3rd person Modern Warfare 2 mode is legit

Is restricted to multiplayer only.

Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling has confirmed to Kotaku that the leaked Modern Warfare 2 footage showing a third-person mode is legitimate.

"3rd Person is a new playlist mode in Multiplayer," said Bowling. "So you can play your favourite playlists [or] game types, like Team Deathmatch just standard, or in Hardcore mode ([with] limited HUD and increased bullet damage) or in the new 3rd Person mode, which means you and everyone in the game is in 3rd person."

This new 3rd person mode isn't something players will be able to toggle in and out of during matches, rather, every player in the match will be locked to that perspective.

"When you're in a 3rd Person playlist you can't toggle in and out, you're always in 3rd person," Bowling explained. "You can't toggle 3rd person view on or off in a standard game type either, people in 3rd person can't play with people in 1st person, they're entirely different game modes. This is just another way to play the game."

Modern Warfare 2 is scheduled for release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on November 10.