Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 headsets coming from Turtle Beach with custom audio presets

Gaming headset outfit Turtle Beach has snagged itself the exclusive license for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 headsets and it's planning on taking full advantage of that license by shipping not one but four MW3-themed 'sets this October, in advance of the game's November 8 release. In addition to the normal branding (see above: logos!) some of the Turtle Beach headsets will distinguish themselves in one key way: They come with custom MW3 presets, designed by the teams at Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games. Want an audio preset that makes it really easy to hear footsteps? We're guessing that's in there.

The Ear Force Delta is targeting console gamers with a a wireless headset, Bluetooth chat (with XBA adapter for Xbox 360), an MW3 carrying case, the aforementioned presets, and a $300 asking price. The Bravo wireless headset comes with the same presets as the Delta and a much lower $150 price tag. The Charlie wired headset is MW3 "optimized" but there's no mention of custom audio presets in this one. At $130, you'll save a whopping $20 on this PC-focused headset. Lastly, the Foxtrot is another "optimized" headset, packing "several key features to set it apart." Since they're not saying, we're guessing that its $100 price tag is one of the most notable features.

Turtle Beach is promising more info leading up to the launch of the headsets but, until then, you can take a look at the four units just after the break, or find the high-resolution versions in our gallery.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Turtle Beach Ear Force headsets)

Ear Force DELTA (EFD) – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3-Optimized Programmable Wireless Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound Headset with Bluetooth Chat. The top-of-the-line EFD headset comes packaged in a specially-themed carrying case and is pre-loaded with unique custom Modern Warfare 3 presets and voice prompts. Ear Force Delta is the ultimate Xbox 360 and PS3 weapon for the most avid Modern Warfare 3 players. MSRP: $299.95.

Ear Force BRAVO (EFB) – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Optimized Programmable Wireless Universal Gaming Headset. Featuring the same custom Modern Warfare 3 presets as the EFD, the EFB provides players with the same optimized experience in a universal headset that's the perfect Call of Duty® companion on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. MSRP $149.95.

Ear Force CHARLIE (EFC) – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Optimized Multi-Speaker Surround Sound PC Gaming Headset. With eight amplified, acoustically-angled speakers delivering discrete surround sound, this tournament-grade, Modern Warfare 3 optimized wired headset is the perfect choice for competitive PC gamers. MSRP $129.95.

Ear Force FOXTROT (EFF) – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Optimized Universal Gaming Headset. For Modern Warfare 3 players seeking effortless cross-platform performance, the EFF provides gamers with high-fidelity amplified audio along with several key features to set it apart. MSRP $99.95.

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Turtle Beach to Release Limited Edition Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 Co-branded Gaming Headsets for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC

Ear Force® Gaming Headsets Engineered and Designed Specifically for
The Year's Most Anticipated Release

Elmsford, N.Y., July 19, 2011 – Turtle Beach, pioneers and market-leaders of the gaming headset category, today announced a partnership with Activision to develop a new line of exclusively licensed, limited edition Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 Ear Force headsets, custom-optimized to deliver enhanced experiences for the year's most anticipated entertainment launch. Among many planned features, these new premium headsets will be distinguished by unique sets of audio presets designed specifically by the audio teams at developers Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games in order to provide the ultimate immersion into the cinematic world of Modern Warfare® 3.

The headsets will be available with compatibility across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC; with multiple feature sets, special packages with bonus content, and price points to ensure that no player is left behind.

• Ear Force DELTA (EFD) – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3-Optimized Programmable Wireless Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound Headset with Bluetooth Chat. The top-of-the-line EFD headset comes packaged in a specially-themed carrying case and is pre-loaded with unique custom Modern Warfare 3 presets and voice prompts. Ear Force Delta is the ultimate Xbox 360 and PS3 weapon for the most avid Modern Warfare 3 players. MSRP: $299.95.

• Ear Force BRAVO (EFB) – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Optimized Programmable Wireless Universal Gaming Headset. Featuring the same custom Modern Warfare 3 presets as the EFD, the EFB provides players with the same optimized experience in a universal headset that's the perfect Call of Duty® companion on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. MSRP $149.95.

• Ear Force CHARLIE (EFC) – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Optimized Multi-Speaker Surround Sound PC Gaming Headset. With eight amplified, acoustically-angled speakers delivering discrete surround sound, this tournament-grade, Modern Warfare 3 optimized wired headset is the perfect choice for competitive PC gamers. MSRP $129.95.

• Ear Force FOXTROT (EFF) – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Optimized Universal Gaming Headset. For Modern Warfare 3 players seeking effortless cross-platform performance, the EFF provides gamers with high-fidelity amplified audio along with several key features to set it apart. MSRP $99.95.

Additional details about each headset, the many special Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 package features, bonus content, promotions and more will be announced later.

"Call of Duty continues to define action while also becoming a cultural phenomenon as well as the industry standard," noted Michael Arzt, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Turtle Beach. "As the long-time leader and innovator in the gaming audio category, Turtle Beach is excited to introduce a collection of purpose-built Modern Warfare 3 headsets with features and benefits that will far surpass gamers' expectations for licensed headsets."

Set to strike worldwide on November 8th, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the year's most anticipated release. Published by Activision and in development by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer games, the title is the newest installment in the record-setting, blockbuster Call of Duty series, which has broken entertainment opening launch records two-years running.

