User blog:Smuff/MW3's tweaked engine and trailer release

Yesterday it was confirmed over Twitter recently that Modern Warfare 3 will use a tweaked version IW 4.0, the engine used in Modern Warfare 2. Robert Bowling recently made the statement over Twitter that "We haven't gone into detail on the engine yet but we've moved beyond the MW2 engine and added a lot of cool stuff for #MW3.

The statement goes hand in hand with rumors suggesting that Modern Warfare 3's engine will feature destructible environments, to go head-to-head against Battlefield 3's brand new Frostbite 2.0 game engine.

In other news, tonight will see the release of the first Modern Warfare 3 trailer to show actual gameplay. The trailer, which is released at 6PM Pacific Time (2AM GMT), should be a treat for everyone and will show what Bowling describes as "plenty of gameplay." There'll be lots of information surging in, so please try not to add speculative content.

When asked by another member of the Twitterverse whether the trailer is “more gameplay or cinematic”, Bowling dryly replied, “Cinematic gameplay.”