Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has colour blind support

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will feature a Colour Blind assist option, Sledgehammer Games has revealed.

Answering a ‘Question of the Week’ from a colour blind fan on its blog, Michael Condrey, VP and COO of Sledgehammer confirmed that, like Black Ops, Modern Warfare 3 would indeed support the needs of colour blind players.

“Research suggests that as much as 6% of the general population suffers from Color Blindness, or more accurately Colour Vision Deficiency. Men (9-12%) are 20x more likely to be afflicted than women (0.25-1%). Those numbers vary depending on which source you quote, but we estimate that nearly a million gamers are playing Call of Duty every day with this issue. I am happy to report that we are working on a Colour Blind Assist option for Modern Warfare 3.”

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launches November 8, with the very first Call of Duty Convention – branded Call of Duty XP – taking place September 2-3 in LA.

I’m actually colour blind myself, so this is reassuring news. In my case, it only affects greens and yellows, though. It’s never had any impact on my ability to play games, but this will undoubtedly be important news for the one million colour blind Call of Duty players out there.