You need to check out the below video for the upcoming "Black Box" Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DLC. It shows off some new multiplayer maps as well as Spec Ops missions. Plus, it's actually funny. Not video-game-funny, but really funny.

As you see in the video, the new maps take you all over the world, from India, to Russia to a downed Air Force One. Yeah, these look amazing. The Black Box launches for Premium Elite members on March 13th

Call of Duty XP may be over, but you can still live through the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 live-action experience through our photos! Check out the armory with all of the real-life weaponry used in the game, the zipline tower, the paintball arena, and of course, Burger Town. 

There's a lot more inside, and we thankfully saved you from the Port-A-Potty experience. Which was definitely not mentioned in the safety hazards waiver that we signed. Check out the photos, and let us know what you'd like to see at Call of Duty XP if they do it again, and we suspect that they will. If the thing you'd like to see is yourself, then you win bonus points.

• PHOTOS: The Call of Duty XP Experience

Call of Duty XP Modern Warfare 3 Tournament Finals have begun. Gamers are competing in CoD: MW3's multiplayer mode for a prize of $1 million dollars. The top CoD players have been competing in a 32-team, single elimination tournament. Find out which squad will take it all.

In recent years, Call of Duty has become known for something new: zombies. I think we can all agree the undead were a welcomed edition to CoD: Black Ops. As such, the zombies have a few things they'd like to say, you know, like "bbrraaiinnnsss." I joke. Check out the Zombie panel below.

Call of Duty fans need to know all the Assault, Support, and Specialist strike packages in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Luckily, G4tv's Donell Tucker and Eric Eckstein breakdown each of the new packages to give you all the details about multiplayer.

 Also, for more details on the new multplayer features and an overview on balancing CoD: MW3, head over to our Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Preview With Robert Bowling.

Call of Duty XP wouldn't be the ultimate Call of Duty experience if there weren't a few panels. First up is a panel called Call of Duty Elite – Clans and Groups, the Socialization of Call of Duty. The panel will include Chacko Sonny (Studio Head of Beachhead Studio), Noah Heller (Project Director),  Jennifer Puno (Director, User Experience), Sam Fu (Engineering, Clan Specialist) and Chris Chernoff (User Experience, Clan Specialist).

The next panel, beginning at 5:00pm, is called Voices of Call of Duty, the VO talent of the Call of Duty franchise. James Burns, Billy Murray, William Fitchner and others will be sharing their experiences making the fps.

Adam Sessler got the chance to chat with Robert Bowling, Creative Strategist on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 about the game's new strike packages, kill confirmed mode, progressive weapon ranking, and more. CoD: MW3 isn't just about getting the most kills anymore, now there's much more strategy involved for all game modes and that really allows variety in how you'll play the first-person shooter.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming out on November 8.

At the Call of Duty XP in Los Angeles we got the chance to briefly check out five maps from the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer. The maps are Arkaden, Dome, Resistance, Underground, and Village. According to the keynote presentation from Call of Duty XP there will be 16 new multiplayer maps released with CoD: MW3, so really this is just a taste of some of the maps you'll get to play with when the game is released on November 8.

For previews of the Dome, Resistance, Underground, and Village maps check after the break.

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Activision revealed another multiplayer trailer for Call of Duty: MW3 at CoD XP. Multiplayer gameplay mode was a major part of the event and I think you'll understand why this trailer got the crowd excited. It has everything you could want from a CoD: MW3 trailer: RC helicopters, guns, soldiers, and explosions.

Starting today, Call of Duty lovers from all over the country are pouring into Los Angeles for Activision’s COD extravaganza in celebration of the little heard of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Call of Duty XP officially kicks off today, but last night, members of the press were invited to a pre-XP event filled with news, announcements, and most importantly plenty of hands-on time with MW3’s multiplayer to check out a new Spec Ops map, a new mode (Kill Confirmed), and a bunch of new features that will bring many a smile to death-prone players still looking to enjoy some CoD: MW3 multiplayer. Here's a snippet of what we saw:

"Watching the higher level Strike Package rewards unfold on the battlefield was terrific, and when one of your teammates becomes the Juggernaut, it's like Superman joins your team. He'll get hammered quickly and won't last forever, but if you can box your enemies into a corner with it while you provide support fire, it can be a beautiful thing."

