Whatever. I saw this when he tweeted it too. And I would say that Modern Warfare could expand into other media quite well, but I'm skeptical on the comics..... Guess we'll have to wait and see....

" Whatever. I saw this when he tweeted it too. And I would say that Modern Warfare could expand into other media quite well, but I'm skeptical on the comics..... Guess we'll have to wait and see.... "

It seems to me that the comic will be a different story, if they released it before the game, it would spoil the game, it would spoil they're cinematic experience. If they released it afterward, it would be just the same story we just played. So I'm sure it's going to be some offshoot of the story that you can only learn of through the comics and the scans that will undoubtedly appear.
 
And about the characters, it wouldn't have fit in to go into their characters and have little cut scenes where you get to know them. The comic could be that way to get to know these characters. If I've already learned of them, and the story is the same, then why get the comic, other than for the novelty?
 
Also, I doubt Infinity Ward really means for this to be some shameless cash-in. I figure one of them just said, "Dude we should make a comic! That would be awesome!" Robert's excitement is probably well warranted, as it's something the nerd in him is truly excited for. It may end up pricey, but it's probably more because of Activision.

Which is what I really want to know: How much of this was Infinity Ward going "Dude, we need to make a comic!" and how much was it Activision going "well other much more defined games are doing this and making money out of it. We have to do something like this now"?

" Which is what I really want to know: How much of this was Infinity Ward going "Dude, we need to make a comic!" and how much was it Activision going "well other much more defined games are doing this and making money out of it. We have to do something like this now"? "

Hmm, I guess I should give it a bit more of a chance. Maybe MW2 will involve a huge overarching problem being tackled from multiple fronts and these characters are actually interesting.  
 
And we'll go to mystical space rings, in hot pursuit of Makerov, with only a naked Soap hologram as a companion. 
 
Oh wait.

" Hmm, I guess I should give it a bit more of a chance. Maybe MW2 will involve a huge overarching problem being tackled from multiple fronts and these characters are actually interesting."

"And we'll go to mystical space rings, in hot pursuit of Makerov, with only a naked Soap hologram as a companion.  Oh wait. "

Don't worry.  "It's hardcore."

 I have no doubt in my mind that this is a cash-in. And if anyone thinks the Halo books were not, I shake my head at you!  Were the Halo books any good? That’s a matter of opinion.  
 
I think a comic book is a great place to try branching out. And I personally have been looking for a good war-related comic for some time now. 
If all goes well with there initial six parts, I hope they continue. And possibly create a half-hour cartoon!
 
 As for your concern for there not being enough of or good material, the game is based on a fictional war. There is a ton of material there. It does not always have to deal with characters we are familiar within the series; I actually would prefer it not to be. I don't want to sound like some conspiracy theory nut case here, but certain things happen on the battlefield and in war-zones that don't get covered by the media. (Yeah, I totally sound like a conspiracy theory nut!) No, you know what I mean though, I hope. I have never seen actual combat myself but I would assume some "shady" things happen, moral decisions to be made all that fun stuff. Things like that can be translated into other media just fine. I would argue even better then in a video game.     
 
You say it looks like a character from the trailer of MW 2. If it is in-fact him that character could have something happen to him in the game that the game itself does not explore (We all know that happens in games allot) and the comic will fill in the blanks. 
 
One last thing, if you had the opportunity to turn a few million into a few hundred million would you not try?          (Don't reply with no, we all know that is BS)  The comic may be crap but you can't blame them for milking there cash cow.

I don't care about the comic books and I'm not going to read them. That said, I really hope that it does a completely different story than Modern Warfare 2. One of the things I didn't like about Halo is that if you wanted to know everything that was going on in the game, you had to read the books, understand the throwbacks to other games, play all the games, read the development, the Halo comic books, trailer for Halo movie, etc. I loved how in COD4 you only had to watch the loading screens in order to understand what was going on. It was a pretty simple plot, but it was great, and they integrated it into the story really well. I don't want MW2 to be cluttered up with references, different factions, a bunch of plots and motives, etc. I want a story that you can understand 100% if you just play COD4 and MW2.

Oh my entire example with Halo was that it made sense sorta to do it. There was enough fiction to tap into to make that viable and still not feel too contrived. 
 
I like how COD4 does the story as well. It tells you all that they need you to. Which is precisely why I'm against this whole idea. MW2 doesn't need this.