MW2 comes with night-vision goggles

By Tom Bramwell Published 14 July, 2009

Working NVGs in Prestige Edition.

Infinity Ward has unveiled the Modern Warfare 2 "Prestige Edition" and revealed that it comes with a steelbook copy of the game, a download code for the original Call of Duty on Xbox Live or PSN and, er, a working set of night-vision goggles.

IW's Robert Bowling unboxed it on YouTube. They're "fully functioning NVGs", he pointed out - "night vision goggles, flip 'em on, alternating modes, MW2 branded, put 'em on, go outside."

They also come with a grey sculpted head as a stand, so if you don't intend to use them you can keep them on display.

Along with the regular edition and standalone limited-edition steelbook, they are all due out on 10th November. There's no word on price yet.

Activision hasn't got back to us about how much we can expect to pay yet, but an anonymous PR contact at another publisher gave us the impression we can expect to pay a fair whack for the privilege.

"I'm pretty good at what you can and can't make cheap in China," he explained, "and I can't find sub USD 50 night-vision goggles. Even if they make 100,000 of them it'd be USD 30 [per NVG set] which is way too high a cost of goods for a special pack."

Then again, there's a fair bit of interest in Modern Warfare 2, to say the least. Incidentally, for those keeping up with the ongoing saga about whether the game's called "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" or just "Modern Warfare 2", the Prestige Edition box in the video omits the COD branding.

Whatever. Check out our Modern Warfare 2 E3 preview if you haven't already.

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  • Optyk #1 3 years ago

    I've always wanted a pair of NVG's

  • WrongShui #2 3 years ago

    Well, that's awesome.

  • theiceman #3 3 years ago

    Damn. Now i'm more hyped up for this....
    /Books weekend off for 10th november

  • M_of_the_sys #4 3 years ago

    Now you can play in the dark... oh wait... you already can...

  • TitusCrow #5 3 years ago

    hmm great.. now i can add a new string to my bow when it comes to stalking. Also i dont really need the plastic head thing to keep them on ill use the 1/8th scale head i have of Cthulhu for that, im sure the great old one will look better than ever!

  • DFawkes #6 3 years ago

    That's the most random, strange thing I've seen in a CE (except a cloth picture with GW: Factions). Yet it's so awesome I'm pre-ordering the second I can. That is a proper spy gadget right there, I can't not have that.

  • XdarXideX #7 3 years ago

    /purchased

  • danathjo #8 3 years ago

    I think i'll just get the standard edition, betting the tech in this won't be any better than your standard 'night mode' on most cheap handicams. Still gotta give them bonus points for being different though!

  • smoothpete #9 3 years ago

    WANT

    depending on price....

  • XdarXideX #10 3 years ago

    Probably around £120-£150 I'd expect.

  • LazyDan #11 3 years ago

    Oh man, I'd well splash £100 on that :o

  • KreyAtiv #12 3 years ago

    After watching the Youtube video of it, it looks quite good. Really hate to see how much more the Prestige edition will cost.
    As like most always wanted to have some nightvision goggles. :D

  • DrRobotnik #13 3 years ago

    Yes, Sniper Fox, we ALL want night vision goggles.

    Oh, and what's more you're right - I'm sure rapists will be itching at the prospect of getting MW2 for the NVGs, even though they could quite happily buy some from an online or retail store.

    In fact, and even more importantly, try finding somewhere dark enough that you can't see someone wearing funny shaped goggles at night. They're only really worth using indoors or in woods/fields/jungle etc where there's no artificial light. Not exactly useful for the average *rapist*.

  • JahB #14 3 years ago

    Not exactly useful for the average *rapist*.

    and you would know that how?

  • zuljin #15 3 years ago

    @Sniper_Fox
    Thats such a good point! Rapists won't need to go out in public, find a store and just buy them, when they come free with a game!

    I hope Infinity Ward are ashamed of themselves!

    /sarcasm off

  • mattigan #16 3 years ago

    I use the term 'Bad Boys' to describe stuff all the time, especially tits.

