Game Art Styles

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Infinity Ward; Sledgehammer Games · 2011

First-person · Shooter · PC · Console

Dimension
3D
Rendering
Realistic
Colors
Linework
No outlines
Shading
Realistic lighting
Post-processing
Bloom
Palette
Muted
Proportions
Realistic
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About

A first-person military shooter that concludes the original Modern Warfare trilogy. Its campaign follows Task Force 141 and allied forces pursuing Vladimir Makarov during a global war, alongside competitive multiplayer and cooperative Special Ops.

Art style

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011, Infinity Ward; Sledgehammer Games) is a 3D realistic game played from a first-person view. Its look is built from shapes without outlines, realistic lighting and bloom. The palette is muted.

Details

Release
Original release · Modern (PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Series / Switch)
Developer
Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games
Ported by
Treyarch, Aspyr
Publisher
Activision, Square Enix, Aspyr
Engine
IW 5.0
Released
2011-11-08 Worldwide, Windows
2011-11-08 Worldwide, PlayStation 3
2011-11-08 Worldwide, Xbox 360
2011-11-08 North America, Wii
2011-11-11 Europe, Wii
2011-11-23 Australia, Wii
Platforms
Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, OS X
Also known as
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) (International)
Credits
Joe Salud Art Director — Sledgehammer Games
Jake Rowell Character Art & Marketing Image; Head Art
Steven Giesler Head Art
Taehoon Oh Weapon Art
Peter Chen Weapon Art
Gennady Babichenko Weapon Art
Bret Robbins Director
Glen Schofield Director
Mark Rubin Producer
Jason Ades Producer
John Wasilczyk Producer
Pete Blumel Producer
Catherine Sheu Producer
Links
steam · wikipedia

Screenshots 5

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Call of Duty series 21 games

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Call of Duty: Ghosts screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)
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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)
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Realistic · 3D · 2014
Call of Duty: World at War screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment)
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III screenshot: realistic, first-person, no outlines, realistic lighting (environment, character)
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