Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition

by Activision

• Classic Call of Duty single player mission-based campaign involving taking control of multiple character perspectives at different times
• Deep multiplayer support, including two-player Co-op Survival mode
• New Kill Streak categories (Assault, Support and Specialist) that offer new perks and options for players
• Customizable strike package options based on kill streaks
• Special Hardened Edition bonus items

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B005K8LOA2
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 3.7 inches ; 1.5 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 8, 2011
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (116 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,977 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #75 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Games > Action > Shooter
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is First-person Shooter rooted in a fictional, but ultra realistic near-future conflict of mostly American forces with those of the Russian Federation around the globe. The third installment in the Modern Warfare branch of the Call of Duty franchise, Modern Warfare 3 features a heavy focus on multiplayer gameplay which includes innovative new functionality that encourages multiple gameplay combat strategies, a new 2-player co-op option, new play modes, weapons and more. The game also includes a gripping single player campaign that picks up where Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 left off, and game integration with the Call of Duty: Elite online service.

The special Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition for Xbox 360 contains a variety of physical and digital bonus items. See the full list of these below.

Do What is Necessary in the Face of Invasion

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a direct sequel to the previous game in the series, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. In the game's single player campaign Russian Ultranationalist Vladimir Makarov continues his manipulation of Russian Federation forces in their invasion of the United States and Europe. In their way stands characters like Task Force 141 Captain John "Soap" MacTavish, former SAS Captain John Price as well as new playable characters from Delta Force and the British SAS. Engage enemy forces in New York, Paris, Berlin and other attack sites across the globe. The world stands on the brink, and Makarov is intent on bringing civilization to its knees. In this darkest hour, are you willing to do what is necessary.

Multiplayer That is Bigger and Better Than Ever

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 delivers a multiplayer experience that continues to raise the bar by focusing on fast-paced, gun-on-gun combat, along with innovative features that support and enhance a large variety of play-styles. Now, you can truly define your approach with a toolkit more expansive than any previous title.

Continue the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in the third release in the series.
View larger

Best in class multiplayer action.
View larger

Pointstreaks and Strike Packages

Killstreaks, benefits and abilities awarded for stringing together multiple kills, have been transformed into Pointstreaks, creating a system that rewards players both for landing kills and completing objectives. These rewards have been broken up into three different categories, known as Strike Packages:

• Assault - Pointstreaks within this package chain together and deal direct damage. It includes classics like the Predator Missile and Attack Helicopter. Your streak resets on death.
• Support - Pointstreaks within this package do not chain, focusing instead on surveillance and disruption. Your streak does not reset on death meaning they will respawn with you.
• Specialist - Pointstreaks within this package are designed for advanced players. Rewards come in the form of additional perks for optimal performance. These perks last until death.

Weapon Proficiencies

Just like your player, weapons now rank up, unlocking additional attachments, reticules, camos and the new proficiency category. Weapon Proficiencies not only allow you to get better with weapons, they also allow you customize your weapons with helpful attributes such as "Kick" for reduced recoil, "Impact" for deeper penetration through hard surfaces and much more. Many proficiencies are specific to their weapons class. And all are geared towards enhancing a certain play style and can allow for efficient use of your favorite weapons in maps and game modes in which they might not otherwise be the best choice.

Modes and Match Customization

Along with the return of the fan favorites Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 introduces several new game modes. Collect dog tags from killed players, including those on your squad while you prevent the opposing squad from taking yours in Kill Confirmed mode. In Team Defender mode, grab the flag and protect the flag carrier for as long as you can to increase your team's score. In addition players will enjoy user generated match mode functionality which allows you to configure any mode how you want it and then share these over the Call of Duty: Elite online service.

2-player Co-op Special Ops Survival Mode

Special Ops cooperative action returns with a bevy of additions, including 16 new objective-based missions and the all-new Survival Mode. Team up online, locally, or play solo and face endless waves of attacking enemies throughout every multiplayer map. Purchase and customize your weapons, air support, equipment and abilities to stand up against increasingly difficult forces and land a spot on the leaderboards. Earn experience and rank up with the newly implemented progression system. The higher the rank, the more weapons, air support, and gear armories you will have available to customize so you can change your tactics on the fly. In addition to the action packed battle for freedom, the cooperative Survival Mode also serves as an effective training tool for competitive multiplayer action.

Call of Duty: Elite

Call of Duty: Elite is an online multiplayer oriented service launched simultaneously with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The service offers both free and subscription based levels of access and is dedicated to the game franchise, featuring lifetime statistics across multiple games, social-networking options, competitions, a mobile app, Facebook integration and more.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Hardened Edition for Xbox 360 Contents:

View larger

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for Xbox 360 One year of full membership in Call of Duty Elite service (includes future DLC, map packs, etc.) Founder Status (includes in-game emblem, player card, weapons camouflage, clan XP boost and more) SteelBook Case Special Ops Juggernaut Xbox LIVE Outfit Limited Edition Field Journal

Additional Screenshots

New Pointstreak system. View larger.

Customize weapons for modes. View larger.

Full-featured co-op mode. View larger.

