen if we all posted ours.

[dan_chan89]

sound's good

[RiverTam]

This isn't news. It's not a rumor, or a review, or anything whatsoever other than a no-name blog posting an idea they have for a multi-player mode. In fact, it's misleading, because most people who clicked on this probably thought it was information on CoD6, not idle posturing.

Is N4G a message board now, because this should be a post on a message board, not a legitimate news article on N4G.

[PuttyGod]

Just go play CS. This is unnecessary. Oh and having the hostages try and escape or trying to rescue them before the other team kills them??? Freaking stupid.

[PuttyGod]

Yeah, why are no name blog posts getting placed on here as news. It's really getting old. If I see one more "Killzone surpasses Crysis" thread I'm gonna hang myself.

[smokeymicpot]

Socom 2 had this. It was fun then but probably not fun now. COD6 is going to get the hyped like crazy. Hopefully it will do horrible so I won't have to here how great IW is.

@person above

Its N4G. What do you expect.

[free2game365]

Kind of lame that a site would hope for a feature not to be in one version of the game :(