    Like you...
    Edited by mattigan at 14/07/09 @ 11:23

  • Lebowski #17 3 years ago

    What kind of house outside 'Silence of the Lambs' would want night vision goggles on display?

  • XdarXideX #18 3 years ago

    Imaginative that... saying the NVGs are good for rapists. You guys are SUPER SMART!

    I'll be using these "bad boys" for Airsoft thank you very much! Night games here I come!

  • Clive_Dunn #19 3 years ago

    It puts the lotion in the basket.

  • KayJay #20 3 years ago

    Right, been on Shopto.net, Amazon, Play.com, Zavvi, HMV and a couple of my preferred importers and nothing up yet.
    Be interesting to see how much they want for these.
    If it is >£100 I may have to get permission from Mrs kj66246 :-)

    If anyone has had any luck tracking down a pre order let us know.
    kj

  • darkmorgado #21 3 years ago

    It puts the lotion in the basket.
    or else it gets the hose again!

  • JahB #22 3 years ago

    What kind of house outside 'Silence of the Lambs' would want night vision goggles on display?

    Josef Fritzl's house comes to mind.

  • Vordred #23 3 years ago

    these wont be proper NVG's just the usual toy jobs with a camera and a LED

  • darkmorgado #24 3 years ago

    these wont be proper NVG's just the usual toy jobs with a camera and a LED
    Check the article again - clearly states they are genuine goggles.

  • BM #25 3 years ago

    Do the NVG's make the same noise they do in the game when you switch them on? That would be SKILL

    On a side note, that noise always reminded me of the contestants buzzer on Catchphrase.

  • Darren #26 3 years ago

    Steelbook copy of COD: MW2 with Call of Duty XBLA download code is all I'm interested in. The night vision googles are a gimmcky and useless, expensive extra IMO that I'd have absolutely no use for.

  • Octoroc #27 3 years ago

    The cheapest NVG set I've found costs $ 269.99 and it's only monocular...

    <a href=http://www.nvstaroptics.com/store/catalog/Night_Vision_Goggles-p-1-c-2.html>HERE!</a>

    Did my tag experiment work? Edit: No. Edit 2: YES!
    Edited by Octoroc at 14/07/09 @ 12:01

  • Shrike #28 3 years ago

    @TitusCrow

    "Also i dont really need the plastic head thing to keep them on ill use the 1/8th scale head i have of Cthulhu for that"

    This isn't a dig, I was just wondering how someone discovered exactly how big Cthulhu's head was, in order to make a 1/8th scale model. Don't they ram Cthulhu in the face with a boat at the end of the story? Presumably his head was pretty big.

    That said, Night-Vision Cthulhu sounds like an action figure from the childhood I wish I'd had.

    Apologies for the off-topic. That's a nice box.

  • BillyBrush #29 3 years ago

    real? pisstake?

    totally barmy.

    Ever since the Halo3 legendary box i've kept well away from special editions....for one getting the disc out of the grips can be a flippin nightmare...i quite liked the PDZ steelbook, but that's it for me...end of the day some people will be playing the game they bought for £40quid, and some people will be playing the game they spunked £100 on, and they'll both be playing the same game

  • bioreit #30 3 years ago

    I actually could do with a new pair of NVGs - doubt they'd be up to much, but could be ok for a while.

    As long as it's cheaper than buying MW2 and a set of cheap NVGs separately, then I'm sold!

  • karstux #31 3 years ago

    For a moment there I was wondering when Morrowind 2 had been announced and why it would come with night vision goggles. Overloaded acronyms ftw!

  • wellzy4eva #32 3 years ago

    This is totally stupid gimmick, in America are walmart going to start selling the games with guns?

  • DUFFMAN5 #33 3 years ago

    Well those "bad boys" were some nice looking "bad boys" indeed. I think I will just go with the "bad boy" game though. How much would one pay for the "bad boys" anyway?

    Note to self, only and I mean only use the word Bad Boys when referencing ladies glorious Chesticles.

