{"title":"Infinity Ward","description":"\u003cp\u003eInfinity Ward is the studio that created Call of Duty, and for much of the 2000s its games set the standard every other military shooter was measured against. Grant Collier, Jason West and Vince Zampella founded it in May 2002. The team came out of 2015, Inc., where all 22 original members had worked on Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for Electronic Arts. The founders were unhappy with their EA contract, so they signed a publishing agreement with Activision instead. Activision paid US$1.5 million for a 30% stake to fund the studio's first game. That game, Call of Duty, came out on PC in October 2003: a World War II shooter that put you in the middle of chaotic, squad-driven battles instead of a one-man war. The day after launch, Activision bought the rest of the roughly 25-person studio and signed its staff to long-term contracts. When Microsoft asked for a Call of Duty launch title for the Xbox 360, Infinity Ward tripled its headcount to about 75 so the console version of Call of Duty 2 would match the PC release. The game arrived in late 2005 with engine work focused on details that changed how firefights played out, such as smoke grenades that really block sight and bullets that punch through weak cover. It reached an 85% attach rate to new Xbox 360 sales and sold 1.4 million units in its first year, and Activision brought in Treyarch to alternate entries on Infinity Ward's engine. Then in 2007, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare took the series out of World War II and into a contemporary, fictional superpower conflict, with a studio of more than 100 people behind it. Its tightly scripted campaign and perk-driven multiplayer reshaped the genre, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 followed in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe studio's most turbulent chapter came right after its biggest success. Collier left to join Activision in early 2009. On March 1, 2010, Activision fired West and Zampella for \"insubordination\" after a contract dispute over bonuses and creative control. The pair founded Respawn Entertainment the next month, and several dozen Infinity Ward developers followed them over the months after that. New management was in place by November 2010, and the newly formed Sledgehammer Games joined as a third Call of Duty studio. Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer then built Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 together, released in November 2011. It completed the original Modern Warfare trilogy and brought the story of Captain Price, Soap MacTavish and Vladimir Makarov that began in 2007 to its conclusion. Infinity Ward went on to make Call of Duty: Ghosts in 2013 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in 2016, and in 2019 it went back to its signature series with the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot and its sequel. Along the way, Neversoft, the studio behind Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, was merged into Infinity Ward on May 3, 2014. Today the studio is headquartered in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, with divisions in Poland, Mexico, Austin and Barcelona. It develops Call of Duty alongside Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software. Its parent Activision became part of Microsoft Gaming when Microsoft completed its acquisition in October 2023. For players, the Infinity Ward catalog is where the modern Call of Duty formula was invented, and the Modern Warfare games are still the reference point for the series.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-pc-download","title":"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3","description":"\u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003eCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 brings the original Modern Warfare trilogy to its close. Picking up in the hours after Modern Warfare 2, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games carry the war from the streets of New York to the capitals of Europe, as the survivors of Task Force 141 hunt Vladimir Makarov through a world that is coming apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA World War Campaign\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRussia's invasion of the United States has spread to Europe, and the campaign follows it from one front to the next. As Sgt. Derek \"Frost\" Westbrook of Delta Force, you fight through a burning Manhattan, from Wall Street to a submarine raid in New York Harbor, before the fighting moves on to Hamburg, Paris and Berlin. Running alongside, Captain Price, Soap MacTavish and a new ally, the ex-Spetsnaz soldier Yuri, work off the grid from Africa to Prague, chasing the man who started it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set pieces show the series at full scale: an SAS pursuit through the London Underground, a zero-gravity firefight aboard a crippled aircraft, and a push through a gas-choked Paris as landmarks fall around you. Switching between Delta Force, the SAS and Task Force 141 keeps the pace relentless and the perspective shifting, right up to a final reckoning that closes the story Call of Duty 4 began in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMultiplayer Built on Strike Packages\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe multiplayer rethinks how you earn your rewards, giving objective players and slayers alike a route to the big payoffs across 16 launch maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eStrike Packages\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eChoose Assault, Support or Specialist before you spawn. Assault rewards unbroken streaks with lethal air support, Support streaks carry through your deaths and lean on UAVs, ammo drops and ballistic vests, while Specialist hands you extra perks as you chain kills.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003ePointstreaks\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eKills are only part of the equation. Capturing flags, planting bombs and securing objectives all count toward your streak, so the player holding the point is rewarded as surely as the one topping the scoreboard.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eWeapon Proficiency\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eEvery gun levels up as you use it, unlocking attachments, camos and Proficiencies such as Kick, Focus and Stability that shape how that weapon handles. Your favorite rifle grows with you over hundreds of matches.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eKill Confirmed and Team Defender\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eKill Confirmed makes you collect the dog tags of fallen enemies to score, and deny the other team theirs, while Team Defender turns a single dropped flag into a moving objective. Both sit alongside the classic Team Deathmatch, Domination and Search and Destroy rotation.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpec Ops: Missions and Survival\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpec Ops is the co-op heart of Modern Warfare 3, built for a partner but just as playable alone, and it runs on two distinct tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMissions are self-contained operations with their own objectives and twists, each rated by stars and ranked on leaderboards. They reward coordination, clean execution and the willingness to replay a run until every star is earned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurvival Mode drops one or two players onto the multiplayer maps against escalating waves of enemy soldiers, attack dogs and Juggernauts. Cash earned between waves buys weapons, equipment and air support at the armories, and your Survival rank unlocks more of the arsenal as you climb.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Still Matters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModern Warfare 3 was one of the biggest entertainment launches of its era and the last chapter of the trilogy that redefined the military shooter. Its campaign ties off years of story around Price, Soap and Makarov, and its multiplayer ideas, from Pointstreaks to weapon leveling, left a mark on the Call of Duty games that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you have followed Price since Call of Duty 4, this is where the story ends. Gear up, find Makarov and see the Modern Warfare trilogy through to its final shot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Activision","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34750885196,"sku":"AMZ_B00503EAG2","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0875\/3268\/files\/card-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-pc-steam-game.jpg?v=1790641759"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.pjsgames.com\/en-ie\/collections\/infinity-ward.oembed","provider":"PJ's Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}