"Overwatch" Footage

G4tv has an exclusive Specops footage and talk to with Joel and Todd about Specops and Multiplayer.

The interview totals over 20 minutes of video footage, including 2 minutes of the Special Ops mission "Overwatch". You guessed it; Man your gunners seat in the AC-130 in this co-op style Specops mission.

"Overwatch" mission (HD)

Grab something while you still can, 'cause we're going in deep.
Two minutes of the "Overwatch" mission, which you can tackle in Special Ops co-op style. While you – or your buddy – take the gunners position in the the AC-130, the other one is on the ground pointing out targets with his laser module.

It's unclear on what difficulty this is played, but your target for this mission is to reach safety within 3 minutes and 30 seconds. As confirmed in the next video (interview with Joel Emslie) the difficulty will determine how far you will have to go to get to safety; as you play only 1/3 of the map on regular, on hardened it extends out to 2/3 and on veteran you will have to run the complete course to get to safety.

Special Ops

G4tv talks with Joel Emslie about this mission and Specops in general and what your mission will be on the ground.

Joel talks about what your mission will be in this "Overwatch" mission, and what the difficulties were setting up a map for such different gameplay in one mission.

Multiplayer (HD)

Todd Alderman, lead multiplayer designer, get's into what the Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer differs from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's. He also touches some technicalities for just a little bit, explaining how the texture streaming is used in Modern Warfare 2 (not just multiplayer, of course).

Todd really emphasis the fact that the complete multiplayer is still the same, but everything is better, bigger and how there is more of everything. They learned from their mistakes in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and added new elements that would add to both experience players as well as newcomers. Levels are much bigger now but it still has the same flow so you intuitively know where to go, even though everything around you is exploding like famous scenes in John Woo movies. Attachments are also unlocked by using other attachments, so when you're using the n00btube (grenade launcher) a lot, you now unlock another attachments that same style (masterkey maybe?). The more you use things (including perks, which upgrade), the better things you unlock. Infinity Ward tailors the game exactly to your play style.

AC-130 Walkthrough (HD)

It's here that Todd confirms you will not respawn when you are killed on the ground (with the laptop open) while in the air. You're dead but will respawn only when the AC-130 is shot down or your timer is finished.

Flagrunner Walkthrough (HD)

Just a quick rundown of things we already knew...

Source: G4tv.com »

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