Watch: The Modern Warfare 2 launch trailer, as seen on TV
by Christopher Grant 
{ Nov 4th 2009 at 10:30PM } 
For some reason, Activision is intent on blowing cash on Modern Warfare 2 advertisements, despite record pre-order numbers, and anticipated record-breaking sales. At this point, tossing out slick television commercials – like the one you see above, showing some more fightin' on American soil – just seems like kicking everyone's wallets while they're down. We've already got the game pre-ordered! We can't pre-order it anymore! Uncle!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Ebylon @ Nov 4th 2009 10:31PM
Video not available. Sweet.
SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Nov 4th 2009 10:51PM
You're not available. Sour.
iluvmyzune @ Nov 4th 2009 11:04PM
they should do that trailer with the song from the trailer of the new rambo movie last year
"let the bodies hit the floor" !!!!
http://www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tracks#Let%20The%20Bodies%20Hit%20The%20Floor
Danzaiver @ Nov 4th 2009 11:08PM
God DAMMIT there are so many horrible spoilers in this video ...
Obie @ Nov 4th 2009 11:10PM
Video is back! And damn, this game looks like a blast, I guess I gotta bring out the projector for this one!
Azerael @ Nov 5th 2009 2:45AM
Hijacking the top post here to show you all, from a recent "official" chat with Infinity Ward;
"LaGgY_42o: What kinds of pings did you get during your IWNet testing and what do you say is an acceptable ping?
Mackey-IW: I've been playing mainly with around 100ms ping and it was great."
100ms is verging on unplayable. That is not "great" by any definition, except as a great failure.
While you all jerk off over this game, I think I'm going to go cry in a corner somewhere over the sad state of a studio I used to love.
RageOverdose @ Nov 5th 2009 7:58AM
@Azerael:
While I do prefer 50ms and below ping, to say that 100ms is unplayable is pushing it. It's a 10th of a second delay time. I'd say unplayable verges on 150+. I've seen plenty of extremely accurate and insane players with 100ms.
Usually, at 100ms, it takes a little getting used to from really low pings, but it's far from unplayable. Of course, that also has to do with netcode as well. Hell, I was usually at 90ms on CoD2 until I upgraded to a faster service, and had no issues whatsoever. Even 120ms didn't give me severe problems.
However, my skepticism would come from their gameplay environment where they got 100ms, which I'm sure was more than optimal compared to what a lot of people will end up with.
James @ Nov 5th 2009 9:21AM
Spoiled brats,
Back in my Quake days we'll be lucky if we got 250-300ms!!!!!
Meh @ Nov 5th 2009 10:08AM
"100ms is verging on unplayable."
Well.
"The current ping time from Stanford to Boston over today's Internet is about 85ms:
So: the hardware of the Internet can currently achieve within a factor of two of the speed of light.
So the Internet is doing pretty well. It may get better with time, but we know it can never beat the speed of light. In other words, that 85ms round-trip time to Boston might reduce a bit, but it's never going to beat 43ms. The speed's going to get a bit better, but it's not going to double. We're already within a factor of two of the theoretical optimum. I think that's pretty good. Not many technologies can make that claim."
Kamal @ Nov 5th 2009 12:22PM
Why is there an age gate when anyone can watch it on TV? BTW, does anyone really put in their actually bday. mine is always, Jan, 01, some random year that makes sure I get in.
Azerael @ Nov 6th 2009 1:12AM
I have never played on a server, in my entire life, with a ping higher than 100ms (not intentionally, anyway, and never for very long). Living in Australia, that's a pretty big achievement. The big ISP's here run quality dedicated servers that we can play on (my ISP even lets us book them, for free, for private matches), so often my online gaming doesn't even go outside my ISP's network, giving me the best ping possible - between 6 and 20ms, all day, every day.
That Infinity Ward believes that I should start playing on "servers" run on some kid's netbook and $15/m connection, with a ping of 100ms ON A GOOD DAY, is the most retarded, most arrogant thing I've heard in the games industry since Sony announced the PS3.
Mr Khan @ Nov 4th 2009 10:31PM
video is broken
Mr Khan @ Nov 4th 2009 10:34PM
Ahh, joystiq. Fixing the video a second after my comment was immutably and permanently posted for the ridicule of all
Cruel, but cunning...
Dr. steve brule @ Nov 5th 2009 12:51AM
good save.
johnnynumber5 @ Nov 4th 2009 10:37PM
Nice to see you back Sprinks.
lexicon @ Nov 4th 2009 10:37PM
d12 is sick
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Nov 4th 2009 10:55PM
Yes, I am sure the are nauseated by their music too.
Bane @ Nov 5th 2009 12:25AM
Fail....Its on an Eminem album.
Rap sucks. They should have done it with Pantera' "Slaughtered".
tr1cky tpr @ Nov 5th 2009 11:44AM
If you think you are feeling now with the Eminem song, you'll vomit buckets at this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ltD98VfhI
Someone thought it would be cool to mix this with fuckin NICKELBACK.
