Call
of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (abbreviated as Call of Duty: MW3) is a
first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and
Sledgehammer Games, with Raven Software having assisted in development.
It
is the third installment in the Modern Warfare series, a direct sequel
to 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and the eighth Call of Duty
installment.The game was released on November 8, 2011 in Europe and
North America on Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii,
with a separate version for Nintendo DS developed by n-Space. In
Australia, the Wii version was released on November 23, 2011.
In
Japan, Square Enix handled the installment with a separate subtitled
and dubbed version, as they did for Call of Duty: Black Ops. They first
released a Japanese-subtitled version on November 17, 2011. Then, on
December 22, 2011, they will release a Japanese-voice dubbed version.
Within 24 hours of going on sale, the game sold 6.5 million copies in
the US and UK alone and grossed $400 million, making it the biggest
entertainment launch of all time.
