Modern Warfare 2 teaser video shows off first game footage, promises 'world premiere' May 24

by Kevin Kelly { May 10th 2009 at 10:00PM }

TNT has been teasing the "world premiere" of Modern Warfare 2 on May 24th during the Eastern Conference. It looks like the footage might be culled solely from cutscenes, but the clip seems to be promising us some snowmobile vehicle action, underwater levels, and a shellfire sequence that hearkens back to the AC-130 gunship level in the first game.

Check out the video above, and if you're interested in Modern Warfare 2, or the NBA, then tune in during the Eastern Conference finals in two weeks. That Siberian setting is looking particularly cool at the start of the summer.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in! Now, back to your regular TNT viewing.]

Tags: Infinity-Ward, modern-warfare-2, video

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)

Ihavepants @ May 10th 2009 10:03PM

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF- yeah.

rov947 @ May 10th 2009 11:15PM

i'm harder than i've ever been

Obie @ May 11th 2009 12:57AM

Man, the 24th can't come soon enough!

Ihavepants @ May 11th 2009 6:58AM

I totally pooped a little when I saw the story title.

skyzbig @ May 10th 2009 10:06PM

Want, want, want...

Jason @ May 10th 2009 10:11PM

"...and a shellfire sequence that hearkens back to the AC-130 gunship level in the first game."

Please no. The gunship level in COD4 was quite possibly the most boring part of any video game I have ever played.

Kevin Kelly @ May 10th 2009 10:18PM

I have to disagree... while it wasn't complex gameplay at all, it was eerily just like the video it was based on.

arrness @ May 10th 2009 10:19PM

it really was.

regisfrost @ May 10th 2009 10:23PM

Oh comon. Who in their right mind didn't glee in delight when the tiny blinking dots flew halfway across the screen from that nuke you just released from orbit. It's not fair, but it's the only way to be sure.

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ May 10th 2009 10:28PM

If that didn't put a smile in your face when you were playing on Veteran there is something wrong with you.

That's the only break we get on veteran to go nuts and bomb f*cking everything.Its only surpassed by Bad Company artillery because if there is something better than nukeing bots is to nuke real players.

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ May 10th 2009 10:29PM

*Nuking

Sorry I'm just excited for some reason.

DeepFriedSushi @ May 10th 2009 10:34PM

the levels were different and a great change of pace. it felt like you were playing god and could kill those tiny ants at your very whim. i think ppl who have much more sophisticated taste understand what they were achieving in those levels, adrenaline junkies probably hated that level as well as the nuclear fallout level.

wallywallas @ May 10th 2009 10:53PM

The gunship sequences were/was? the best part of COD4.

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ May 10th 2009 10:59PM

No that was the nuke but the gunship was crazy fun.

I'm not against it and yeah a more original aproach would've been better (Launching a missile from a submarine perhaps) but it was by no means boring.

Obie @ May 11th 2009 12:57AM

Really? Are you a Vulcan? Cuz your emotions seem ....off.

JXCgunrunna @ May 11th 2009 7:35AM

The gun ship is one of my most memorable moments in 15 years of gaming. not as big as the first time i entered 3D hyral in OoT but still freaking sweet

Louis @ May 11th 2009 10:03AM

I agree with most everyone, you are out of your mind. Flying that gunship is one of the coolest levels of all time. I've never had more fun than firing that big gun.

CoD4 was great not because it was the perfect FPS, but because there was so much variety and interesting story telling. Some levels were pretty basic, but the sniper level, the AC130 level, and the nuke level were completely original.

joeybeast @ May 11th 2009 11:28AM

It's the most realistic part of the game, consequently also the most disturbing.

Dustin @ May 10th 2009 10:10PM

Shadsy @ May 10th 2009 10:12PM

"Why exactly? What, why? Be more constructive with your feedback, please."

Cosmo @ May 10th 2009 10:32PM

I believe he meant to say "no, its so good, I want it now!", but the game footage was so awesome, he dropped dead from excitement after simply uttering "no". Such a shame.

