Tomorrow, May 4th, will be an onslaught of Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer goodness on the PlayStation Network!
First and foremost, the first downloadable content for Modern Warfare 2 — The Stimulus Package — will hit the PSN Store for $14.99 and bring with it five new maps to the multiplayer of MW2. Included in those five new maps are two classic Call of Duty 4 maps that we all know and love, and three completely new locations that offer a variety of unique locations for your favorite gametypes. The Stimulus Package includes:
Bailout – An American apartment complex that is amazing for objective gametypes, especially Capture the Flag, but one of those maps that works well regardless of what type of game you’re playing it on. Its long sightlines — like sniping from a blown-out wall of a second-story apartment suite — give it some nice spots for long-range sniping but also has plenty of flanking routes through the bullet-riddled gym, hallways, lobbies, and interconnecting units.
Salvage – A snowy junkyard covered in debris, crushed cars, and my favorite aspect — no place to hide (well, maybe one, but hiding in the dog house isn’t going to win you the game). This aspect of beautiful but simplistic design is what makes Salvage my new favorite map for Hardcore Team Deathmatch; it forces you to rely on your speed, accuracy, and skill. It’s all about offensive, sorry campers! This map is about getting in and STAYING in the fight.
Storm – A rainy warehouse district on the outskirts of a looming thunderstorm with booming lightning and rolling thunder. A massive interconnected warehouse with overhead walkways and plenty of machinery for cover makes this great for big team games. With plenty of surrounding outdoors areas for flanking or cutting through the connected buildings, this is a map that benefits from two teams working together to control their area and lock down domination points. This map has a great atmosphere and always results in some insane HQ games.
Crash – A war-torn urban environment with a crashed helicopter surrounded by several great vantage points. Whether you’re taking pop shots from the three-story building overlooking the map, or covering the center objective point from the second story of the appropriately named “blue room” windows, Crash is the first fan-favorite map to make a return from Call of Duty 4, and is one those multiplayer locations that is perfectly balanced regardless of the gametype you throw on it. Team Deathmatch is king on Crash for me personally and we’ve maintained every cover, sniper vantage, and perfect ‘nade spot you’ve grown to love, but have also filled the map out with even more detail.
Overgrown – A massive and open village divided down the center by a dried-up creekbed. Overgrown is a snipers paradise with its high grass, super-long sightlines, and earns its cred as one of our largest multiplayer maps. It’s back by popular demand from the community, and was one of my personal favorite maps of all time from Call of Duty 4. It’s been updated with some new lightning and atmospheric changes, yet maintains its trademark flow and appeal for big team games.
When you jump online to enjoy the new maps, you’re also going to be greeted with a few new additions to the playlists structure in multiplayer. You’ll notice two new playlists added to the bottom of the list: Stimulus & Stimulus Hardcore. These two playlists will allow you to play your favorite gametypes on ONLY the new maps. That way you get to experience them as much as you like.
Stimulus – This playlist will include all gametypes for 8-12 players and rotating through ONLY the new Stimulus Maps.
Stimulus Hardcore – This playlist will include Hardcore Ricochet Team Deathmatch, Hardcore Ricochet HQ Pro, Hardcore Ricochet Search and Destroy for 8-12 players and rotating through ONLY the new Stimulus Maps.
While these two playlists are reserved for those who download The Stimulus Package, the same day we’ll also be introducing an all new playlist for ALL Modern Warfare 2 players.
Team Tactical – 6-8 Players playing small team based games with Team Deathmatch, Domination, Capture the Flag, and Demolition. (First Person viewpoint)
This playlist is being added by HUGE demand from the community on our forums, Twitter, and other messages you’ve sent in to us; in addition to another requested change of adding the Ranger maps (Terminal, Skidrow, Highrise, Invasion) to the HC HQ Pro playlist.
When I said onslaught, I MEANT onslaught!
That’s not even all. When all these updates hit tomorrow on May 4th, we’ll also be flipping the Double XP switch for the first time, ON ALL PLAYLISTS, FOR ALL PLAYERS! So when you jump online you’ll be earning twice as many XP for your kills and objectives to help you finish off that Prestige you’ve been working on or, for all you level 70s, the deciding factor to take the leap into the next Prestige.
Tomorrow is all about adding even more mileage to your Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer, giving you all new locations to play, new playlists to play them on, and Double XP to make it all that much sweeter. I look forward to seeing all of you online!
You can follow official Modern Warfare 2 updates and news on Twitter by following @fourzerotwo.
$15 is expensive really for 3 new maps, y’all could’ve put a new gun or camo. on there too but im still buying it. CAN’T WAIT FOR CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS!!!
Stop complaining! You spent $60 on the game for what came on the disc. You knew that when you bought it. Extra content is just that extra. Next your going to be complaining that you cant pay for it with food stamps.
fourzerotwo?
On the PS blog?
Well i’ll be a monkey’s uncle.
lol good job showing the 360 version in those pics
Hmm lets see, $15 for an overpriced collection of 3 new maps and 2 old ones or $15 towards preordering the new Medal of Honor that I hope kicks the $#!@ out of MW2?…….. I’ll take my chances with Medal of Honor. Activision should be punished for what theyve done to the people at IW. Call of Duty was never that great anyway until IW stepped it up with Modern Warfare but now Activision ruined any chance that MW3 will be any good or it might not even ever be released. *sigh* greedy bastards.
What time do the updates happen?
Rip off!!!
I admit I am going to buy the map pack, but I just hate the fact that it has been proven that the maps are on the disc, and yet Bowling and his lies will not admit it, he even ignored being warned of all the hex code hacks and now its impossible to stop, for all the bull that comes out of his mouth, first we are forced to wait over a month after xbox, and they make the price $15, what a joke
LOL MW2
Oh yeah. It IS the 360 version in the pictures. Wow, that is lazy.
Not buying anything from Activision since their homophobic advertisement. I am not going to buy any product from some company that includes racist, antisemitic or homophobic messages on their trailers. Activision should never let that trailer see the light. We, adult players complained about that constant insults online and what the responsable of this product do? Throw an advertisement to prove all that critics to the videogame world that they are right! We are just a bunch of agressive and inmature teenagers with no social skills, insulting and shooting each other. Way to go, I guess you get what you deserved right?
The amount of rage on these comments are lulzy
is this still coming out on weds for EU
i think is alot but then again been playing the multiplayer alot recently so could do with the new maps :)
Yep. May 5th for PSN in Europe.