[Around the Web] Medal of Honor: Warfighter

Duty, Honor, Country....oh wait, that's the ROTC motto. Who dares, wins?

FPS fans, this one's for you: if you're not much of a fan of the Call of Duty games, Rainbow Six, or even Ghost Recon series, EA is giving us a more "realistic" scenario game. Yep, the rebooted Medal of Honor that was released last 2010 is getting a sequel, and is packing more firepower than ever.

Dubbed Medal of Honor: Warfighter, the campaign follows of the actual footsteps (I guess based from declassified information that can be freely accessed) of Tier 1, US SOCOM's most elite special forces operations group. The missions take place around the globe, and in the trailer below, a particular mission in Basilan, Philippines; supposedly 'hideout' for the Abu Sayyaf extremist group. 

Also featured in Warfighter is the multiplayer mode, where you can choose from any special forces group of a country:

• Russia - Alfa Group Spetsnaz
• Poland - GROM
• Canada - JTF2
• United Kingdom - SAS
• United States - SEALs, SFOD-D, OGA
• and others

Medal of Honor: Warfighter comes out 23 October 2012. And a week later, Assassin's Creed III. Ouch, this is going to hurt wallets.

[Around the Web] Black Ops 2 is set in the....future?

Well, after several leaks and a day of rumors and stuff, Activition finally reveals Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Though I'm kinda surprised that the setting is in the...not-too-distant future? As I recall the previous Black Ops was centered during the Cold War..., well, in particular the Vietnam War.

So what's the story this time? Mason never did shoot JFK? Or if he did, what were the possible repercussions that Activision engineered for the story?

Well, hopefully more will be revealed.

PS: There's supposed to be a Black Ops 2 YouTube trailer, but as of writing it's like a private viewing. Phoeey.

source: [Official Call of Duty website]
            [Kotaku]