Infinity Ward Creative Strategist, Robert Bowling, comments on the design philosophy of the recently released content drop, Overwatch, and gives fans a glimpse into what direction the team is headed in when it comes to future MW3 DLC. It’s safe to say many will love what Bowling has to say on the subject of free content.During a Machinima Respawn live stream, Bowling sat down with the crew and discussed what went into developing Overwatch, a brand new MW3 map currently available on the Xbox 360. Bowling reveals that “Overwatch was really meant to be something for everyone, you know – have those areas where you can do the ‘run-and-gun’ and have plenty of cover points throughout most of the map. But then, also still have those really long sight lines. Give [snipers] some good ‘overwatch’ areas.†Hence the name.When it came time to talk about future DLC plans, obviously, Bowling couldn’t reveal too much. What he could reveal is the focus of the maps: “What you’ll notice is that there’s two things we’ve been focusing on with DLC, and a lot of it all boils down to variety and, like, maps like [Liberation, Piazza and Overwatch] are all about variety of gameplay. But then, moving forward, we’re also looking at variety of just location – just places that you’ve never seen before in Call of Duty that are just meant to be beautiful, awesome places to play in. Some of the content drops we have coming up that we haven’t announced yet are places like that.†He went on to mention that maps set in exotic locations (like Piazza, for example) tend to be the most fun to develop as well as the most fun to play on.Speaking of the purposes of upcoming maps, Bowling revealed that “there’s some stuff we’re talking about that I think is going to be refreshing – different styles of maps that are not meant to be that “everybody†map. We’re looking at some map designs that have very specific purposes.†He specifically mentioned maps based on 2 vs 2 gameplay, harkening back to one of CoD4?s most beloved maps, Shipment.
