Third-person confirmed for MW2

By Tom Bramwell Published 27 October, 2009

Private matches only.

Infinity Ward has said that Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer supports third-person view in private matches.

Following the release of a leaked video on YouTube, community man Robert Bowling told Joystiq that it was "just another cool way to play the game".

"You obviously will still have the option to play gametypes normal as well," he added.

Private matches supporting third-person mode will be labelled as such in-game, so you should have no trouble working it all out.

Modern Warfare 2 is due out for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on 10th November. Check out our recent hands-on to see what we make of it.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 7 months ago

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  • GamerG #1 2 years ago

    yea might get some of my mates who only ever want to play gears of queers to play once in a while!

    ps I like GOW, its just my mates only ever want to play it!
    Edited by 1 at 27/10/09 @ 08:58

  • matrim83 #2 2 years ago

    Wow, this would be perfect to play on a private dedicated server.

    Oh wait.

  • Raziel #3 2 years ago

    From what I've seen from the recorded live stream video's, the 3rd person gamemodes are actually playlists available in the online multiplayer, not only in private matches.

  • Jay-ITFC #4 2 years ago

    Why specific multiplayer modes? Why not just available for all modes on and offline?

  • bazer53988 #5 2 years ago

    sounds cool to me make a change from 1st person veiw all the time

    Hope you can play ranked as well

  • Beek4257 #6 2 years ago

    Ah yes.
    Now I can finally see the bullets enter my virtual spine.

  • The_Inquisitor #7 2 years ago

    It should be interesting to see how games differ in this mode. I predict it might be easier to spot enemies, yet harder to shoot them... who knows.

  • davisorle #8 2 years ago

    I cant see myself playing COD in 3rd perspective but an extra option is always extra so no harm no foul. At least I know ill be checking the option out :)

  • YourMessageHere #9 2 years ago

    Woohoo, the addition of this tacked-on piece of inevitably badly implemented fluff, combined with my attention span of 7 seconds, means all my previous concerns over exorbitant pricing and the insult to PC gamers that is represented by the enforcement of IWNet server usage only is swept away.

    I don't think.

  • james-mw3-mw3 #10 7 months ago

    MW3, like its predecessors, is a first-person shooter. To give it a competitive edge over other games, Modern Warfare 3 runs at 60FPS! A new Special Ops mode includes one and two player cooperative play with a survival mode and new weapons and perks, so with this Modern Warfare 3 is 100x better than this game.