Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Launch Event in PlayStation Home

184w ago - Today PlayStation Home Online Community Specialist Locust_Star has announced news of a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 launch event in PlayStation Home.

To quote: If you are like us, you've marked your calendars and informed all and sundry that, come November 10, you will be shirking your day-to-day responsibilities in favor of tossing flashbangs and dropping brass on any and all opponents in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Forget work, school, and jury duty - this Tuesday it's all about who can get the most Killstreaks as we embark on a shoot-or-be-shot journey through the war torn landscapes of one of the most highly-anticipated titles of the year.

For those of you who are saving the single-player campaign for a later time and instead opting to spend D-Day knee-deep in some of the most ridiculously addictive multiplayer modes you'll find in any FPS around, there's no better place to find a battle than in PlayStation Home.

Why? First and foremost, PlayStation Home allows you to easily find other CoD:MW2 fans and seamlessly launch into the various multiplayer match types including Free-For-All, Search & Destroy, Domination, Team Deathmatch and the new Demolition and Capture The Flag modes.

But to top it off we're also offering participants in our launch day event a unique opportunity to score some free prizes just for coming out and playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - namely, the Modern Warfare 2 Veteran ARTFX statue (pictured below).

This 1/6-scale (12" tall) statue depicts Cpt. "Soap" MacTavish of Task Force 141, equipped with custom snow camouflage and weaponry, as seen in the "Cliffhanger" mission from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

10 of these special prizes will be awarded at random to users that attend the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 "Featured Game" event tonight, Tuesday, November 10 between the hours of 6:00pm and 10:00pm PT (9:00pm and 1:00am EST). If you're a die-hard Call of Duty fan this is THE launch day event to attend. More info on how to participate is below.

The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 event marks the beginning of a new type of regularly occurring event in PlayStation Home - the "Featured Game" party. Every day one of the latest and greatest PlayStation 3 games (that have an online multiplayer component, of course) will be showcased in PlayStation Home.

Official host accounts (manned by the Home Community Management team, the Home Community Volunteer team, and - when available - game developers and other celebrity players) will gather in Central Plaza between the hours of 6:00pm and 10:00pm PT (9:00pm and 1:00am EST). A list of host accounts will be placed on the screens at the Listen@Home kiosk in Central Plaza as well as on the official PlayStation Home Clubs and Events forum.

If you have the Featured Game and want to join in on the fun, just add one of these accounts and then use the "Go To" feature to travel to official "instances" of Central Plaza where the event is taking place (you can find the "Go To" option in your Menu Pad by going to your Friends List and then selecting the name of the host account).

Once at the event, insert the Featured Game into your PlayStation 3 and either set up your own game launching session or join someone else's (just look for the game title being broadcast above another player's avatar).

Not only are the Featured Game parties fun events that anyone can join, they also offer opportunities to win awesome prizes and, most importantly, meet new people to game with. We couldn't be more stoked to kick off this new community program with a title like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Expect to see all of us in Central Plaza right at 6:00pm PT on Tuesday, November 10th. And we'll expect to see you there as well.