Activision has officially pulled the curtain back on its long-rumored Call of Duty subscription service.
Titled Call of Duty Elite, the service will launch alongside the hotly-anticipated Modern Warfare 3 this November, and is said to be free to all players minus “some paid aspects TBD.”
According to the Wall Street Journal, the publisher plans to issue a monthly subscription fee for Elite, which provides users with extra content such as downloadable map packs.
The free portion of Elite includes Facebook-inspired features allowing gamers to meet up and trade insults, as well as a Halo-style Waypoint performance tracker which lists all your statistics for every firearm in the game.
Elsewhere, Elite will provide “Call of Duty” players with tools to analyse their performance within the game, taking into account factors such as which weapons have proved most successful for them in regards to dispatching foes.
Apparently, while Activision bigwigs have yet to decide on a price for Elite, they expect the service to cost less than similar online entertainment services such as Netflix’s monthly $7.99 USD subscription fee.
We’ll bring you more details as they become available, so stay tuned.
via CVG