Check out our full Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer impressions roundtable article for more details.

CEO of Activision Publishing Eric Hirschberg opened things up for as at the Call of Duty XP preview by saying, "Speaking on behalf of Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer, Beachhead, Treyarch, and everyone else, we just want to say thanks to you for being here, and that this weekend is all about our fans. We think we have the greatest fanbase in the world." Activision has gone out of their way to make CoD XP a true fan event, and every penny they're collecting for the $150 tickets are going to the Call of Duty Endowment, which helps soldiers find jobs after their military service. 

He also thanked Xbox 360 for being one of their premiere partners, and for supplying the hundreds of consoles that will be used throughout the event (between 840 to 1200, we heard), and they are also co-sponsoring the million dollar prize. Of course, he also reiterated the fact that the DLC will be on the Xbox 360 first, although that's not counting what will be coming if you're a premium Call of Duty Elite subscriber. More on that in a moment. Then he finally started delving into the game itself, which the reason we'd trekked out there. "Nobody here takes anything for granted," he said, "Our teams are putting everything we've got into this game." Which is easy enough to roll your eyes at, but after playing the game, he's definitely right.

Hirschberg said the the goals for the team were to strive for epic realism, a balance between authenticity and those "holy sh*t" moment you experience in a Hollywood blockbuster. They what your knuckles to be white while you play, and for your pupils to dilate. They also want it to be easy to pick up and play, and hard to master. And for all of it to run at 60 frames per second. And Hirschberg thinks they've done it. He's calling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, "The most epic cinematic scale you've ever seen from a Call of Duty game, and it puts WWIII right outside your front door."

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Activision has announced a limited edition Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 themed Xbox 360 bundle. The bundle was designed to fit the "battle worn style" of the CoD series. It sports a Xbox 360 console with a massive 320 GB hard drive, two wireless Call of Duty themed Xbox 360 controllers, and a copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. In addition to the console you also get a one month Xbox Live Gold subscription as well as exclusive avatar items to show off that you own this MW3 console. To make the console even more amazing, the system will play custom Call of Duty sounds, like the Night Vision powerup, when you turn the console on or eject a disc. 

The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Xbox 360 bundle will launch on November 8 for $399.99, and you can now pre-order the bundle at participating retailers.

Will you be picking up this CoD: MW3 Xbox 360 bundle?

Call of Duty fan film Find Makarov made a splash when it surfaced on the web. CoD fans assumed Activision was behind it since the production value was so high. It turns out the the project was completely fan made. The team behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 liked Find Makarov so much they decided to fund the sequel: Operation Kingifsh. Watch as the story unfolds.

Call of Duty Elite promises to help gamers "play together better" for a price. Many of the features are in fact free out of the box when you buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, however, CoD Elite Premium will set you back $49.99.

Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer games have been working with the CoD Elite's team, Beachhead Studios, to make sure Elite enhances every aspect of multiplayer. Annual members who pony up $50, will get every piece of DLC through the year. That's 20 pieces of downloadable content in all. You also get the content first, before the public. DLC will be released monthly for Elite Premium members so you'll never stop playing, ever.

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Robert Bowling, Creative Strategist at Infinity Ward announced a ton of new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer features during the Call of Duty XP Keynote Live Stream. Bowling didn't go into great detail on any of the new features, but we got them all for your reading pleasure:

• New prestige shop where you can choose your rewards for prestiging
• Universal Call of Duty player card to check on your  CoD career status
• In game loyalty rewards for every CoD game you've ever played since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: World At War, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Dual scopes
• New multiplayer mode called Team Defender
• 16 new multiplayer maps on the disc and all of them will be playable in Spec Ops Survival Mode
• So much more!

Do these new multiplayer features get you excited for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3? If not, what other ones are you hoping to see that maybe Infinity Ward hasn't unveiled yet.

CoD: MW3 is coming out November 8, 2011.

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