Ulquiorra Cifer @ Nov 4th 2009 10:37PM
who again?
chris @ Nov 4th 2009 10:38PM
I felt the music was a horrid choice for the video.
johnnynumber5 @ Nov 4th 2009 10:44PM
It wasn't a bad choice but this would have been better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igt-jW4e8ts
johnnynumber5 @ Nov 4th 2009 11:10PM
Actually now that I think about it the first verse of this song is the perfect fit for the video ... I'll download the video and redo the audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4WVofKVtuA
The second verse in this video will also work really good (I'll do it to for fun)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4jsYYQxbzo (skip to 1:25)
killzoomer @ Nov 5th 2009 7:49AM
Yea haha they picked a song by Eminem...could've been better
Jack @ Nov 5th 2009 12:58PM
Agreed but this was a GOOD choice in terms of a TV spot. I mean the gamers already know about the game IW is just gangstaing up the game for the Maddenites and the like to catch it on TV and go, "OH SNAP DAWG ANOTHER CALL OF DUTY!"
ddub @ Nov 5th 2009 2:45PM
i love that song. thought is was great. too much crap daft punk, hipster crap in games, and too much long haired makeup wearing, spandex pantsed rod in the rooter poofter rock stuff. this track was the best part of the video
Whocares @ Nov 5th 2009 8:36PM
although im not the biggest fan of eminem and the whole rap shit, I think the beat went pretty well with it - I thought it was cool
johnnynumber5 @ Nov 4th 2009 10:38PM
I have to admit that is one bad ass trailer. I'm actually starting to get pumped for this game again.
SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Nov 4th 2009 10:40PM
Agreed.
myspaceisevil @ Nov 4th 2009 11:00PM
i had no intention of getting mw2 and thought it looked bland
but that commercial totally changed my mind.
that commercial was fuckin awesome!
bumblo @ Nov 5th 2009 1:30PM
I wonder if this runs at 60 FPS? The action looked pretty fluid to me.
JXCgunrunna @ Nov 5th 2009 12:01AM
IW has all their games running at 60 frames a second. Thaty why they have not run their games at 1080 in the past. It keeps their frame rate up. Bungie does the same thing with Halo.
WarriorX62 @ Nov 4th 2009 10:38PM
Outer-atmospheric gameplay! what'll they think of next??
That was a joke folks. Take notes kids.
Mr. Picklesworth @ Nov 5th 2009 11:10AM
I immediately thought "Moonraker."
Freakwincy42 @ Nov 4th 2009 10:38PM
i just saw this during South Park. and i was just wondering... why does MW2 take place ***!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!*** in space? any guesses?
Bobby Kotick 2: Echoes @ Nov 4th 2009 10:43PM
Because any ending to a game that wants to truly be awesome NEEDS to end in space.
Annie McCardell @ Nov 5th 2009 12:30AM
Captain Price launches an EMP Missile from a submarine and you get to play as that astronaut for like 3 minutes until you see the explosion and die. The campaign on this game was fucking exciting and heart poundingly awesome.
Confucius @ Nov 5th 2009 1:12PM
@ Annie
WTH.... fuck u annie, hsve some consideration and warn us before u reveal a spoiler from the game.
At 1st I thought that you were Joking.
Freakwincy42 @ Nov 5th 2009 2:36PM
Annie, what the hell? you had better have just made that up. i was just asking for some smart-ass answers from our usual suspects here, not official confirmation of why anyone associated with MW2 is anywhere EVER... dammit...
Ulquiorra Cifer @ Nov 4th 2009 10:38PM
ok Kotick why do you insist on replying to each of my comments
johnnynumber5 @ Nov 4th 2009 10:39PM
you again ... thats who
Ulquiorra Cifer @ Nov 4th 2009 10:40PM
I dont know this site's history so can you tell me who I am suppose to be.
Steve @ Nov 5th 2009 5:37AM
I'm there day 1......cant wait.
Electro Poof [Super Nintendo IT ONLY DOES EVERYTHING - Now Only $29.99] @ Nov 4th 2009 10:40PM
That song is bad ass! What's it called?
Eminem still sucks tho.
lexicon @ Nov 4th 2009 10:42PM
till i collapse - d12
Grant @ Nov 4th 2009 10:50PM
This song is called "Till I collapse" and Eminem does not suck, he's one of the best if not the best rapper.
Bobby Kotick 2: Echoes @ Nov 4th 2009 10:54PM
Eminem doesn't suck? What parallel universe are you from?
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Nov 4th 2009 10:59PM
The one where Eminem sucks. (this one)
Electro Poof [Super Nintendo IT ONLY DOES EVERYTHING - Now Only $29.99] @ Nov 4th 2009 11:00PM
@Grant
I'm sorry man, but after listening to Eminem's album "Encore" I was done man. That album was a big fucking disappointment.
Eminem is dead for me.
myspaceisevil @ Nov 4th 2009 11:01PM
thats not d12. its only eminem
from the eminem show album
good song