Akimbo

[Jason]

So there we go folks, a new perk called 'Akimbo' has been comfirmed by FourZeroTwo:

I was presenting a singleplayer mission at the GameCrazy show this morning on stage and happened to walk over a body that had Akimbo (dual wield side arm), therefore the icon for the weapon popped up on screen and the room went crazy with chants demanding I pick it up and use it.

Obviously there are going to be some big reactions to this. Firstly, damn you are gonna need strong wrists to carry that off!
But also, is this the direction a lot of fans were hoping the game would go in? I'm guessing not.

Now to calm some initial fears of "OMG! Overpowered!". Akimbo is limited and balanced, just like EVERYTHING in the game. It's limited to sidearms, harder to aim than standard and you can't go ADS (aim down sights) since you have a weapon in each hand; Among other balancing techniques, so don't freak out before you see it in action.

I'm going to hope that the amount of recoil produced from TWO deagles, along with it being much harder to aim is going to make it not that popular/effective on the battlefield, but we'll have to see.

What do you think?

A few more quotes to throw around!

Akimbo is NOT the perk in the new MP trailer this week.

But at least that confirms we are definitely going to see a new video this week! Hopefully tomorrow, or thursday.

With so many new killstreaks, weapons, perks, attachments, and other ways to customize your class, you have a lot of new depth you can go into when catering to your playstyle -
Perfect example. Riot Shield + Akimbo Sidearms is awesome for a defensive playstyle. (i.e. covering someone planting a bomb in S&D).

Don't assume Akimbo is all about being solely "dual-deagle". It's useable with all Sidearms, some much more useful with Akimbo than deagles. We've greatly expanded every category of weapons, so your "side arm" category is much more than what you're use to in COD4.

That doesn't mean SMGs are now Sidearms, but it does mean we have more than just pistols as side arms. What else is included in the Sidearm category will have to remain a mystery for now.

I wonder what else we have in store!

 

[Carlos]

Robert said that Akimbo is not the perk that's going to be empathised in the next video, HOWEVER:

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzIZo1-z4nM

Confirmed. And the next video will not be released until sept 1st - see?