With Modern Warfare 3 right around the corner, it makes sense that details are starting to escape the confines of Infinity Ward and the other developers. Recently, the layouts of the sixteen launch maps have been leaked, providing information on how much space each map has, and the overall look and feel we can expect from them.
Here are the maps:
Arkaden

Bakaara

Bootleg

Carbon

Dome

Downturn

Fallen

Hardhat

Interchange

Lockdown

Mission

Outpost

Resistance

Seatown

Underground

Village


From the looks of the maps, they have managed to balance smaller, close quarters areas with slightly longer sight lines. This combination should make for some excellent and versatile maps, which is something that MW2 severely lacked. It looks as though there are not a lot of larger maps, which may be a bone of contention for those who like to snipe, but hopefully things will work out properly.


Ironically, I was just talking to a friend the other day about the importance of good maps for MW3 is. Honestly, the main issue I had (outside of gun problems) with Modern Warfare 2 was the variety of maps offered in the game. I found myself losing interest in playing most maps about midway through my playtime, and that caused me to stop playing the game not long afterward. It looks like they are taking a step in the right direction, but it is hard to know how things will turn out until we get our hands on the maps for ourselves.

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