Frontline footage from Call of Duty 4's new Broadcast map
by Griffin McElroy 
on Mar 30th 2008 6:30PM
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Those who played through Call of Duty 4's somewhat punishing campaign will probably recognize the locale featured in the newest downloadable multiplayer map, "Broadcast", as the theater of operations for the single-player level "Charlie Don't Surf". While we wonder how the stage's apparent indoor focus will affect the usefulness of helicopters and airstrikes, we definitely dig the idea of having a stage dedicated to more intense close-quarters encounters.
If you haven't played the game, and all this photorealistic gunplay bothers you, just imagine that the bullet-riddled station featured in Broadcast has a programming schedule composed only of "The Nanny" reruns and the few episodes of the short-lived prime time trainwreck, "Viva Laughlin". It makes all the violence a tad more justifiable.
Reader Comments (39)
Posted: Mar 30th 2008 10:30PM (Unverified) said
Yeah its a closed 1 month Public Beta but there were free public keys as well as public keys for IGN insider members... Its an incredible game but can be very frustrating at times as well.. I think its a few steps beyond COD 4 and about 10 million steps beyond the over hyped Halo 3... I still enjoy UT3 a bit more because of the speed and Mods but this is a Beta after all...
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Posted: Mar 30th 2008 10:30PM (Unverified) said
whoops that was meant to be 1 response down.. Sorry
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Posted: Mar 31st 2008 1:32AM llllFlREBlRDllll said
I've my wallet ready to buy those MS points for this map pack on the third of April. I can't wait for that day!
Plaudits to IW for making a great job on these new maps.
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Plaudits to IW for making a great job on these new maps.
Posted: Mar 30th 2008 6:46PM (Unverified) said
goddam i can't wait.
hopefully this pulls a few back from vegas 2.
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hopefully this pulls a few back from vegas 2.
Posted: Mar 30th 2008 7:47PM (Unverified) said
I have been playing the Battlefield Bad Company Beta on 360 lately... You want to talk about sweet!
In my opinion the game is a combination of Call Of Duty 4 & Frontline Fuels Of War (The vehicle aspects but even mo' betta) .... I still think Metal Gear Solid 4 will win GOTY but this could give it a serious run for its money especially if the campaign is any good....
As for the map... Well, it looks pretty sweet in my opinion.... It would be nuts if they added the plane level at the end of the game as a multiplayer map... Maybe no spawns and a game mode like Battlefield BC in terms of defender and attacker...
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In my opinion the game is a combination of Call Of Duty 4 & Frontline Fuels Of War (The vehicle aspects but even mo' betta) .... I still think Metal Gear Solid 4 will win GOTY but this could give it a serious run for its money especially if the campaign is any good....
As for the map... Well, it looks pretty sweet in my opinion.... It would be nuts if they added the plane level at the end of the game as a multiplayer map... Maybe no spawns and a game mode like Battlefield BC in terms of defender and attacker...
Posted: Mar 30th 2008 6:47PM (Unverified) said
Sweet when does this come out?
that guy's a lame little noob tuber.
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that guy's a lame little noob tuber.
Posted: Mar 30th 2008 7:35PM (Unverified) said
that level was a fucking nightmare on veteran.
then again so was every mission except the gunship one
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then again so was every mission except the gunship one
Posted: Mar 30th 2008 10:08PM (Unverified) said
Aftermath (the Sergeant Jackson dies) is pretty easy on Veteran, too. =D
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Posted: Mar 30th 2008 8:00PM (Unverified) said
Sweet and they come out same day as my Birthday.
If only Valve could release some maps for the xbox 360 version of TF2.
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If only Valve could release some maps for the xbox 360 version of TF2.
Posted: Mar 30th 2008 8:27PM einhanderkiller said
Valve is currently working on a map pack for the console versions.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2008 11:50PM DWells55 said
...but that guy sucks. Very little use of iron sights, not to mention the whole AK47 + grenade launcher thing, and jumping up on the wall and running around on it when he was at the roof HQ. And at the end where he gets shot and it clearly indicates where its coming from, he runs out and makes himself an easy target instead of dropping to prone and using the available cover.
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Posted: Mar 31st 2008 11:46AM CommentSystem said
thats how i wouldve played it...cheers for average joe gamer
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Posted: Mar 30th 2008 8:19PM (Unverified) said
My standards for photorealism are a step above Crysis, which is a ladder above COD4.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2008 11:54PM DWells55 said
Am I the only person who wasn't that impressed with Crysis's visuals? I mean, it looked good, but not "z0mfg itz real!!11" good. This is with all settings as high as they go on XP and at 1440x900. I mean, maybe it looks nicer with anti-aliasing, but thats not going to happen when as it is I'm struggling to pull 30FPS the majority of the time using an overclocked 8800GT and a 3.2GHz Core 2 Duo.
