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Muster your troops for the newest in the Call of Duty series - CoD4: Modern Warfare.

Grab your flashbangs and prepare to break cover for the most intense and cinematic Call of Duty experience yet from the award-winning team at Infinity Ward, comes the new action-thriller Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare.

Delivering the most intense and cinematic action experience ever, gamers can take hold of an arsenal of advanced and powerful modern day firepower in the most treacherous hotspots around the globe to take on a rogue enemy group threatening the world.

Special Forces

As both a U.S. Forces and British Special Ops soldiers fighting through an unfolding story full of twists and turns, players use sophisticated technology, superior firepower and coordinated land and air strikes on a battlefield where speed, accuracy and communication are essential to victory. The epic title also delivers an added depth of multiplayer action providing online fans an all-new community of community of addictive, customisable gameplay with persistent stats.

“Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is the most intense, visceral title we’ve ever created,” says Jason West, co-studio head and project lead, Infinity Ward. “The single player campaign is a well-paced, non-stop action experience. As the story unfolds, the player is introduced to new gameplay at every turn – one moment you are fast-roping from your Blackhawk helicopter after storming into the war zone with an armada of choppers, the next you are a sniper, under concealment, in a Ghillie suit miles behind enemy lines, the next you are engaging hostiles from an AC-130 gunship thousands of feet above the battlefield – get ready for the fight of a lifetime.”

Apart from state-of-the-art firepower in the game - and cutting edge animation to match - CoD4 comes complete with an original score composed by Stephen Barton - with a main theme and music throughout provided by award-winning composer Harry Gregson-Williams.

Soundtrack

“Harry Gregson-Williams was the perfect choice to craft an immersive and rich soundtrack that matches the heightened atmosphere and tension of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare,” says Grant Collier, Studio Head at Infinity Ward. “Harry’s wealth of experience, passion and intensity together with the talents of young composer, Stephen Barton, shine through in the score draws gamers deeper into the epic and cinematic experience that is Call of Duty 4.”

Gregson-Williams’ work has been featured in numerous feature films, television series, and videogames with credits including Enemy of the State, Man on Fire, Spy Game, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and Team America: World Police. The soundtrack was performed and recorded by a full orchestra, largely at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

Game Features for the new modern era Call of Duty 4 look like this:

Authentic Advanced Weaponry - Featuring an available arsenal of more than 70 new and authentic weapons and gear from assault rifles with laser sites, claymore mines, .50 caliber sniper rifles, and M-249 SAW machine guns. With accessories like night-vision goggles and camo. ghillie suits, for maximum concealment, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has players locked and loaded to accomplish the mission.

Coordinated Assault & Support - Delivering the most visceral action thriller ever, the title covers modern battle from the soldier to the satellite, where the need for air support is critical to success. The adrenaline rush deployment enlists gamers to fast-rope from tactical helicopters, ride in an armada of attack choppers, utilise jets to remove enemy strongholds and even engage hostiles from thousands of feet above the ground inside a state of the art aerial gunship.

Cinematic Quality Graphics & Sound - Featuring stunning next-generation graphics, players will be drawn into the cinematic intensity of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Amazing special effects, including realistic depth of field, rim-lighting, character self-shadowing, texture streaming as well as physics-enabled effects will enlist players into the most photo-realistic gaming experience. Combine the lifelike graphics and the realistic battle chatter with the Call of Duty award-winning sound design and players will face battle as they have never before.

Unparalleled Depth to Multiplayer - Multiplayer builds from the success of Call of Duty 2 delivering a persistent online experience for greater community interaction. Featuring create-a-class options allowing players to customise gear that is best suited for play, to experience points enabling unlockables and perks, all the way to matchmaking and leaderboards for the latest in tracking, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s multiplayer is set to deliver easily accessible and addictive online play for all.

Here's what some of the critics have made of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare so far:

"Nothing currently set in modern warfare comes close to the high quality found within Call of Duty 4:Modern Warfare” - 360 Magazine

"There's nothing quite like it out there.” - PC Gamer magazine.

"...CoD4 is going to be one of the deepest online shooters of all time." - IGN

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Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare is out this Friday, for XBox360, Playstation3, PC and Nintendo DS. Limited Collectors Editions also available on XBOX360 and PC including DVD Making of Documentary, Walkthrough, art book and poster.

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