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Activision's next Modern Warfare title is gradually taking shape, spurred by investor call revelations yesterday and a slew of new rumours.

According to Kotaku, Modern Warfare 3 will feature large, destructible urban environments - comparable, the site suggests, to those of the Battlefield series - and begin directly after the climax of Modern Warfare 2, focussing on the build-up to a World War III scenario.

You can apparently expect the game in November - the same date as Eurogamer's enigmatic Call of Duty: Project Collossus", which came to light yesterday via an internal Tesco catalogue listing.

Raven Software and Sledgehammer Games are rumoured to be lending Infinity Ward a hand with the new CoD.

Last night, Activision executives suggested that the Call of Duty digital platform in development at Beachhead was "integral" to forthcoming games in the series, but reiterated that Activision would never charge extra for online modes.

Look forward to more details in the next couple of weeks.