Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 released

Close on the heels of the launch of Electronic Arts much-hyped Battlefield 3, Activision’s hugely popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (COD: MW3) hit stores Tuesday midnight. Thousands of devoted fans of the COD series lined up to grab a copy of the game.The sales figures of the game have not yet been released by Activision but the company claims that the pre-order of MW3 has already topped those of Call of Duty: Black Ops (previous iteration). The critics have given the game great ratings and the Metacritic score is 90 for the Xbox 360 version and 88 for the PS3 version.The Xbox 360 and the PS3 version are both available for Rs. 3079. If you are planning to buy a copy for the PC, Steam is the best bet for now because the retail copies are yet to hit the stores.