Modern Warfare 3 is coming. You may have forgotten, what with the immense media push from EA regarding next week’s release of Battlefield 3, but that doesn’t mean the game doesn’t exist anymore. MW3 is headed to your living room very, very soon, and by all accounts, it’s still demolishing every other game in terms of pre-sales.

Activision and Infinity Ward are naturally going to poke their heads in on BF3’s publicity a bit over the next few days, and the first such announcement comes in the form of an enhanced description of the game’s newest addition - point streaks. What were originally kill streaks in the last couple of games have been modified to point streaks, which was done to help players (like myself) that don’t necessarily play Modern Warfare with the sole intent of stacking up a body count.

Essentially, you’ll be able to select one of three Strike Packages for your character, based on your individual play style. Each Strike Package has different perks; for example, the Assault package has UAVs, Predator missiles and other aggressive bonuses, while the Support package has defensive items like airdrops, EMPs and turrets. 

This trailer/commercial goes in-depth regarding what players can expect from the different Strike Packages:

I may be biased since I’ve long since given up on Modern Warfare in favor of Battlefield, but I just don’t think we’re going to see many of those alternative Strike Packages in use during regular play. Established teams might make them work, but it wouldn’t surprise me to see everyone locking into the one Strike Package that seems best geared at generating kills.

Maybe I’m wrong – which Strike Package will you take on November 8th?

Via Joystiq

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