14 DAY TRIAL // Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that the new Elite subscription service for the Call of Duty series will cost a gamer 49.99 dollars for one year, which is a little more than 4 dollars for one month.
The service is set to be launched at the same time as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the first person shooter from Infinity Ward, and will allow players who love the series to get important in-game statistics about their play time and to get access to a host of content, including all downloadable content offered for free.
Eric Hirshberg, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Activision Publishing, has said that “Just buying the DLC alone would cost you $60 a year.”
He added that most of the players who have bought Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops have also spent money on DLC, allowing Activision Blizzard to top 18 million pieces of it shipped for the series, and predicted that a significant number of them will probably also subscribe to Elite.
The Activision executive also talked about the social elements included in Elite, saying that it will feature Facebook integration and that gamers will be also able to sync with a new mobile app from the first day Elite and Modern Warfare 3 are launched.
Elite also allows those who pay to get into a number of competitions that feature both real world and in-game prizes.
Activision has also confirmed that Elite will deliver two television style series this fall, one created by Will Arnett and Jason Bateman of Arrested Development fame, called “N00b Tube”, and another name developed by Tony and Ridley Scott under the name “Friday Night Fights”.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be launched at the beginning of November and will face tough competition from the DICE and Electronic Arts made Battlefield 3.