Turtle Beach revolutionized game audio with the industry's first truly customizable headset, the PX5, earlier this year and is the only brand capable of this offering. Gamers interested in learning more about Turtle Beach's lineup of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 headsets should visit www.turtlebeach.com/MW3 to sign up for updates about special content, additional product details, pre and on-sale info and other special news and alerts.

More specific product details of the co-branded product line will emerge in the coming months and the full lineup of Turtle Beach's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 gaming headsets will ship to major retailers beginning in October, 2011.

Reader Comments (22)

I have a Earforce similar to the FOXTROT. It's a good set except the cloth on the ear cushions keep coming off. I think I paid $60 as an Amazon deal of the day.

SO wheres Ear Force Alpha?

I've got the PX5's that these were made from and I absolutely love them. I've already caught myself physically look left because I heard a sound that seemed far away.

I've had 3 pairs of headphones, X31's, the Tritton AX Pro's and now the PX5's which are easily my favorite. One of these days I'll end up trying the A40's.

I'll be using the 2 tin cans and a piece of string method

@FuriousMailman

but who gets the other can? I didn't know there was multiple people playing this game?

OK i had to take the stab at it lol. my bad guys

Pretty off-topic: I hear these getting praise all the time, but I'm really not in the market for an all-in-one audio solution. I like my sound system, and usually play with other people locally while online. What I'd like is a headset that's voice-chat only (single earpiece/speaker/headphone, no game audio), that has excellent sound and microphone quality. Does such a thing exist?

My wireless and wired Microsoft headsets sound like a tin can, and my Sony official one is so sensitive that it even picks up button presses so I have to mute the game audio.

@Epoque

If you're on PS3, you can go to audio device settings, and adjust it so that the input device (chat) is only available, and the output device (game audio) comes out through the TV or sound system, etc. Just set it to system default device.

@FakeKevinButler

Thanks again, FakeKevinButler!

Solving our issues with Sony one step at a time.

...Now... Extremely off-topic but... Legend of Dragoon 2?

These look really but way to expensive for my taste, anyone know a cheap ($150 or less) pair of surround sound headphones?

@pally321 I recently got the Turtle Beach Ear Force DPX 21. It has 5.1/7.1 Digital surround sound woth Dolby Digital Pro Logic IIx. It's compatible with PS3, 360 and PC right out of the box! The only down side is that it's not wireless. But honestly, the cord is plenty long enough(about 12ft.!!). And I personally don't need one more wireless signal floating around my house!!! :-) Anyway, best one I found for the price, it was $135 when I got it. It was on sale, and the original price was $149. But that was 6 months ago, so I'm pretty sure you can get it a little cheaper now. Great set, I've had NO problems with it(unlike the Tritton AX 180's that COMPLETELY fell apart on me after only 4 months!!!). Oh, and they do take digital optical audio straight to the box! It sounds AESOME when I plug the PS3 straight into 'em for gaming or watching movies! Hope that helps!

A px5, A px3, and others, The delta's a total ripoff, the one underneath it is the same price as the PX3, so that one has the best value imo

Who cares ? Really ?

Mass marketed rubbish like this , is killing gaming invention , why make something new , when 10 million people blindly follow every episode , no matter if its the same or not !

If you buy this you're partly responsible for the death of gaming !

HAHAHAHA Watch kids gobble this up with their mother credit card.

@Castiel

Mom: "Does my son need this headset to play this War3 game?"
Retailer: "Yes. Yes, he does. And buying all four will unlocks an achievement too **mumbles**with his friends**mumbles**"
Mom: "Really? I'm sure he'll like that. "

@Dukk420 "AWESOME"....not really sure what AESOME is!!! :-)

I bought the PX5's not too long ago, and they're great! One of the features of the PX5's though, was that you can download custom game presets, even one's that game developers uploaded to the site for certain games, example: Dead Space.

Now that these sets are coming with MW3 presets.... I'm wondering. For my PX5's am I going to be able to download this MW3 custom preset? Or am I going to have to buy one of these to get that? I think it would be total BS if you cant download this preset, since game developers are going to make custom presets, don't put each game presets in a newer headset...

@(Unverified) I have confirmation that the presets will be available for us with the px5( I'm in the same situation as you) Alex ryan's response is as follows.....
"...the presets will be available for you to download into your PX5 by using the advanced sound editor. You don't have to return anything, you just have to be patient.

Thanks,
Alex

Alex Q. Ryan
O: 415-318-4062
C: 415-395-6603
alex.ryan@highroad.com "

Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 4:27 PM
To: Alex Ryan
Subject:

Hey Alex, I JUST got my turtle beach px5 and would appreciate not having to return it for the mw3 turtle beach headsets. I'm interest in the audio presets designed specifically for mw3...will they be available for the px5 or only for the mw3 headsets? Thanks you can redirect me to a different department to aswer the question If needed.

@Hitmanx25x P.S. Alex Ryan is the contact for turtle beach regarding these new headsets. Hope this helps bud :)

I got x11's off of amazon for $43 and they're great!

i almost bought the px5 last week because my px21 sucks right now but i didnt i told my self that i would buy em when the relase the special mw3 ones and a week later they got announced so instead i bought a phone a micro sd and the razer orca headphones for it and my pc. the sad thing is that they all cost 300 together and the px5 by itself

Sweet! Now I'll be able to hear more kids singing/screaming and the sound of someone sitting in a corner hiding behind their claymore or motion sensor. CAN'T WAIT!!!

And by "custom audio presets", hopefully they mean "automatically configured to mute ornery children".