Dustin @ May 10th 2009 10:40PM

no as in I don't want. CoD was a good game, but not as great as everybody made it. Everybody mainly consists of casual gamers who buy like 1 or 2 games a year, and say their the best things ever. Now MW2 is going to make everybody scream like a schoolgirl. Idk, I never jumped on the CoD4 bandwagon. The best one and still is CoD1.

Peter Moore @ May 10th 2009 10:43PM

...

BURN HIM!

Gary @ May 10th 2009 10:47PM

@shadsy

it's cuz you rap about reality, like you and your grandma, drinking a cup of tea.

wallywallas @ May 10th 2009 10:50PM

I have to agree with Dustin. COD4 was good, but not the best FPS ever, as many people call it. I'll stick to KZ2 for now.

MW2 will probably be the same as COD4, so yeah... no.

Jason Statham (Aka Vegeta) @ May 10th 2009 11:04PM

@gary

Ain't no party like my nanny's tea party. Hey!! Ho!!

E.J. @ May 10th 2009 11:17PM

I'm the motherflippin'!

DiGiTAL SiN254 @ May 10th 2009 11:18PM

CoD and casual in the same sentence? Sure it's hit the mainstream for shooters, but mainstream is not casual.

WiredKnight @ May 10th 2009 11:19PM

If you rap like me, you won't get paid, and if you roll with me, you won't get laid!

But seriously, what? Since when do casual gamers only buy one or two games a year? And what's casual about MW? All the people I played with were pretty serious about their gaming.

Foetoid @ May 11th 2009 1:33AM

Sorry everyone, my side is with Dustin. The game is great yes, but in the face of Team Fortress 2 and CS:S, i can't enjoy the online multiplayer, and the single-player game while excellent was still short. I understand the console fanboys being in fits about this game compare to other console FPS games, but compared to other PC FPS offerings, it's good but not great. Heres hoping the sequel is a good as we all hope it will be.

Vidikron @ May 11th 2009 2:02AM

"but compared to other PC FPS offerings, it's good but not great. "

Oh please. CoD4 is quite popular on PC as well. I'm tired of PC enthusiasts acting like there some huge difference between PC and console shooters. In fact, most shooters come out on both platforms anyway so FPS fans on both platforms are playing the same games for the most part. I mean, if you're a fan of KB/M, that's cool, but don't pretend the games themselves are that different because they are not. And, yes, I play FPS on PC as well as console. Of course, there's been shit recently on PC. At least consoles delivered KZ2 recently.

SPARTAN 294 @ May 10th 2009 10:13PM

Need new pants.....

Adam Archer @ May 10th 2009 10:17PM

it's an epidemic...

NukeAssault @ May 10th 2009 11:24PM

Wet pants flu!

The Dark Wayne @ May 10th 2009 10:12PM

yeah all that stuff looked great, too bad the only thing the player actual did in it was the snowmobile. Graphics dont look like theyve improved at all, disappointing. I know I will get downvoted but I dont care, im not being a dick about it or anything I just dont care for CoD anymore, it used to be one of my favorites, but then I just got so sick and tired of the multiplayer, and I realized I never really had fun with it. So go ahead vote away, i know you're dieing too

SteveUK @ May 10th 2009 10:18PM

You don't care for CoD? MW2 doesn't even bear the "Call of Duty" name anymore

The Dark Wayne @ May 10th 2009 10:18PM

oh please

Anticrawl @ May 10th 2009 10:37PM

I don't feel I need to say anything here, I'm pretty sure all the regulars know my opinion on this series. So yeah, I'm gonna go order some pizza and play a good game.

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ May 10th 2009 10:38PM

The gameplay section or more exactly the part with the snow vehicle looks a bit bad but the rest looks very fluid. Yeah the graphics don't look improved but they still look good and the best part of COD4 was the cinematic moments like the nuke that added that rush most games don’t have. Killzone 2 for example looks but (Okay I‘m not too deep into the campaign) doesn’t have anything like it.