Integrated online 'Elite' service. View larger.

Product Description

Boasting multiplayer map packs, memberships, in-game unlockables, and a one-of-a-kind book bound by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s untold secrets, the “Hardened Edition” is the definitive experience for the Call of Duty fan.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars i decided i'd like to write a review for this new release.... November 10, 2011

By roy fei hong

Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

so i got my pre-ordered hardened edition in the mail on release day (thanks amazon!), and needless to say i was very excited. the hardened edition is massive! i mean it comes in a massive case. i popped it open and say the goodies inside.
the journal is definitely some awesome geeky COD memorabilia.(in the journal there's pictures, notes, sketches, a match book(not real), one of the labels from a captian price cigar....truly nerdy...i dig it) one thing that was a let down was that COD elite had crashed on release day (must have learned from BFBC2 and BF3..no offense to them it just sucks all three had some issues). but its up and running today. COD elite is ok. i don't if its worth the money, but we'll see. the avatar costume is really cool.(nothing like good ol'jugs ruinin' your day..) the steel case is alright. i'm not really too big of a fan of the hardened editions. i pretty much got the MW2 for the free (kinda) COD classic, Black Ops for the Zombies maps, and MW3 for all of the dlc prepaid. usually i just sell the hardened after a while and buy a regular copy. overall nice packaging and good quality. but now for some details folks!

Graphics - 9.5 - still very beautiful. there could have been little things done to make it better, but this looks slightly better graphically than MW2...which was a gorgeous game in its time.

Sound - 7.5 - the sound is nothing special. i guess if you had a turtle beach head set you could appreciate it more, but its lack luster.

Playability - 9.5 - i seriously think the controls are tighter than they in any other COD. the game plays the same (as usual), but feels right on the money.

Campaign - 9.0 - i really enjoyed the story. classic. deep. (for the most part) layered. intense.... it feels like the perfect ending to a trilogy. the campaign is still short though. i wanted to run through it and watch the story,so i played on recruit. took me a little over five hours. i'm no COD wizard, but it was short. i could see playing on veteran taking more like seven and half to eight hours. there is a few stages that i could see being very trouble some. we'll see when i get there. i liked it....i appreciated it.

Multiplayer - 9.0 - really no innovation. but a lot of features. spec ops returns, and the new survival mode is fun.(use survival to learn the maps for multiplayer.) if you really enjoyed spec ops, you'll love it even more. if you enjoy difficultly increasing hordes modes survivals will be a blast. i started by playing survival alone, and i really enjoyed it. now for the competitive multiplayer....it really is a lot like MW2 minus a a lot of annoying stuff. there is a ton of maps. there is still some verticality, but there is a lot more tight corners and interesting areas. but i still really like it. there's quite a variety of maps(16), and they fit well with the story and style. the guns feel nice and the weapon progression system is rewarding. the kill streaks aren't too crazy as you would possibly assume from the three strike packages. things balance pretty well and counter each other...and it doesn't make thins boring. the new game modes (kill confirmed and team defender) are really fun. the private match options are pretty crazy. lots of details to choose from. like i said, not a whole lot of innovation but, overall solid and beautiful. if you love COD's mulitplayer you should enjoy this one.

closing statement -

i really don't know why i bought this. i personnel enjoy battlefield games more. but i do love COD(fish?). i crave it. i feel like i need the trade off from time to time. if you want realness; battlefield is the way to go.(also vehicles, massive maps, destructibility, and more team oriented) if you want intense arcade gun battles; COD is by far the best choice. (relentless, fast, solid time and time again, gun on gun infantry warfare) to be honest...i would rather be playing the metal gear hd collection.(metal gear is my all time favorite series) but i don't have money for it. so until then, i will be fishing(COD) and hoping to save money for the myriad of other great games that are coming out or already out. (BATMAN!!! WHY!!!)

(UPDATE)
i haven't played this game in forever. it gets incredibly boring after playing it a lot. if you have friends to play with it keeps some of the excitement alive. i've been having a lot more fun playing mass effect 3 multiplayer. all of the elite drops so far are nothing that exciting. personally, for me it definitely wasn't worth getting the hardened edition. i don't play it enough to justify it. if you love this series get the hardened edition....it you don't and buy it anyway, go for a used copy. there are millions of used copies everywhere. i like cod, but there so many more new and innovative things out now, i can't see it keeping my attention for too long....though i do hope black ops 2 is good. i enjoyed the first one. thanks again for reading and have a good day. Read more ›

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Elite Founder Details for Hardened Edition November 8, 2011

By Cody A. Conway

Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

There is not much to say about this game. The multiplayer is fast paced, addicting, and always fun. There's modes to fit every player (campers and even those who hate campers, i.e. Kill Confirm). The weapons are pretty much the same as MW2, but they seem to have been nerfed a slight bit in comparison. However, this review is for the hardened edition so let me get to what I feel is important.

