If a new online rumor is to be believed, Infinity Ward’s next entry in the Modern Warfare series will be a prequel that details just how Ghost (pictured at right) became the masked soldier he is in the first two games, much similar to the story from last year’s comic.

The rumor, stemming from an unnamed source speaking with thisisxbox.com. While it may not sound like a reliable source, the unnamed informant is said to be the same one who supplied the first details on last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Reportedly, the game will feature locales and situations from the first two Modern Warfare games seen through a different point of view. The report comes hot off the heels of news that Activision is demanding that Infinity Ward deliver Modenr Warfare 3 by the end of 2011, but has chosen to take a different course due to major layoffs at the studio, including last year’s departure of West and Zampella.

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8 Responses

  1. Bill

    I’m not going to buy another Infinity Ward game because right now I have a $60 coaster aka my Modern Warfare 2 cd.

    1. Not enough defense against killstreaks. All we get is a rocket launcher that replaces our secondary weapon and it’s a pain in the ass to suicide and change from the assault rifle / shotgun class to the stealth assault rifle / rocket launcher class when there is an aircraft above.

    2. I’m not trying to watch the Matrix I’m trying to play Call of Duty! Lag switchers are not fun. It’s not fun to shoot someone point blank in the face with a shotgun and not do any damage because they lagged my bullets away from them.

    3. The nuke killstreak has ran it’s course. It’s not fun, it’s stupid.

    4. There is a time and a place for quick scoping, CALL OF DUTY 4! Seriously, keep the quickscoping ability restricted to COD4 and make some sort of lag time between aiming down the scope and firing the bullet. Snipers are meant to be a far range class.

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    • Ron

      people like you is why Black Ops sucks dick. You can’t always blame you shitty aiming on “lag switches”. Now all we have is a game full of hitmarkers, even more overpowered killstreaks(a nuke would be better than getting spawned killed my a chopper gunner over and over again) and the last stand perk that fucks up you killstreak because there is a delay.
      I think its time for Infinity Ward to kick some ass and shut Treyarch down, for good.

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  2. Bill

    1. Not enough defense against killstreaks. All we get is a rocket launcher that replaces our secondary weapon and it’s a pain in the ass to suicide and change from the assault rifle / shotgun class to the stealth assault rifle / rocket launcher class when there is an aircraft above.

    2. I’m not trying to watch the Matrix I’m trying to play Call of Duty! Lag switchers are not fun. It’s not fun to shoot someone point blank in the face with a shotgun and not do any damage because they lagged my bullets away from them.

    3. The nuke killstreak has ran it’s course. It’s not fun, it’s stupid.

    4. There is a time and a place for quick scoping, CALL OF DUTY 4! Seriously, keep the quickscoping ability restricted to COD4 and make some sort of lag time between aiming down the scope and firing the bullet. Snipers are meant to be a far range class.

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  3. TheGreatZambini

    Yes, the game was first mentioned in 2009, but it’a also long been thought that the next game would be Modern Warfare 3, so yeah, it’s still technically timely.

    i wouldn’t say they’re coming back, the two leads aren’t there, it’s likely to have a different feel to it than MW and the sequel.

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  4. Zachary Hayman

    I’m personally looking forward to Modern Warfare Prequel. Sure it’s a cheap way of putting out a new game. Oh well. With Infinity Ward on the job I guarantee we’re looking at a pretty solid campaign with a multi-player to suit everyone’s needs. I agree Bill on all 4 counts. Laggers suck, the nuke is just plain silly, and quick-scoping can go to hell. Here’s a few things I’d personally love to see done in the next Call of Duty’s multi-player.

    1. Get rid of Last Stand/Final Stand. Seriously it’s retarded. When I put several rounds in your head I don’t wanna have to look down only to put several more. It’s a hassle and more importantly it’s just annoying. Just kill and be killed. No gray areas.

    2. Perhaps M203’s should be limited in some fashion. Too many people clear corners with grenade launchers. I’d like to see the real military do that. Not in a million years.

    3. Just make the game more enjoyable for everyone. Look for things that really get on player’s nerves and just ruin the fun. And please, please just don’t go overboard. I haven’t had much experience with either but, the Grim reaper and the death machine(black ops) really? I think they’re a bit much don’t you?

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    • Force3

      I was hoping for a part Prequel, part Interquel and part Sequel.
      The prequel might show Cpt Prices early days or something about ghost which I agree should come. The interquel will be based after the events of COD4 and how Price got into the Gulag. The Sequel will follow Price and Soap in Somalia to rescue a prisoner that was captured by Somali Pirates. The Prisoner is…………. CAPTAIN MACMILLAN!!! Then it will show the US invading Russia as revenge probably playing as Ramirez again. There has been this big rumor that Russian terrorists will attack London as its next target and try to kill the British Prime Minister. Kamarov from COD4 might return to help Task 141. Possibly Ghost will return himself because he survived about 3 or 4 shots in the comic books series so if he could survive more then 2 shots in the comics then he could survive another in MW2. Roach is definietly dead so no more roach. In the lighter cover of COD4 rumors say that the character is Jackson but to me he looks a hell more like Shepherd. Maybe Ghost is Jackson? Perhaps?

      I don’t like the idea of Sledgehammer making a COD8 in space, but I like the idea of 2114 year soldiers fighting against an army that tries to destroy the good side of the world. then both armies have to team up against another threat such as aliens and you could play as one of the future terrorists.

      Anyways did anyone find 2 secret missions in Black Ops? One is you play as Reznov escaping Vorkuta instead of Mason and another is where you play as Mason rescuing Woods from a Vietnam Prison. It is 80% possible that Woods survived that explosion.

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      • JoeyK

        YOU FOUND THAT MISSION TOO? HIGH FIVE MATE! I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE REZNOV MISSION VIEWPOINT WHILE ESCAPING VORKUTA!!

        I RECENTLY PASSED BY OUR COMMENT AND REALIZED THAT I WASN’T THE ONLY ONE WHO FOUND THAT MISSION. YOU GOTTA SHOW ME REZNOVS MISSION.

        ADD MY STEAM: rjoking848

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