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News Xbox 360 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Take Friday off work, says Infinity Ward.

Infinity Ward has said the Xbox 360 Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack will arrive probably late tonight or early tomorrow morning, and suggests preparing your sick day excuses in advance.

"Despite what the Internet might tell you (including some 'official' sources), the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare variety map pack has NOT been delayed until the 10th [April]," said Robert Bowling, community friend maker at Infinity Ward. "As of right now we're pushing certification for an on-time release for April 3rd or 4th.

"For those of you asking when you should take off work, I'd take off Friday, as it looks like they should be available late Thursday night / early Friday morning, which means Friday you should be able to play all day."

So, you might need something like a sick day excuse generator. But we wouldn't know where to find one of those.

Confusion over the arrival of the Xbox 360 map pack was stirred up by the Call of Duty 4 Game of the Year website, which spouted 10th April without a care in the world.

Those buying this edition will be given a token to download the fresh maps for free, while everyone else will have to pay 800 Microsoft Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60). Inside the pack are Broadcast, Creek, Killhouse and Chinatown maps.

Unfortunately PS3 Call of Duty 4 fans will have to wait around three weeks for the same pack, while PC owners are still awaiting confirmation of its existence.

Pop over to our interview with Infinity Ward to see what it had to say about the Variety Map Pack.

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syphaa #1 4 years ago

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Good news!
Have been looking forward to the fresh update.

800 points though...as much as an XBL arcade game.
Still think the MS pricing is steep.
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S.J.Rogers #2 4 years ago

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800 points is alot but i will pay with a happy smile on my face..!
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bag-in-box #3 4 years ago

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So maps done, time to get to work on the next patch to fix those [worst ever] spawnings, IW?
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THEGREATMADMAN #4 4 years ago

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I was gonna pay 1,200 for the stranglehold maps, now thats too much. 800 is fine
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CannonAnBall #5 4 years ago

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800 points = 2 pints of Stella

...not bad really!
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TurboBailey #6 4 years ago

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Yay! more maps for COD4

shame i only have the ps3 version - ah well - another delay - hey ho
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rob230 #7 4 years ago

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Awesome, am working from home tomorrow too! result
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CreepinJesus #8 4 years ago

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"Still think the MS pricing is steep."

For the last time - it's not MS's pricing! They have nowt to do with CoD 4.
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Apostle #9 4 years ago

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I didn't know you could buy Stella from xbox live!! Awesome

Can't wait for this map pack, was kinda hoping they'd already be up this morning. I sure hope we see them tonight, got some game planned with friends, it should be awesome
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Baronen #10 4 years ago

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So thursday night - is that GMT or what? I'm wondering if I should bother staying up, or just wait 'til friday.
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coojam #11 4 years ago

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I've got the Limited Edition.. does that give me the maps? :'(
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coojam #12 4 years ago

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CannonAnBall, where the fuck do you buy your Stella?!
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Bursiene #13 4 years ago

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GET IN THERE!!!!!!!
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rob230 #14 4 years ago

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I paid �7 for a double Vodka and Redbull last weekend in Windsor, THAT is a rip-off
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bad09 #15 4 years ago

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800 points though...as much as an XBL arcade game.
Still think the MS pricing is steep.

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CannonAnBall #16 4 years ago

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I'm basing the pricing on the stella being from �2.92 (my local) to �3.20 in the centre of Manchester, although some places can charge up to �3.50.
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rob230 #17 4 years ago

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�3 a pint isn't too bad really
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Velios #18 4 years ago

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for all COD4 owners...

buy the limited edition

download the maps

return the limited edition to the shop
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rob230 #19 4 years ago

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Ooo nasty
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apan #20 4 years ago

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the excuse generator thingie killed my browser.
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S.J.Rogers #21 4 years ago

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Velios said

for all COD4 owners...

buy the limited edition

download the maps

return the limited edition to the shop

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You sir have just made a kitten cry..!
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Fab4 #22 4 years ago

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I can afford the price many, many times over, but I wont be buying additional content for an essentially flawed MP experience...i.e. Poor matchmaking, poor (server-side) hit detection, pathetic excuse for host migration, a system which punishes your stats for a host quitting, etc, etc. I'm sure I can survive the weeks until GTA comes out. I have, after all, only played the game for a few hours in the past 2 weeks.
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poloman #23 4 years ago

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great idea velios. all you will see in the pre owned section now is cod4 goty edition
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Razz #24 4 years ago

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FOR THE MOTHERF**KING WIN!

Sorry. I've really been looking forward for this.
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Razz #25 4 years ago

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FOR THE MOTHERF**KING WIN!

Sorry. I've really been looking forward for this.
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rob230 #26 4 years ago

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...with missing vouchers lol
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agparrot #27 4 years ago

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/does excited little dance
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RustyBullet #28 4 years ago

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@rob230 I paid �7 for a double Vodka and Redbull last weekend in Windsor, THAT is a rip-off

That is the premium we have to pay for living in a shit town full of tourists.

Edited by 1 at 03/04/08 @ 12:25
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monkie_king #29 4 years ago

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It's 800 Microsoft points to live in Windsor?

