Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (abbreviated as Call of Duty: MW3, CoD: MW3 or simply MW3) is an upcoming first-person shooter video game, currently being developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games with Raven Software assisting in development. It will be the third installment in the Modern Warfare series, a direct sequel to 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and the eighth Call of Duty installment. It is set to be released on November 8, 2011 on Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii, with a separate version for Nintendo DS being developed by n-Space. In Australia, the Wii version will be released on November 17, 2011. In Japan, Square Enix will handle this installment with a separate subbed and dubbed version, just like with Call of Duty: Black Ops. First, they will release a Japanese-subtitled version on November 17, 2011. Then, on December 22, 2011, they will release a Japanese voice-dubbed version.