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Next Medal of Honor game revealed

Medal of Honor: Warfighter (EA Games)EA's re-launch of its Medal of Honor series in 2010 didn't exactly set the sales charts on fire, but that's not stopping the company from moving forward with a new installment.

Medal of Honor: Warfighter will make its debut this October, using the same graphics engine that powered last year's more successful Battlefield 3. The name's kind of a head scratcher, though, since, well, the entire series has been about fighting in wars, but we'll let that slide.

EA's not giving a lot of details yet, saving those for a big reveal in an upcoming copy of Official Xbox Magazine, but confirmed the name and offered a teaser image on the game's official blog.

The October release sets up a rematch of sorts for EA and Activision in what's becoming the annual fall battle of big-budget military shooters. This year's Call of Duty game (expected to be called Black Ops 2) is the follow-up to the series installment that Medal of Honor faced two years ago.

Back then, Call of Duty decidedly won the battle. While Black Ops became one of the best selling games of all time, sales of the EA series were so underwhelming (compared to expectations) that many wondered if EA would try again. The company quickly confirmed it would.

Danger Close studios, the developer in charge of the reboot, will once again put together the single-player campaign for Warfighter. It will also oversee the game's multiplayer elements, taking over duties from DICE, who developed that part of the game two years ago but is likely busy with the next Battlefield installment at this point.

EA's expected to show more of the game at the Game Developer Conference in early March.

While Medal of Honor may not have a fan base as fervent as the Call of Duty series these days, the franchise cleared the path for other World War II shooter games. The 1999 original, with a story created by legendary director Steven Spielberg, set new standards of realism in video games and was an overwhelming success. As the years passed, though, a series of less impressive sequels and similar games from other publishers led to consumer fatigue -- and dwindling sales.

