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EA has secured the worldwide debut of Linkin Park's new single "The Catalyst" for a Medal of Honor video.

The vid will be aired on 1st August - one day before its release on iTunes, radio, et al. - and contains a mixture of game and band footage. Linkin Park's Joe Hahn directed.

"The Catalyst" song will appear on the Medal of Honor soundtrack when the game is released on 15th October.

"I've personally known the band since 1999, and they have always been an intensely creative group who understand the power of videogames and have wanted to explore and expand the medium's possibilities," commented EA's music man Steve Schnur.

Linkin Park's Joe Hahn talked about a "new bond" between "EA, our fans and the band's overall vision for the new digital frontier".

Medal of Honor, like Call of Duty, has had enough of Nazis, and has traded World War II for the political hotbed of Afghanistan. Eurogamer choppered into the multiplayer beta last month.

EA's even produced a teaser for the Linkin Park video.

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Deckard1 #1 2 years ago

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It has Linkin Park on the sound track, cool !!!

/cancels pre-order
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VicViper #2 2 years ago

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Words fail me... Um ok then let's hope it's not to jarring or rubbish.
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NewbieZilla #3 2 years ago

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Fuck Linkin Park, they are shit. I hadn't really intended on buying the game. I could do, but if they actually go beyond the trailer and have this featured in the game itself, it can fuck right off.
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CrispyXUK64 #4 2 years ago

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Shit music for shit games.
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Kremlik Verified Co-Founder, Crash To Desktop #5 2 years ago

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While I agree the new 'mellow' LP is god awful (bring back the first 3 album's style back), the trailer is still really good... if your THAT picky about the music, there a mute button...
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Deckard1 #6 2 years ago

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It was a joke MrMarc, I don't pre-order games. But well done telling me to "grow up", this message board stuff is serious business, your right I should stop clowning about and take this stuff more seriously.
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M_of_the_sys #7 2 years ago

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I guess it's one way to get 12 year olds interested in the game. We all know that they don't like these type of games and parents don't buy it for them. MW proved that. Oh wait...
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youhavenomail #8 2 years ago

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I see dissing Linkin Park here is automatically going to get you negative votes. Oh well, I'd prefer to have negative votes than be seen liking something as atrocious as Linkin Park in public. I'm taking a negative hit in the name of good taste!
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Golgo #9 2 years ago

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As if the cringeworthy 'Wolfpack' video wasn't enough to put me off this game! What next, an in-game cameo by Gary Glitter?
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Vice.Destroyer #10 2 years ago

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Gamers are such negative people. Linkin Park are only being used ofr the soundtrack. In a trailer. They aren't doing any coding, testing, artwork, or in-game audio. Don't cancel your pre-orders because of them. The game might still be good.

(please don't neg me. Negative ratings make me cry)

Edit: Bastards

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Fab4 #11 2 years ago

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Linkin Park for the credits, DragonForce for the in-game music :-D
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bostec #12 2 years ago

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@golgo

Yeah 10 points for a shot at his bald ugly head and 100 points for one in the nads, i'll fucking play that.

Edited by 1 at 28/07/10 @ 09:57
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jag10 #13 2 years ago

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it sounds good. and goes with the trailer well.
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Dylbot #14 2 years ago

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CRAWWWWWLING IN MY SKIN

THESE WOOOOUNDS THEY WILL NOT - oh, no, wait, yes they will. Cheers medic.

I'm here all week, folks.
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geeza2020 #15 2 years ago

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soooo, this isnt exactly going to be a very mature game then; a Linkin Park single debuting in the game screams of desperation to me, in a 13/14 year old screaming for attention kind of way. EA want those modern warfare hell spawn to jump ship to this obviously.
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darkmorgado #16 2 years ago

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...and MOHs transformation into a Michael Bay movie is complete.
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Dylbot #17 2 years ago

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@geeza2020

Whatever keeps the little shits out of Battlefield makes me happy.

In fact, it's starting to make sense why they drafted DICE in for the multiplayer. Give them their own version of it to exploit and fuck up, and leave us free to carry on.

