De Spec Ops mode in Modern Warfare 2 was heel erg leuk en verwachte dan ook dan deze met DLC verder zou worden aangevuld, helaas is dat nooit gebeurd en was deze optie dus eigenlijk overbodig. Maar in de het derde deel dat aan het einde van dit jaar verschijnt is de mode weer terug en zal zelfs een survival mode krijgen. Dit kan je het beste vergelijken als Waves is Gears of War en de Zombie Mode uit de COD's die door Treyarch gemaakt worden.

"All that stuff really fleshes out Spec Ops and adds in a lot that we know our fans are going to love, some of the most addictive aspects of Multiplayer," says Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling.

I teamed up with Infinity Ward executive producer Mark Rubin for a couple tries at Spec Ops' new Survival mode on a map currently called Dome, a derelict Cold War-era desert radar command bunker.

As we dispatched ever-increasing waves of enemies, I discarded my pistol for a shotgun. Rubin passed me some in-game currency and I bought and installed a turret to keep the evildoers at bay, while I watched for attack dogs.

After a few waves, the attack dogs became suicide bomber dogs that exploded a few seconds after you shot them. The next wave brought the kamikaze soldiers who exploded similarly.

"You definitely have to change up your strategy as the enemy changes up," Bowling said afterward. "Obviously how you fight the kamakazi dudes is different from how you fight the normal dudes and how you fight a dog is different from a dude and how you fight juggernauts, they are not only big and armored, so they will just brute force come at you. But they each have their own way of being taken out effectively."