Modern Warfare 2 Duel-Wielding Weapons Announced

presenting a singleplayer mission at the GameCrazy show this morning on stage and happened to walk over a body that had Akimbo (dual wield side arm), therefore the icon for the weapon popped up on screen and the room went crazy with chants demanding to pick it up and use it.

Happened to be dual Deagles. Now to calm some initial fears of "OMG! Overpowered!". Akimbo is limited and balanced, just like EVERYTHING in the game. It's limited to sidearms, harder to aim than standard and you can't go ADS (aim down sights) since you have a weapon in each hand; Among other balancing techniques, so don't freak out before you see it in action.

So by the sounds of it Akimbo may in fact be a new perk, but not the one people were clamoring about long enough for Infinity Ward to include in Modern Warfare 2 (and show off in an upcoming multiplayer trailer this week). Akimbo does leave us with some questions though if it is a new perk, and details will have to wait. FourZeroTwo was in mid-demo with the single player mode, but how will the system work should it be included in multiplayer? For instance, would players need the Akimbo perk turned on, thus allowing them to pick up two pistols? Is there some system in the game that now allows players to not only swap weapons but also perk-sets mid-fight? Clarification is going to have to wait, but the concept of running with Dualies in Modern Warfare 2 is one we'll be happy to try just as soon as we can.

Oh, and as for the multiplayer trailer hitting later this week, our money is on multiple attachments for weapons. We don't know a COD4 player alive that hasn't begged for that one.

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[fromthechemo5]

its sad that roach and ghost get burned in the middle of the game , damn i hate betreyal , that moufukin Sheperd, i would rip his skinn personaly,...!!!

[Mrmadeinsweden]

I got pissed off on him when he told me a order but that got me killed-.-. He said that i was gonna go to a container there it was a lot of dudes with P90:s. I GOT KILLED!

[erpuzzetta01]

Why dude? He was really cool in the first one.

[Mrmadeinsweden]

I thought(hoped) he died. Damn!

[erpuzzetta01]

Cpt. Price is confirmed... alive.

[DarkBrawlRiver]

It's DUAL wield. Not DUEL.

[NotInfinityWard]

you can duel SHOTTYS, UZI, GLOCKS, AND OTHER THINGS THOSE ARE THE ONES THAN I HAVE SEEN IN MY VIDEO

[Jice151]

i still prefer cod 4 to those though

[NordwolfBE]

I'm behind you.

[staringdeath117]

it is on the modern warfare 2 forums.