The Call of Duty franchise changed the landscape of first person shooters in a major way and took it to a new level when they introduced the Modern Warfare series.
Hot on the heels of the COD franchise is the Battlefield franchise published by EA.
There are subtle differences in both series. COD relies largely on infantry combat with vehicles introduced sparingly while Battlefield has players using a multitude of vehicles including fighter jets.
Whatever your preference is, the latest releases look amazing. Battlefield 3 will be released on October 25 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be released on November 8.
Check out the previews below:
Battlefield 3
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
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I am definitely in for Modern Warfare 3, but after looking at Battlefield 3, I might go in for both.
What about you?
Agile Scout says
How is this church-news?
Chris Ames says
It’s not. It’s ChurchMag news.
Jeff Grosse says
I too am trying to figure out why this fits into the Church Mag family of blogs. I appreciate the great help that so many of the blog posts here have been to me, but this particular post seems quite irrelevant to this site and quite “off topic” for this audience.
Chris Ames says
Hey Jeff!
ChurchMag was started by a group of guys who named a company after a genre of video games. To say gaming is in our blood is an understatement.
Some folks, like you, are here for the Church + Tech + News content and we love that! But others are here, not only for the “on topic” content, but also for the community of church geeks. And without question, that influences, and widens, the scope of our coverage.
We are who we are. We love the Church and we love tech. We want our content to be a resource for the Church! But here is a fundamental belief we hold true:
Fun is just as critical a resource as data.
Therefore, sometimes resourcing the Church means not being afraid to have fun and write about fun, geeky topics.
Jay Caruso says
There are any number of posts on Church Mag that are not related specifically to the church. The latest post out there now has to do with NPR’s list of top sci-fi fantasy books. Does that have any relevance to the church?
As a writer for Church Mag, I have authored a number of blog posts that are related specifically to the church, some that can be applied to the church and some that are just general information. I don’t feel as though we need to preach to the choir in every post. If somebody does a search and finds this blog post, then looks around liking what they see and becomes part of the community, isn’t that a good thing?
Jeff Grosse says
Jay,
First, let me say again that I find Church Mag to be a very useful resource and by leaving a comment on this particular article, I 1) am not passing judgement on you or anyone for playing such games, 2( do not expect that every post is specifically related to the church, 3) do not do so to to bring division to “we”, the larger “church”, and 4) am a fan of getting creative ideas from a wide variety of experiences.
With that said, I’m not questioning whether you should write about these games. As far as I’m concerned, I don’t care that you play them and if you choose to write about them on a gaming website, that’s absolutely fine with me. As stated above, whether you enjoy these games is not for me to judge or recommend. I question whether this is the right venue for endorsing / reviewing such content.
First person shooter games are not illegal and those who the law says are old enough to purchase such and those whom are not under their parents’ authority are welcome to enjoy such games.
On another hand, anime porn is also not illegal and those who the law says are old enough to purchase such movies are certainly within the law to “enjoy”. That said, if someone were to watch an anime porn movie and say, wow, the technology they used was simply fantastic! The textures they used to give such shading and detail to the characters was unlike I’ve ever seen before. Sure, I guess you could go and write about the great tech out there and what inspires you to do better ministry from such films. Would that be a wise thing to write about on Church Mag? I’m guessing not.
Jay, the comments on the Church Mag blog are here to express opinions. I’ve expressed mine. I respect your opinions and I’m not passing judgement on you for posting it. It is, however, my opinion that this may not be the most appropriate venue for endorsement of these video games. That’s all I’m saying. Thanks.
Jay Caruso says
See also:
https://churchm.ag/web/gaming/
Jonathan Mould says
With ChurchMag covering topics from web to creative to IT and so on there is a huge range of topics that could be relevant to an audience with many different interests . I personally found this post interesting because I enjoy gaming however I wouldn’t read a post on the topic of hiring church staff, for example, because that would be irrelevant to me.
If you’re not interested by the post title why bother to read the rest of the post?
Jonathan Mould says
Also, the game trailers are well made and creative; relevant in the way we can take inspiration from them for our own sermon series bumpers etc.
Jay Caruso says
Good point Jonathan.
Jared Erickson says
BBC is my favorite! destroys COD hands down 🙂 I’m really looking forward to this release!
Jay Caruso says
Cool. We’ll have to connect online when I get the PS3. 🙂
Eric Dye says
I’m still waiting for Half-Life 3
*sigh*
Chase says
I’ve never been much of a Battlefield 3 guy but MW3 is the reason I need to get a new Xbox (mine died the red ring of death). Plus, those trailers are so well done it blurs the lines between the actual game play and the cinematic sequences.
Jay Caruso says
My Xbox died as well. We’re going with a PS3 this time around because I still cannot fathom why Microsoft charges $8 a month to play online.
Eric J says
I’m going to stick to teamfortress 2 for now i’ve been playing a lot of it lately.