/may have lost thread of conversation

Edited by 1 at 03/04/08 @ 12:31
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rob230 #30 4 years ago

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@RustyBullet

Yeah lol, although I live in a worse town, although without the tourists... Maidenhead :S
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asphaltcowboy #31 4 years ago

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People need to not confuse the limited edition with the game of the year edition - THEY'RE DIFFERENT!
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AHiFi #32 4 years ago

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I'll pass for now. Too much.
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TagemandBagem #33 4 years ago

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"while PC owners are still awaiting confirmation of its existence."

"Right now plans for the PC version are unannounced but we are working to bring PC users the same content in the future, however logistics are being worked out on how to make that happen."
[link url=http://kotaku.com/371692/details-on-cod4-map-packs- for-pc-ps3
]http://ko taku.com/371692/details-on-cod4...[/link]
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skillian #34 4 years ago

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Logisticslol.

More likely they're trying to figure out a way of making PC users pay for maps that they got for free last time round without pissing off the entire community.
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Velios #35 4 years ago

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Just to be clear from my post above.

I do not condone acts of dishonesty and I will be paying for the extra maps legitimately with microsoft gamer points, NOT in the way said above. COD4 is a great game, so good in fact that if ever there were a game worth investing in DLC - this is it.
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TagemandBagem #36 4 years ago

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CoD4 is obviously a great game but the price we have to pay for games these days more than qualifies as an investment. This is just 4 maps, they should give them out free as a big thank you to the community for supporting their product.
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Velios #37 4 years ago

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The guy working at infinity ward who gives stuff away for free is on holiday this week.
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skillian #38 4 years ago

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The guy working at infinity ward who gives stuff away for free is on holiday this week.

Yeah, that's what they say, but I reckon they've killed him and buried him in the basement.
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TagemandBagem #39 4 years ago

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I reckon a Microsoft DLC strike team made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
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bhutz #40 4 years ago

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"Still think the MS pricing is steep"
I think you need to go and get another paper round or start saving your dinner money you tight ass.

These maps will make things a bit more interesting until GTA comes out...I'm suprised they don't release maps as DLC all of the time, just think how many people are going to buy them! Maybe the Microsoft process of certification is just too much of a long winded process??
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t8yman #41 4 years ago

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CoD4 is obviously a great game but the price we have to pay for games these days more than qualifies as an investment. This is just 4 maps, they should give them out free as a big thank you to the community for supporting their product.

do you work for nothing? no?

well dont expect other people to then.
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TagemandBagem #42 4 years ago

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@t8yman

You say that as if developers in the past never gave out free maps. They aren't working for "nothing" either, they're securing their future base. How much did you pay for the CoD4 patches? Someone obviously worked on them.
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Matt_B #43 4 years ago

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All the people moaning about the cost.... if you�re anything like myself or the majority of people on my friends list. Who coincidently have all spent 5+ days "online" killing the rest of the world - �6.80 is a pittance to pay!
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t8yman #44 4 years ago

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@tagem

its less than �2 a map mate, hardly gonna break the bank when you consider the value any reasonably commited gamer is going to get?
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shikz #45 4 years ago

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DONT MOAN and 800 points is a good price to pay these guys for making us new maps to download shit they dont have to do anything they already made a game and sold it, xbox ps2 days had nothing like this so ROCK ON AND GET HOSE MAPS PLAYED hehe )))))))) Enjoy
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monkie_king #46 4 years ago

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where are they, then, IW? is that late thursday night EST, not BST?
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Brianstorm #47 4 years ago

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I love this game, but find the general treatment of PS3 owners horrific, late patches, late maps, broken online service, no rumble support for DS3...
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TitusCrow #48 4 years ago

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ACCORDING to souces they shall be out at 11:30am uk time.
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Velios #49 4 years ago

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Ben, I know you are reading this from home today you complete lazy bastard! You should be here, suffering, with me!
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CLOSEALDO #50 4 years ago

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pay for more maps = more money for developer = COD 5 gets more budget = you get an even better version (hopefully with vehicles this time)
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ronuds #51 4 years ago

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@ closealdo

I agree, but 800 pts. is a bit steep for 4 maps. The full game would be unaffordable at those rates.

100 pts. per map should be standard.
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t8yman #52 4 years ago

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@closealdo

wrong on every count.

cod4 - developed by infinity ward, also developed cod2. 2 top class games.

cod5 - being developed by treyarch, the same people who brought you the steaming pile of turd that is cod3. so they dont benefit from people downloading these maps. and even if they did, it wouldnt make a blind bit of difference, cod5 will be shite. you heard it here first kids.
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Fab4 #53 4 years ago

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@t8yman - CoD3 was developed in 10 months....10!!! Not the 24 months given to IW for both CoD2 and CoD4. Yet they still managed to implement a better Matchmaking/Hosting than CoD4...even with its bugs, better Map design (Shipment? Wetworks? *smirks*), class perks, vehicles, WAR, Player matches (1hr long ones!!...try keeping a single host that long in a public room on CoD4) CTF, etc, etc.

You probably just hated it because it actually required you to put effort into it to be anywhere decent at it...this also spurred the actual need for team communication...even in TDMs. The only communication you are likely to hear in CoD4 public rooms is trash talking.

1 year after its release you could still find plenty of lobbies, for every game type, hardly the sign that a game is a steaming pile of shite.

So yeah, with an extra year+, I'm pretty sure CoD5 will be another excellent game, made all the better for not having people like yourself playing it.
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