Playing Call of Duty (CoD) has been a hobby of mine ever since the world was graced with the original Modern Warfare. The series has had its ups and downs over the last couple of years, but the people at both Infinity Ward and Treyarch have managed to keep bringing myself, and millions of other gamers back for more.  Due to that fact, I’ve always avoided the CoD‘s competitors like the plague; games like Medal of Honor and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 were never able to break my CoD addiction… until now.

Ever since DICE released their first game play teaser trailer for Battlefield 3, I have been checking the headlines over at IGN daily hoping to catch the next glimpse of amazingness. I can’t say that something as simple as a game play trailer have ever been able to get me so excited for a game, and I’ve been actively researching upcoming games for well over a decade now. The pure intensity that these trailers provide is unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed in a trailer… for anything.

Not to say Call of Duty is down for the count, but with all the legal issues between Infinity Ward and Activision that surfaced earlier in the year, I’m a little discouraged about the upcoming Modern Warfare 3. The size of Infinity Ward’s staff has been significantly reduced following the dispute, which has led to Activison bringing on Sledgehammer Games (Transformers: War for Cybertron) to assist Infinity Ward with the single-player campaign, with Raven Software (Singularity) handling the multiplayer aspect. Both of the additional developers working on the title are more than capable of making Modern Warfare 3 great, but I guess it just comes down to how well they mesh together.

Hopefully some footage of Modern Warfare 3 surfaces soon, but until then, I’m all aboard the Battlefield 3 train.

Both games are scheduled for a November, 2011 release date.