Everyone who was trying to get this on release day was worried about activating the elite membership by the 13th to ensure you get founder status. LET ME ANSWER THIS!!! IF you activate by the 13th EVERYONE gets founder status, even people who buy elite with their credit card online and purchase the regular edition. So why the hardened edition? It allows you to get the founder status with a code after the 13th has already passed by. So if you were worried about getting this and not receiving it by the 13th, stop worrying. You will still get founder status.

That being said, yes this game is worth $99, no it's not worth the 150-200 price tag that gougers are giving it. If you can't get it for 99, just order the regular edition, then go online to the elite website and sign up by the 13th. You won't get your "green skull" founder badge until later on, it takes about 48 hours to get this to show up.

That being said, for those who were wanting founder status, but wanted to hold off activating their elite service till the first DLC releases so it lasts longer, you will need the elite founder card to activate founder status later. However, if you're just worried about getting founder status NOW, then either way you go about purchasing Elite, you will have no problems....

As far as the book goes - it's neat, and I'll probably read it all in a few weeks, or save it for a long plane ride after I beat the campaign just to get the full experience, but it's not the selling point, elite and long term founder capability is past the 13th (plus collectively you save about 10 bucks if you pay retail). All in all, if you enjoyed MW2, you'll enjoy MW3. The campaign is the same old style, but still fast enough paced. The spec ops can be fun, but seems VERY much like horde mode from gears of war. Still, grab a partner, get ready to be immersed, and activate your elite membership! Read more ›

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like multiplayer the hardened is for you December 18, 2011

By Lord Zadik

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

If you are considering buying this edition then you are not a COD hater so I will not state the advantages and disadvantages of COD over other shooters, but instead mention the things that come with the hardened edtion, first and most immportant you get a one year subsctiprion for Cal of Duty Elite worth $50 that is a service that gives you monthly downloadable content, daily competitions with virtual and real life prizes, the ability to level up your clan, pro analysis and strategies, Elite TV, it also gives you a "founder" status on said service, you also get a steelbook, a really nice notebook that I think is faithfull copy of one a soldier would have on the filed all wrinkled and with blood stains on it, and a big cardboard box (if that is the correct term) which I like more than metal boxes; anyway the hardened edition saves you a lot of money if you plan on playing the multiplayer for a long time and getting all the DLC.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Infinity ward should be ashamed August 5, 2012

By dinkus

Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

The only reason that I gave this one star is because that is the lowest you can go. Just about everything in this game is broken. I preordered this game for $99 dollars. My basis was from my past experience. I always bought every map pack in past games and would save $10 overall if they provided the same number of packs as the past titles by paying for them upfront with Elite. Had I known what I was getting into, I never would have even bought the game. Elite content was broken for months after release. They should have given a rebate due to it's lack of performance. BlackOps had it right with the Combat Record form of stats. Elite you have to either go online or exit out of the game to view detailed stats. I still don't think they showed as much detail as the in game Combat Record of BlackOps. Elite also allowed you to get the maps earlier than the general public. They would release a map or 2 and then a few weeks later a couple more, then after a month or so allow the public to buy them. The whole while limiting the gametypes that you can play on those maps, thusly removing any benefit that you would get by having them a month or so early. Unless you play those gametypes. I do not care if I get them earlier. The benefit of getting them for less cost would have been enough.

The woes continue. This game tried to be too much to too many. It alienated the hardcore fans of the series by trying to even the playing field. The addition of welfare perks(Support) was a miss. At least the inclusion of lethals in this system were. A player should have to earn killstreaks. Making all Hardcore games Ricochet was the dumbest system. Ricochet is when you inflict damage onto a teammate, you are the one that gets the damage. So if you shoot a teammate, you die.... This would be fine if that is where they left it, but they didn't. If you call out an area that you were sending a bombrun and a teammate ran into that area, you would be the one killed. In a precision airstrike you send 3 consecutive runs and because the teammate was not killed in the first run, you die again, and a third time, unless an enemy kills them prior to the runs.

In hardcore mode they allow teammates to destroy your equipment, like sentry guns, sam turrets, etc. Not only do they allow them, but they reward it with credit towards your pointstreaks. How flawed is this?

My largest complaint is this, the Lag compensation. someone with highspeed internet gets a lag placed onto them when they are matched up against a slower speed connection. So you will see an enemy first, start shooting, and get nothing. They will turn the corner and 1 shot you with extreme accuracy. If you watch a kill cam it shows them shoot you without you even reacting. The worst part is you may expend half of your clip in the time that you see them and need to reload by the time they react to your shots, but because you are lagged your shots did not count towards anything.

The only redeeming quality of this game is Kill Confirmed, where you or a teammate have to pick up a set of tags left by an enemy that was killed to get the credit. This was broken also. They award 50 pts towards a kill, 50 pts towards a defend, but if you are killed and then pick up your own tags you get 250 pts. Would be ok, but they allow tactical insert which opened the door for boosters. They would set a tac stand on it, get killed and immediately get 250 pts. Players would line up on opposite teams and meet up with an enemy and trade services for such boosting. This never got fixed.

I sold my game 2 months ago on Ebay for $25 with free shipping.

Game cost, $99.
Loss of investment, $85
Lesson learned to never preorder an Infinity ward game again, Priceless. Read more ›