Personally I think UT3 looks excellent and that game pulls an average of >120FPS on my machine with everything maxed out. And although I play CoD4 on the 360, I hear it runs well on the PC also. Gets a solid 60FPS on the 360 and manages to do it with what appears to be 4xAA.
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Personally I think UT3 looks excellent and that game pulls an average of >120FPS on my machine with everything maxed out. And although I play CoD4 on the 360, I hear it runs well on the PC also. Gets a solid 60FPS on the 360 and manages to do it with what appears to be 4xAA.
Posted: Mar 31st 2008 8:56AM (Unverified) said
That TV room from the Charlie Dont Surf level was very difficult on Veteran but No Fighting In The War Room was the hardest IMO. That damn level right there, the second half of it...yeah I hated the shit out of it. >:(
Achievement whores would also agree that Mile High Club achievement is probably oe of the toughest achievements out there on Veteran of course. Needless to say I'm buying these maps and cannot fucking wait!! =)
Also, anybody complaining about the graphics of this game is on crack. Sorry Jeff, buddy =( but online MP at 60fps, 4X anti-aliasing, awesome lighting and sound effects make this game as photo-real as it gets right on your 360 or PS3. Dont even get me started on the campaigns graphics (stunning) This game alone makes it worth getting a console and not building a PC gaming rig. Again sorry Jeff, I usually enjoy your comments on here, and I didnt vote ya down.
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Achievement whores would also agree that Mile High Club achievement is probably oe of the toughest achievements out there on Veteran of course. Needless to say I'm buying these maps and cannot fucking wait!! =)
Also, anybody complaining about the graphics of this game is on crack. Sorry Jeff, buddy =( but online MP at 60fps, 4X anti-aliasing, awesome lighting and sound effects make this game as photo-real as it gets right on your 360 or PS3. Dont even get me started on the campaigns graphics (stunning) This game alone makes it worth getting a console and not building a PC gaming rig. Again sorry Jeff, I usually enjoy your comments on here, and I didnt vote ya down.
Posted: Mar 30th 2008 8:24PM (Unverified) said
Why the fuck is one of the tags in this post "Nanny"
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Posted: Mar 30th 2008 8:26PM (Unverified) said
I failed to read the last part of the paragraph. Damn my recklessness
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Posted: Mar 30th 2008 8:34PM (Unverified) said
Wow.. People still talk about Crysis? Wow.. COD4 aint nothing but the truth! once it dropped, Halo3 never got put in my 360 again. My Son plays it though..
And yeah, that board pissed me off on veteran! I liked how they threw in the Sean Price song at the end.. Nice work Infinity Ward.
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And yeah, that board pissed me off on veteran! I liked how they threw in the Sean Price song at the end.. Nice work Infinity Ward.
Posted: Mar 31st 2008 8:55AM (Unverified) said
That TV room from the Charlie Dont Surf level was very difficult on Veteran but No Fighting In The War Room was the hardest IMO. That damn level right there, the second half of it...yeah I hated the shit out of it. >:(
Achievement whores would also agree that Mile High Club achievement is probably oe of the toughest achievements out there on Veteran of course. Needless to say I'm buying these maps and cannot fucking wait!! =)
Also, anybody complaining about the graphics of this game is on crack. Sorry Jeff, buddy =( but online MP at 60fps, 4X anti-aliasing, awesome lighting and sound effects make this game as photo-real as it gets right on your 360 or PS3. Dont even get me started on the campaigns graphics (stunning) This game alone makes it worth getting a console and not building a PC gaming rig. Again sorry Jeff, I usually enjoy your comments on here.
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Achievement whores would also agree that Mile High Club achievement is probably oe of the toughest achievements out there on Veteran of course. Needless to say I'm buying these maps and cannot fucking wait!! =)
Also, anybody complaining about the graphics of this game is on crack. Sorry Jeff, buddy =( but online MP at 60fps, 4X anti-aliasing, awesome lighting and sound effects make this game as photo-real as it gets right on your 360 or PS3. Dont even get me started on the campaigns graphics (stunning) This game alone makes it worth getting a console and not building a PC gaming rig. Again sorry Jeff, I usually enjoy your comments on here.
Posted: Mar 31st 2008 10:27AM (Unverified) said
Maybe I'm missing something. In the video about 1/3 the way through the player is using an AK with grenade reticles on it. when he shoots it sounds like a shotgun and does no splash damage. Additionally a weird icon appears at bottom left (where the kill dialog is). Am I missing something? is that a shotty or something?
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Posted: Mar 31st 2008 10:38AM Demon G Sides said
When you grenade launcher someone from close range they don't explode they impact kill.
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Posted: Mar 31st 2008 1:13PM (Unverified) said
Yea check out the icon in the bottom left when he shoots the guy. It's the "killed by nade impact" icon.
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