Modern Warfare 2 DLC in spring

By Tom Bramwell Published 1 October, 2009

Energy drink outs map pack.

Had enough of Modern Warfare 2 yet, Man From The Future? Then you want to be thinking ahead to those downloadable maps, some of which are out next spring according to an energy drink. (Is this a bit surreal?)

IGN reports that an energy drink with a MW2 tie-in has a list of competition prizes printed on the side that includes "5,000 MW2 Map Pack codes - planned release Spring 2010".

That rather suggests that one of the map packs for Modern Warfare 2 will be released in spring, don't you think?

There's no word on whether that's the first map pack, or even whether it's one of the Xbox 360 timed exclusives, but we're chatting to various Pepsi bottles and Red Bull cans to try and find out more.

Modern Warfare 2, by the way, is due out for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on 10th November.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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  • matrim83 #1 2 years ago

    Spring 2010? Can Activision wait that long to fleece their consumers? I would have thought they would have something ready by the time the game was in its second month.

  • GenerationX91 #2 2 years ago

    Any word on what energy drink it actually is yet?

    I tend to buy many energy drinks on breaks while at work!

  • mingster #3 2 years ago

    I hope its that ridiculously cheap 30p energy drink.

  • mkreku #4 2 years ago

    Well, knowing Activision's greed, they probably took out 20% of the maps from the game to be able to sell them later.

  • LHH #5 2 years ago

    Hopefully this won't be the only map pack for it. IWs support compared to Treyarches' was terrible.

  • keyboardmonkey #6 2 years ago

    I like DLC, but it seems to have changed over the last year from being a way to extend an existing game to being away to ship less in the finished product and then fleece fans for even more money.
    I really hate the 'extra map pack' dlc type of stuff i really feels like you are paying a lot for very little. New campaigns, story modes, etc... i don't mind paying for. Maps always feel like i'm being milked for more and more money.

    /Burnout Paradise has really shown how DLC should be done...
    /Is still an idiot who buys the maps pack though , doh!

  • M_of_the_sys #7 2 years ago

    So why can't this be put into the game upon release? At an RRP of £59.99 I would expect it to be.

  • Raziel #8 2 years ago

    So, I'm guessing they'll release the map-pack a few days before Battlefield: Bad Company 2 then?

  • waggy79 #9 2 years ago

    All this hype is killing my interest rather than gaining it. I know it'll be good but please stop now.

  • XdarXideX #10 2 years ago

    @faelnor

    4-6 hours gameplay? Are you stupid?

    I love when people pretend to know that a game is rubbish before they've played it (or even seen much of its gameplay for that matter).

    BTW guys... very often games have an RRP of £49.99, yet they sell at £39.99 in high street stores. Why it is common belief that this means MW2 is going to sell at its RRP of £54.99 I don't know.

  • BobsUncle #11 2 years ago

    I've already seen plenty of places advertising this game for under £40, I don't see why some people are so hung up on the RRP?

    [edit]

    And as for 4 - 6 hours gameplay, I could happily spend 4 hours in multiplayer in one night in MW:1
    Edited by 1 at 01/10/09 @ 10:47

  • MiniAmin #12 2 years ago

    I hope Gatorade is the energy drink: imagine Frank Lampard on the front with Sargent Price next to him.

    @ XdarXideX

    People think this will sell at £54.99 because of COD4. I vividly remember me and a friend visiting Game, Gamestation, HMV, Blockbusters and even Indie shops and COD4 was £54.99 in each shop. It held that price for a long while too.

    Savvy games consumers will hunt down for the cheapest deal. That's beside the point however. Even if you manage to find it cheaper it's not as cheap as it could be if it had a standard RRP.

  • M_of_the_sys #13 2 years ago

    Savvy games consumers will hunt down for the cheapest deal. That's beside the point however. Even if you manage to find it cheaper it's not as cheap as it could be if it had a standard RRP.

    This +1

  • local_celebrity #14 2 years ago

    It gets worse.

