Bomb Squad

Bomb Squad is set within the Favela locale, inspired by the shanty towns of Rio de Janeiro. Players will take a quick run through a similar marketplace within single player mode, but for Bombing Run Infinity Ward combined the bomb defusal concepts found in multiplayer game types like Sabatoge and Search & Destroy with a co-op, time-based challenge. Each level of difficulty — regular, hardened, and veteran — will yield varying challenges in enemy AI, and also an increasingly tight timeframe for you to work your magic.

The level begins with both players donning akimbo glock 18′s, but there are plenty of weapons to pick up along the way as well including a small set of arms directly available from the outset. Laying on the ground when the mission begins are two sets of thumpers, AA12 shotguns with a heartbeat sensor, P90 w/Red Dot sights, and a set of M240 machine guns. You can swap out weapons right off the bat, or leave the stash for a mid-challenge return trip. I personally stuck with the akimbo G18′s, but would swap out for the P90 when the time was right.

Bomb Squad includes three main bomb sites, each guarded by an opposing terrorist force. Most players will kick the mission off by making their way to point one, located on the Southeast side of the map, but from there have a few different options for the following two sites. The first bomb is located deep within a dead end market street filled with chicken cages, plenty of rooftop overwatches, and a steady stream of ground soldiers.

After clearing out the area and defusing the first bomb, players will need to make a quick sprint back up through the spawn and make a tactical decision for the final two points. The middle route will take the team down a main street filled with even more rooftop battles and very little cover. The far defuse area is more enclosed, located within a small storefront donning a makeshift basketball hoop, some high grass, any tiny main square. The team can either opt to break off and tackle one spot each, or continue on as a team.

Here is the very first footage of one of the twenty three co-op Spec Ops missions we have to look forward to. This mission is called “Overwatch” and involves one player controlling the AC-130 and the other on the ground calling in shots. Rain fiery death down upon the enemy in Overwatch, the AC-130 Spec Ops mission.

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Here it is, the GTTV Modern Warfare 2 episode is live. In the twenty minute special we learn about four new Spec-Ops missions and the new Special Ops exclusive enemy, The Juggernaut. But that’s not all, there’s lots more to see in this bumper episode including developer interviews and the lowdown on what’s been causing all the controversy since the Infamy trailer…. The battle on US soil!

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Here is a list of all the Missions from Modern Warfare 2′s Special Ops Mode. There are 23 in total, clicking into each mission will give you Special Ops Mode hints, tips, tricks and walk-throughs.

ALPHA

• The Pit

• Sniper Fi

• O Cristo Redentor

• Evasion

• Suspension

BRAVO

• Overwatch

• Body Count

• Bomb Squad

• Race

• Big Brother

CHARLIE

• Hidden

• Breach and Clear

• Time Trial

• Homeland Security

• Snatch & Grab

DELTA

• Wardriving

• Wreckage

• Acceptable Losses

• Terminal

• Estate Takedown

ECHO

• Wetwork

• High Explosive

• Armor Peircing
  

Special Ops mode….. Only the dedicated Modern Warfare 2 fan really understands what it is. Well, its co-op but not campaign. Its arcade mode but with a friend. Its not one game type but many different and varied types. Its….. hard to explain exactly what it is, so read on to get a clearer picture.

When you fire up Modern Warfare 2, you will land on a screen where you can launch Campaign, Multiplayer or Special Ops – the new co-op mode. You can also see your completion levels for each one.

You can play Special Ops solo if you want, but you won’t get far that way. The ticket to survival is a friend, you can play split-screen or on Xbox Live/Playstation Network with two players max. Just remember, there is no drop-in/drop-out, so you will want a reliable partner who will stick with you if you want to get killer times/scores.

Special Ops is broken down into 5 groups that escalate in difficulty – Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta and Echo – and you can earn up to 3 stars for completing each of the 23 missions. You get one star for completing it on Regular, two for Hardened and three for Veteran. Since it takes 14 stars to open up the next group, there’ll be no strolls in the park.

There will be a lot of intriguing gameplay you won’t see anywhere else in Modern Warfare 2. Many of the ideas for Special Ops came from quality single player concepts that didn’t quite fit into the Campaigns flow. Special Ops was where Infinity Ward didn’t want to compromise on story, “but still wanted cool co-op moments”.

Here are the objectives that you will be required to complete in the missions

• Assault – Sends you through a level to take down targets while avoiding civilians
• Stealth – Has you sneak past enemies
• Wave Defense – Spawn’s five increasingly harder waves – just like GoW2′s Horde Mode
• Elimination – Drops you into a level with a set number of spawning enemies
• Snowmobile Time Trials – Get to the finish line as quick as possible
• Snowmobile Combat – Race against, and shoot your friend
• AC-130 – One man in the gunship handles fire support, while one man on the ground has a laser sight on his rifle calling down death from above.

An example of these missions is a Delta level Elimination. Harrowing is a good way to describe the job of taking down 40 adversaries converging on a cabin in the woods. You can play it smart, planting claymores in doorways and popping up in windows to tempt ghillie-suited snipers to reveal their position by taking a potshot. Some enemies won’t come to you, so eventually it seems wise to move to the forest… Until a juggernaut charges!

Juggernauts are a enemy you won’t find anywhere else in the game. There are huge guys in bomb-squad suits, and the only way to take them down is with a .50 cal or Desert Eagle. Explosions only take them to one knee.

So, only one month, two weeks and two days until you can experience all that Modern Warfare 2 has to offer, up close and personal. It looks like you won’t be disappointed with Special Ops mode.

Check out the Special Ops Mission list Here

Well we aren’t going to let you forget! Here is some footage of the new game mode from Festival Du Jeux Video in Paris.

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More leaked video from the Gamecrazy convention, this time its the first ever video footage of Special Ops mode. Not the best in quality but its all we have for now.

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Doing Back2back Spec Ops. Taking on a few challengers who talk smack. Veteran difficulty, max kills win.

Come on Infinity Ward, give us a full screen shot of Special Ops gameplay instead of pictures of the back of peoples heads!

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Here’s a picture of the new game mode in Modern Warfare 2, Special Ops Mode.

Its only the start menu but there will be some video footage of Special Ops Mode sometime before launch, according to Infinity Ward’s community manager.

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