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48 comments

  • Vincent  •  2 months ago
    Why has there never been a WWII MMO? I still can't figure it out. Clear factions, standard advancement through the ranks, straightforward classes. It would be epic.
    • Torrell 2 months ago
      You have no Idea how MMO's work do you? They require fantasy.
    • Vincent 2 months ago
      I think the fact that you'd be portraying a soldier in a war 70 years ago would be pretty fantastic. Because the bullets and bombs aren't real, right?
    • scott 2 months ago
      There are some WWII MMOs just not as foot soldiers. There is Aces High which is mainly air combat with some ground units, there is also World of Tanks and Navy Field.
  • RichardH  •  Osceola, Indiana  •  2 months ago
    I hate fighting online, there are too many jerks who think their s**t don't stick and are very rude. The way things are going, there is just a facsimile of a campaign mode and force everyone online. Because of that, I quit playing.
  • Christopher  •  Flint, Michigan  •  2 months ago
    I like pac-man
  • SRV  •  2 months ago
    MOST OF USD ARE AWAITING NEXT-GEN CONSOLES!!!!!
  • Randy  •  Charlotte, North Carolina  •  2 months ago
    I beat the last one in 4 hrs, when u were sitting at the table i thought it was half over. Good game but way to short
  • jla  •  Visalia, California  •  2 months ago
    i only like first person shooters. online sucks because it's too easy to just cheat
    • David 2 months ago
      true, true.
  • Northwesterner  •  Seattle, Washington  •  2 months ago
    OK, nobody should ever compare the missions in these games to the real thing. These games don't, and never will, come close and that's a very good thing. I remember when the original MOH came out I thought it was the coolest game. Then came the original Ghost Recon. Though a little slow, it was pretty accurate in terms of how important team work, marksmanship, "on the fly" thinking, and stealth really are when it comes to fighting. I do agree with Michael when he says that campers have no skill. In reality the "campers" don't last too long. Even snipers move immediately after firing a shot so nobody can get wise to their position. I also agree that people don't need to use vulgar language. It's degrading and doesn't make you sound like a bad #$%$ it makes you sound like a piece of trash. That's the reason why I don't do multiplayer on the shooter games. I here that vulgar crap enough in my daily life I don't need to hear when I'm trying to enjoy a game. I haven't been a fan of the new COD scripts for the same reason. Anyway, I haven't played MOH since Airborne, but I never heard anything bad about the last game in the series. Too bad I could only afford a Wii so I was stuck with Black Ops. Though good, I've been wanting to give the new style of MOH a shot and see how they portray modern warfare.
    • Oscar 2 months ago
      You definitely should, the last MOH was really good!
  • Gettorix  •  2 months ago
    I do wish they would return to their roots. I had the original on a PlayStation, and it was a lot of fun, I remember how creepy it was walking around the French town at night with someone yelling 'hello' in French from nowhere. Now every war shooter has to be non-stop action (not really complaining, I like that, too), but I would like to see a loner-type game where you don't have squad support, maybe performing some type of investigation. Yes, there are games like that (Fallout, Splinter Cell, etc.), but doing so as a soldier in a war zone is what I miss about the original game.
  • Bluewolf  •  Yuba City, California  •  2 months ago
    How about a WW2 game from the Axis perspective? Following the 'soldier' and not the "Evil" brainwashed regime. An interesting story could be made as well as bring back a good ole FPS that relies on single shot rifles and not spray and pray!
  • Gaige Johns  •  Scranton, Pennsylvania  •  2 months ago
    i rememeber back in rising sun it let the climax build up like when your in the raft and the one guy keeps hearing stuff and then the i think it was a octopus grabbed him and your all freakedout then the japs start shooting from nowhere now in Cod all you do is ohh there are millions of soldiers coming take all these weapons this squad of 6 people will kill them all perfect sense its so unrealistic
  • Nick  •  Scranton, Pennsylvania  •  2 months ago
    I would like to see more online Zombie games.
  • hi  •  Brick, New Jersey  •  2 months ago
    @ Z E: I love sniping. You may call it camping. But I feel holding down a house or an area is harder. The other team know where u are. I use to run around the entire time, But I feel killing someone with a sniper rifle is more frustrating to the other player. Because I hate getting killed by a sniper. Running around with light weight marathon coming from behind people and shooting them in the back is not as satisfying as sniping
    • bigolB 2 months ago
      camping is for people with no skillz...
    • koven66 2 months ago
      in real life,you would become a fan of camping
  • Terell  •  Eschborn, Germany  •  2 months ago
    I think they should let the game be more like Operation Flashpoint (the first version where the host makes the battlefield with various weapons and vehicles) or at least something more realistic. If your shot in a arm, then you either can not use that arm or it is totally blown off and you bleed to death while you engage targets. Some accurate firing weapons would be freaking good as well. Graphics can use a tune up. The previews are awesome. Then you buy the game and the thing has horrible graphics or game play. More multi-campaigns. Not everyone wants to battle it out everyday with other people.
  • Evan B  •  Watertown, New York  •  2 months ago
    Yes. Another shooter game!!!! We get to shoot more of the same crap we have been shooting at. Oh. Did they put zombies in it? Or zombie nazis? Or zombie zombies? that would be just the coolest.
  • Luke  •  2 months ago
    The last MOH was unpopular because buyers are more interested in unrealistic one-man-army ADD style spraying. The last MOH game was by far the most realistic of the popular shooters and allowed you to move freely like a real human instead of popping your entire body out of cover. It allowed you to peek quickly and move properly. It's sad that it got such poor reviews and sales due to a delusional consumer base who thinks war is more like COD games.
    • Diyor Suleymanov 2 months ago
      Cod is fast paced FUN no one siad its realistic. VIDEO and REALISTIC dont go together
    • assassn8bush 2 months ago
      MOH campaign was outstanding!!! ITs what COD should be attempting to emulate.........realistic countries and battles instead of masses of enemy from some sh--ithole dropping into the middle of Colorado much like the stupid movie Red dawn (yea, I realize its NYC but it might as well be Co.) and other stupid scenarios.
    • A Yahoo! User 2 months ago
      The game play sucked bawls. Snipers everywhere, horrible spawn points, poor game mechanics, and they are even worse in Bf3 it seems.
  • Jose  •  2 months ago
    i hope that in future cod games they reinclude the ac130
  • Capone  •  2 months ago
    agreed with Vincent, it would be epic also the cost per month would be Epicly high like say near $20 a month if we know Activision, they would charge that much lol.
  • LukeP  •  San Diego, California  •  2 months ago
    I guess I'm in the minority here, but I prefer Medal of Honor to Call of Duty. COD is too frantic. You never get a chance to slow down and #$%$ the situation. MOH lets you be a little more covert if you want and it' allows you to take your time. I will be buying this game for sure!
  • Steven  •  2 months ago
    Enough with the shooters. This generation has been over-saturated with them enough as it is and these war shooters are basically the same almost now. Where's the originality? It's almost getting as bad as Hollywood has become in the past decade.
  • eric  •  Lafayette, Louisiana  •  2 months ago
    It's all about marketing...my opinion, the last Medal of Honor game was better than any Modern Warfare as far as campaign story. I actually prefer campaign play to multi-player. Multi-player gets a little too repetitive for me. Either way, if it is a shooter game I will play it.
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