Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Trailer Reveals Makarov, Snippets of In-Game Footage
A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 trailer has revealed series antagonist Vladimir Makarov and snippets of in-game footage.
Narrated by Captain Price, the Makarov reveal trailer (below) combines live-action footage of Makarov as he gets a new tattoo with brief moments of in-game footage. We spotted what looks like a swimming section set under ice, with an explosion causing a vehicle to submerge and its inhabitants prone for a trademark Call of Duty neck stab. Perhaps this hints at new underwater gameplay in which you can set charges that blow up ice underneath enemies.
Subsequent gameplay shows a level set at night in the pouring rain, with a team of soldiers seemingly preparing to infiltrate a stone fortress of some kind. We’re then shown a brief clip in which panic-stricken civilians are trying to escape a building. Could this be a modern day No Russian? Finally, there’s the burning wreckage of a plane crash and more screams. It’s all very Call of Duty.
Price closes out the trailer by declaring Makarov his next target. Modern Warfare 3, it seems, will be about taking the terrorist down. Check the video out below:
Makarov will be familiar to fans of the original Modern Warfare series. In those games, Makarov leads an Ultranationalist terrorist cell and masterminds World War 3. In the rebooted Modern Warfare series, Makarov steals ballistic missiles from Shadow Company, then sells them to Hassan Zyani and Al-Qatala to use against the United States.
In a post-credits scene from 2021's Modern Warfare 2 campaign, Makarov sends a terrorist cell to hijack a Russian airliner with civilians onboard (perhaps the wreckage in the video above relates to this attack). Makarov orders them "No Russian" via a text message just before they
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