    They're releasing map pack 2 in the fall of 2010 and tying it with a new fragrance: Murderous Intent (for Men).

  • XdarXideX #15 2 years ago

    @MiniAmin

    I can't say I've shared the same retail experience as you did with COD4... everywhere I went it was no more than £39.99 (standard edition) on the day of release. I don't remember paying more than £44.99 for my special edition. Maybe I was hallucinating. But I know that although MW2 has an RRP of £54.99, it doesn't mean it will be sold at such a high price in high street stores or web based stores. For the most part, it's just seen as an excuse for the elitist wankers to come out of their holes and bitch and moan about a game they've not yet played. For some strange reason, this is how they get their kicks... thinking they're bettering themselves by slammin a video game.

  • aine #16 2 years ago

    it's Monster. which is fucking horrible.

  • theiceman #17 2 years ago

    Activision - Cheque

  • local_celebrity #18 2 years ago

    They're certainly very ACTIV in robbing poor, gullible pikeys.

  • Wolverfrog #19 2 years ago

    Thank God for that, just when I will be getting tired of the game.

  • XdarXideX #20 2 years ago

    @faelnor

    Yes, but it was preceded by a large amount of negativity which is really what I wanted to respond to. If you're expecting it to be 4 hours long, play it on a harder difficulty. But it's a bit silly commenting on here that it is FACT that the game only lasts 4 hours, don't you think?

  • bratmandu #21 2 years ago

    IW should cut activision out of the equation and release this as a downloadable only game over steam, xboxlive and psn.

  • Raziel #22 2 years ago

    @ XdarXideX
    Even on Veteran, the game will unlikely last longer than 10 hours or so.
    He clearly stated to have no interest in the multiplayer, which is what the real life of the game is.

    I certainly understand his point.

  • XdarXideX #23 2 years ago

    @Raziel

    If you (not YOU... but you get me) are the type of person who will buy a game normally at £39.99 only to play it through once, on one of the easier difficulties and not spend time doing every activity available in the singleplayer while avoiding the multiplayer then I have no sympathy. I like to get my money's worth and MW2 will cater to me and others like me. Maybe faelnor and others like him should hope for a cut down version of the game... or simply avoid buying it.
    Edited by 1 at 01/10/09 @ 12:52

  • Fab4 #24 2 years ago

    It will probably allow you to have access to the 'It Gives You Wings' perk, allowing you to fly around the map. I think they beta tested it in CoD4 ;)

  • Fab4 #25 2 years ago

    "IW should cut activision out of the equation and release this as a downloadable only game over steam, xboxlive and psn. "

    Repeat after me...IW is wholly owned by Activision, literally....IW is wholly owned by Activision, literally.

    The only cutting being done in that relationship would be by Activision.

  • bratmandu #26 2 years ago

    @Fab4 "Repeat after me...IW is wholly owned by Activision, literally....IW is wholly owned by Activision, literally. "

    Damn, if that's for real then that sucks. I thought it was like the Bungie/Microsoft relation. To be honest, COD:MW2 will only be filler for me till Battlefield Bad Company 2. I'll prob not pick COD up till its sub £35.

  • Fab4 #27 2 years ago

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    They've been owned by them for some time now. Same goes for Treyarch.

  • collateral89 #28 2 years ago

    it will be on the side of fruit SHOOTS lol

  • bratmandu #29 2 years ago

    Yea maybe Um-Bongo will be giving away silenced shotguns next! Mmm, Um Bongo.

  • beastmaster #30 2 years ago

    They drink it in the Congo

  • man.the.king #31 2 years ago

    DLC release date (approx) out ? Is the game out already? How is it? :)
    Edited by 1 at 01/10/09 @ 22:20

  • james-mw3-mw3 #32 7 months ago

    Modern Warfare 3 will be released on 8th November! It's actually the 8th main Call of Duty game, and the fifth developed by Infinity Ward. Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer will debut at the Call of Duty XP convention on September 2 and I'm betting that they will show all the weapons and perks of MW3.