Only Search & Destroy still exempt.
Unlike its predecessor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will support Party Chat for the majority of its multiplayer modes, developer Infinity Ward has confirmed.
Creative strategist Robert Bowling told MTV that the studio was aiming to make the third entry in the series more accessible, in doing so loosening its hardcore attitude to Party Chat.
“A major focus of ‘Modern Warfare 3’ multiplayer is allowing you to have a lot more control over [how you play], looking at those restrictions and doing away with stuff like [Party Chat blocking] that’s super hardcore,” he explained.