Well played, EA. Well played indeed.
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Milkman1 #18 2 years ago

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Great music choice by EA if they are aiming all the 12 year old emo kids to buy this game.
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PlugMonkey #19 2 years ago

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...and MOHs transformation into a Michael Bay movie is complete.

This.
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Kilroy #20 2 years ago

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I didn't know there were an overlap between the target group of Linkin Park and the target group of MOH.

I, for one, am looking forward to Celine Dion's new single, played during a particularily emotional sequence in Gears of War 3.
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Stomp224 #21 2 years ago

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...... Linkin Park are still going? O_O

/is totally out of touch with pop culture
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PlugMonkey #22 2 years ago

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"I didn't know there were an overlap between the target group of Linkin Park and the target group of MOH. "

You mean you've never played an online FPS and heard a large group of whining children? You, sir, live a charmed existence.
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LR100 #23 2 years ago

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I prefer rock to hip-hop/rap in FPSs, but Linkin Park? Meh.
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Verwandlung #24 2 years ago

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Teen angst connected to some war, genius. lol
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Haloboy #25 2 years ago

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Craaawwawling iiiiin bargain biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiins
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Acrid #26 2 years ago

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This is the lamest thing I've ever heard, are they trying to make Mordern Warfare 3?
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bratmandu #27 2 years ago

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Soundtrack Fail. They should have went with Men at Work, Land Down Under.
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JJrabbit #28 2 years ago

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Wow didn't realise LP were so hated around here .

To be fair, their albums vary (musically speaking, not necessarily lyrically) quite a bit, which is always nice to see.
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nemesisND1derboy #29 2 years ago

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I like Linkin Park...One of my favourite bands ever, If not my favourite...I am 18 years old...So yeah, fail...
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Monkey_Puncher #30 2 years ago

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Another reason not to get Medal of Honor....
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sonicyoda #31 2 years ago

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Why so much hate for Linkin Park? This is why: [link url=http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/3563 /every-linkin-park-song-ever
]http://ww w.metalinjection.net/tv/view/35...[/link]

Also, I read that they were the biggest selling band last decade. It still hurts.
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stodge #32 2 years ago

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Linkin Park? Who the heck are they??
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OllyJ #33 2 years ago

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everyone knows Armed Forces of any type listen to Slayer.
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m0thr4 #34 2 years ago

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Yeah, fuck Linkin Park and their whiny watered down rawk music...

... and +1 to Slayer

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PlugMonkey #35 2 years ago

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Linkin Park? Who the heck are they??

One of the foremost exponents of a form of music known as 'Whinge Rock'.

@NemesisND1derboy:
Yes. You do.
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costa_k #36 2 years ago

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Two wrongs don't make one right.
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sonicyoda #37 2 years ago

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@OllyJ

If Bowling For Columbine taught me anything, the armed forces listen to Bloodhound Gang and Drowning Pool.

Or was that Farenheit 9/11? I forget...

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knightmt #38 2 years ago

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Meeow, maybe they should of used some Momford and Sons just to be contemporary? Or N-Dubz, these are probably not even contemporary now. Maybe they could mix them :>
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darkmorgado #39 2 years ago

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They should have added a layer of post-modern irony by having songs from NIN's Year Zero album on it (particularly Capital G)
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gnrlstuart #40 2 years ago

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not being stereotypical, but on the whole americans are very mainstream when it comes to culture and identity, valuing conformism rather than diversity.. i'd rather listen to this while playing a boring predictable shooter.

http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=iAOA_PLFnp8

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Unclebenny #41 2 years ago

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I like Linkin Park. I'm 24. I dont think they fit into a game that is trying to give a serious portrayal of a current conflict that actually affects millions of people around the world. Then again which band would.

Polyphonic Spree anybody?
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space_ace #42 2 years ago

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weren't they like, you know, rebels or something? how does it tie with the imperialist stunt in afghanistan? pathetic
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JJrabbit #43 2 years ago

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@sonicyoda lol yup seen that video. Question is though, nowadays, I don't know many bands that experiment with their sounds once they've gone mainstream. For example, Minutes to Midnight was much different from their first album and this alienated some fans. Still, I encourage experimentation of music instead of being stuck in a rut. e.g. sound of newer material

To each their own
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gjgjg #44 2 years ago

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ooo thats nasty
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