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Modern Warare 2 statue and DC comic announced

DC comics is working on a Modern Warfare 2 comic with Ghost, badass looking Modern Warfare 2 character, as our hero.

It's getting pretty clear why Infinity Ward wanted to put the Call of Duty tag aside, they have much bigger plans for this newly created Modern Warfare franchise. Just think of all Infinity Ward is putting into it; the game, the prestige edition with fully functioning night goggles, a statue and now a comic? This goes far beyond everything we've seen so far for the other Call of Duty games.
MW2: GHOST comic

Modern Warfare 2: GHOST issue 1 coverThat aside, back to business. As you just read DC Comics, best known by the Superman and Batman novels, will be making a 6 piece graphical novel out of Modern Warfare 2. Ghost, a badass looking confirmed character wearing skeleton mask, will be playing the leading part which will be published by WildStorm Productions. The novel will be written by David Lapham who has made several issues for DC and Marvel, including Batman, Daredevil vs. Punisher, wolverine and Spider-Man.
We all know Robert '402' Bowling is a big fan of graphical novels and he has already been working very closely with them to make this novel as kick-ass as can be, "...and trust me, it's hardcore". It's first cover looks promising and Infinity Ward looks like to have hit the right mark as lots of positive comments fly around on Twitter and all leading MW2 forums. We have not been giving a time frame but it would be high likely to be launched with the release of Modern Warfare 2 on November 11th, 2009.
Ghost
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Last month we received a tip showing us Craig Fairbrass was cast as the voice for a character named 'Ghost' in Modern Warfare 2. Craig also did the voice for 'Gaz' in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - supposedly KIA, which of course led to the discussion if the 'Gaz' is actually dead... Ghost would be a perfect nickname for someone surviving an execution by Imran Zakhaev in the end of CoD4: Modern Warfare. But let's not go there yet, Craig's voicing for 'Ghost' could also mean a new character which would be much more likely.

And what about that *searches for the right word*.... EPIC 'Ghost' statue? Isn't that just the coolest thing you've ever seen? Ghost makes the life sizes T800 terminator statue look like a pussy!
Special Ops now, Multiplayer up next!

Keep your eyes open for new magazines covering Modern Warfare 2 at the end of this month, starters next month. Mostly indepth info on Specops, but we're promised multiplayer is up next:

Source: Fourzerotwo on the IW forums

The long lead press I've been doing the past week (print magazines) was mostly focused on Special Ops. Explaining how it works, going in depth on just how big it is. So you should be seeing that press hitting towards the end of this month, start of next month.

Then it's Multiplayers big time to shine in the press. Even before that though, we'll be releasing some more multiplayer videos to tide you over until the big MP press time.

I had hoped to do another MP video by now, but our video crew got side tracked with some in-game stuff that took priority though.

Modern Warfare 2 Ghost statueIn another post on the IW forums Robert talks to the community in a way I hope everyone will understand. There have been soooo many people crying, almost demanding for more information on the Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer. Wouldn't it be cooler just to discover all these new things on your one without all the cool things being spoiled months before release?

Source: Fourzerotwo on the IW forums

I agree. It's frustrating. I too want to flood the forums with info and videos.

We don't plan on sharing much more on the single-player, and I think the majority of you are in agreement that the majority of the story should be kept under wraps so it's even more impactful the first time you play it.

Trust me, there are some HUGE moments you don't want ruined.

As for multiplayer, again. We don't want to give EVERYTHING away, because it's more fun to discover that stuff yourself, the first time you play. However, we do plan on revealing a quite a bit more before launch.

More MP videos are coming and we hope to have a big MP press day before launch as well. So don't worry, those who want info will definitely be getting some well before launch.

DLC; Downloadable content

After the game is being printed and shipped around the country, Infinity Ward will sit down and talk about the DLC for Modern Warfare 2 - not before. Infinity Ward is not holding back material before release that can later be turned into DLC just to make a quick buck. This is what Robert 'fourzerotwo' Bowling had to say about it.

Source: Fourzerotwo on the IW forums

DLC is not developed until after the full game is polished, finished, and released.

Therefore, there is no way to include it in the main game because it doesn't exist. We have two years for our development cycle, in that two years we complete the main game (single player, spec ops, multiplayer).

Once we've finished and shipped the finished game off for certification and disc printing. While we're waiting for the game to be printed on discs and go to stores, then we sit down and start thinking about what we'd like to do for DLC.

We've agreed to at least Two map packs already, but we won't start development on them or thinking about whats included in them until AFTER we've finished the game. We've just agreed to do them.

We would never purposely hold anything back just so we can release it as DLC. I think we've proved that with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The fact we only did 1 map pack because we felt it was important that Modern Warfare 2 got two full years of development and therefore as many maps as possible at LAUNCH.
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