I was also unsure if I wanted to buy it especially since I’m still waiting for more footage for Bad Company 2 but it is at worst a rent.MW campaign was pretty sweet even when some moments were unrelated (Seriously Captain Price flashback was a bit unrelated) it was incredibly fun (And sometimes frustrating but in a good way).

Now that I wonder how are they going to top the nuke.

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ May 10th 2009 10:40PM

*looks better.

Sorry I got Haste and +1 -1 until the end of the turn.

THE Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ May 10th 2009 10:55PM

esc, killzone has a couple jaw dropping moments. you'll see. 3 or 4 memorable ones in particular.

Kenny Powers Fastball (PSN johnnynumber5) @ May 10th 2009 11:02PM

Dark Wayne

I thought that embedded video looked pretty crappy as well. However, I just saw it in HD on TNT (F-Big Baby) and it looked amazing.

tobz1000 @ May 10th 2009 11:08PM

Lighting and models already look better to me. Also, I'm one of those weirdos who only plays the campaign on an FPS (the exception being KZ2) and I would happily pay full price for another 6-10 hours of more of the same.

Cosmo @ May 10th 2009 11:13PM

I also only play the campaign or otherwise just single player modes. But it looks like developers are focusing more on shorter single player games and aim for replayability on online multiplayer, what a shame. : (

The Dark Wayne @ May 10th 2009 11:13PM

I'm sure HD made it look better but will it play any better? Before I sold it i played it SP and MP to see if i should and i couldnt remember why i enjoyed it. It felt so bland and boring in SP, especially on veteran with it's infinite enemy chokepoints, and multiplayer seemed to be more about better connection and getting the jump on people, some of it was just BS too, like not hitting a guy with the knife less than a ft behind him but people lunge at me from quite a distance? I also didnt find any of the SP "epic" moments entertaining, I was only confused by the nuke i didnt feel anything. I knew nothing about my dead squadmates, and I didnt feel like I was there because instead of a nameless soldier I was given the identity of Paul Jackson who I had never seen or heard, and cared nothing for his death. Even Cpt Price's flashback, playing as a character whose face and voice i knew, didnt speak when I played. I still think ill buy or rent this if only to try, but i forsee nothing but disappointment

WiredKnight @ May 10th 2009 11:29PM

It's ok, it's not for everyone.

Seriously though, I thought it was pretty great the first few times around, I played with friends on MP a lot for a while, and I played it long enough to finish it on Veteran.

But I haven't really gone back to play it much since then. A lot of the gameplay seems to work best when it's new to you. Once you have everything figured out and know who's going to pop up where, it takes away a lot of the intensity that's an integral part of CoD's core.

I think most people are just ready for a new experience.

Kenny Powers Fastball (PSN johnnynumber5) @ May 10th 2009 11:33PM

Dark Wayne

I was just commenting specifically on the comment you made about the graphics looking disappointing. I thought they looked pretty meh until I saw it as a direct feed on TNT.

I think it just comes down to the fact that this isn't a game/franchise that you like. I'm kind of the same way with Assassins Creed, Rainbow Six Vegas, Prince Of Persia and Grand Theft Auto 4. Those are all really great games that most people love to bits but I didn't really like them. I don't even play all that multiplayer games but really enjoyed the Modern Warfare campaign.

At the end of the day it's one of those games that rubs you the wrong way. Nothing wrong with that at all.

Kenny Powers Fastball (PSN johnnynumber5) @ May 10th 2009 11:36PM

I just realized 3/4 games I mentioned are from Ubisoft. Weird considering Ultimate Ninja Storm is one of my favorite fighting games.

The Dark Wayne @ May 10th 2009 11:43PM

no i really like the franchise i owned and played everyone, but the more i play the less I like i. I did enjoy the SP, i just really dont care for the named but faceless voiceless main character if character is actually applicable, and thus the "immersive" experiences did nothing for me. The thing is i really want to enjoy this game, and i probably will enjoy the SP at least the first time but i dont see how i could ever enjoy the MP again