  • oreillymj #34 3 years ago

    All we need now is the Super prestige pack with a Barrett

  • Fab4 #35 3 years ago

    Well in the previous 2 releases they catered for the 'noobs', now they are targeting the 'pervs' ;)

  • ejikeanyanwu #36 3 years ago

    IW obvious;y wanted to do something big for their probably biggest release after CoD4, they weren't exactly gonna include an Uzi or a flash grenade were they.. plus, an Uzi wouldn't fit in the box XD

  • WinterSnowblind #37 3 years ago

    Someone finally topped the Halo 3 Legendary Edition then.
    I'm not a huge fan of Call of Duty, otherwise I'd be all over this, that's going to be one hefty price tag.

  • bioreit #38 3 years ago

    @Darren

    "Steelbook copy of COD: MW2 with Call of Duty XBLA download code is all I'm interested in. The night vision googles are a gimmcky and useless, expensive extra IMO that I'd have absolutely no use for."

    Wonderful thing, choice.....

  • BlackKraken #39 3 years ago

    This'll be a laugh when all the little kids that got it for christmas end up blinding themselves by turning the night vision goggles on during the day.
    "AAAAGGGHH MY EYES!"

    @ejikeanyanwu
    They could have fit a micro uzi in the box :p
    Edited by BlackKraken at 14/07/09 @ 13:39

  • XdarXideX #40 3 years ago

    Why would you refer to boobs as "boys"??

  • Xerx3s #41 3 years ago

    Bit over the top imo but I will be getting the steelbook version for the free game code.

  • keano #42 3 years ago

    sorry to burst the inner spy bubble in everyone but i have large doubts on the quality of these googles.

    mainly by the fact vordred is right in saying : these wont be proper NVG's just the usual toy jobs with a camera and a LED

    look at the googles in the video..u can clearly c the leds at the front around the camera lens....however with quite a few leds, mini camera and salvaged viewfinder from a camcorder (which is basically the workings of these "NVGs";) u can make amazingly effective nightvision viewer.

    but of course it wont look as "cool" as these....but then how many places will u be showing these off lol
    Edited by keano at 14/07/09 @ 14:03

  • prettyboytim #43 3 years ago

    My guess is that they're not light intensification goggles, but rather are a small camera with surrounding IR LEDs, connected to two LCD panels.

    What this means is that if you walk around in the dark with them it'll be as if you've got a small torch on your head that nobody else can see the light from. You won't be able to see into the distance with them.

    Edit: forgot to mention - you can see the IR LEDs arranged around the camera at the front of the unit.
    Edited by prettyboytim at 14/07/09 @ 14:14

  • TitusCrow #44 3 years ago

    @Shrike - yeah thats exactly what happened in the story i dont think anyone has got the great old one to pose for taking sizes :) but i thought that maybe 1/8 might be about the size of a standard tailors head so i just put that in. Nice to see somone picking up on the small joke.

  • darkmorgado #45 3 years ago

    Next, get a free mini nuke with Fallout 4 special edition.
    Sourced from the salvage operation following the inevitable war with N Korea

  • Jonathan_Fakenham #46 3 years ago

    Can they be used during gameplay as a replacement for the in-game NVG's though?

  • BillMurray #47 3 years ago

    I'll 'ave some of that.

  • AphoticCosmos #48 3 years ago

    If they are NV goggles of any sort of functionality or quality, it'll cost £100 as a bare minimum.
    Edited by AphoticCosmos at 14/07/09 @ 20:10

  • emhaslam92 #49 3 years ago

    RRP is $150, so probably upwards of £100.

    i think i'll just get it from a supermarket on the day - almost guarenteed to have a price war and be under £30

  • ejikeanyanwu #50 3 years ago

    http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-12218...

  • Duke_Red #51 3 years ago

    cheapest ones are about £100 on ebay but looks like low resolution or somthing


    goes up to 2 grand
    Edited by Duke_Red at 14/07/09 @ 22:00

  • zyka #52 3 years ago

    100€, shitty chinise plastic.

  • local_celebrity #53 3 years ago

    I'm sorry, but I agree with Sniper Fox. You'd have to be one tragic cunt to buy this tat.

    If Infinity Ward packaged up a white dog turd and slapped their logo on it, would you still buy it?

    Yes, you probably would.