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    COD MW3 FREE Weekend Play

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by MrDJ, Feb 15, 2012.

  1. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    cant find it posted yet so here goes:

    for all of you who decided against buying MW3 heres your chance to try it out for free.

    Activision will be hosting a Free Weekend for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3! Pre-load the game now and be ready to play when the free weekend starts on Thursday, February 16th at 10am Pacific Time.

    Steam required.

    preload now > News - Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 - Free Weekend Coming, Pre-load Now!

    The Free Weekend of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 will let you play the entire multiplayer portion of the base game.
     
    MrDJ, Feb 15, 2012
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  2. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    80% of games have hackers. This weekend it should increase to 98%.
     
    rschauby, Feb 15, 2012
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  3. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Then BF3 should be nearly hack free then? xD

    Nah il stick to the ME3 demo multiplayer this weekend.
    Never though BioWare could pull of a working multiplayer but they did.
     
    DEagleson, Feb 15, 2012
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    Literally not worth it at this price. I tried the free weekend with black ops. It was terrible. I couldn't get my money back (it was a free weekend) - but I still felt like I deserved my time back and some sort of compensation.

    Can't fool me again with the free weekend.
     
    masterchef341, Feb 16, 2012
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  5. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I just want to play the single player but I'm sure that's not part of this free one... or is it?
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 16, 2012
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  6. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Yup, it isn't so.
     
    killkenny1, Feb 16, 2012
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  7. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    MrDJ, Feb 16, 2012
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  8. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    How do you pre load this?
     
    Mechanized Menace, Feb 16, 2012
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    HTWingNut, Feb 16, 2012
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  10. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    click on above link, click on picture, scroll down and click on free weekend
     
    MrDJ, Feb 16, 2012
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  11. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    I keep doing that and all it is doing is reloading the page in steam...Nothing is appearing in my games list.

    NVM Fixed it restarted steam.
     
    Mechanized Menace, Feb 16, 2012
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  12. aintz

    aintz Notebook Evangelist

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    meh, probably not going to buy it like i did with blackops. havnt really enjoyed a mp fps since css.
     
    aintz, Feb 16, 2012
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  13. Ktulu85

    Ktulu85 Notebook Evangelist

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    downloaded it, played 5 minutes, and realized that this game is terrible (at least in my opinion). Proceeded to delete the game.

    Counterstrike for life
     
    Ktulu85, Feb 16, 2012
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  14. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    I have a 25% off Activision coupon. Figure I better try and trade it this weekend.
     
    rschauby, Feb 16, 2012
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  15. junglebungle

    junglebungle Notebook Evangelist

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    Hacker galore this weekend.
     
    junglebungle, Feb 16, 2012
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  16. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    Yup, I didn't even make it through my first round. There were 2 hackers and the balancing didn't even bother to put one on each time so we could at least have a fighting chance.
     
    rschauby, Feb 16, 2012
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  17. junglebungle

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    Sucks man hackers have no life, what's the point.
     
    junglebungle, Feb 16, 2012
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  18. Diablo

    Diablo Metalhead

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    hackers abound this weekend. just got out of a kill confirmed match where the dude was 63 and 0. /sigh. good thing he was on my team. >.>
     
    Diablo, Feb 17, 2012
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  19. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    ruins the game pretty evenly either way.
     
    masterchef341, Feb 17, 2012
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  20. Diablo

    Diablo Metalhead

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    /agree. i just sat there crouched in a corner the whole game. didnt kill anyone, on purpose of course
     
    Diablo, Feb 17, 2012
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  21. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    I'm enjoying the fresh wave of noobs to prey upon. >:]

    There are more cheaters this weekend for obvious reasons, but in general it's not nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Definitely not MW2 levels, at least.

    Long story short, it's good for fast-paced fun that you don't really have to put any thought into.
     
    Mastershroom, Feb 17, 2012
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  22. YodaGoneMad

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    It is funny, I generally only play games like COD on consoles because of the hackers. I always hold out hope, but then a free weekend rolls around and all of my fears are confirmed. What a mess!
     
    YodaGoneMad, Feb 17, 2012
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