dadgummit! no map pack for CoD4 yet?

[Spongo]

anyone else waiting for it??

 

[Crizza]

everything I've read says Friday

 

[Queasy]

It is up now.

Link

Content: Variety Map Pack
Price: 800 Points
Availability: All regions Xbox LIVE Regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: M (Mature) BLOOD AND GORE,INTENSE VIOLENCE,STRONG LANGUAGE] Reinforcements have arrived! The Variety Map Pack includes four new multiplayer maps featuring a variety of locations. ?Creek,? a wide-open village ravaged by combat where concealment is the difference between life and death; ?Broadcast,? fight throughout an enemy communications building with confined corridors and wide-open parking lots; ?Chinatown,? a foggy downtown district, lit only by a full moon and the neon glow of the city; and ?Killhouse,? featuring a desolate training warehouse filled with a variety of building mock-ups and soft and hard cover points. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts
Size: 444.46 MB

If you don't have COD4 yet, you can buy the GOTY edition and get a code where you get the map pack free.

 

[Modeps]

sweet!

 

[tfinch2]

I've been playing CoD4 in preparation for this the past couple of days. Too bad I'm going out of town this weekend.

 

[mugs]

How is this going to be integrated? Will there be additional game types just for the map pack, or will it just be thrown into the regular rotation IF everyone in the game has the map?

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: mugs
How is this going to be integrated? Will there be additional game types just for the map pack, or will it just be thrown into the regular rotation IF everyone in the game has the map?

I would really like to know this as well.

Edit: from IAMfourzerotwo's blog. (He's an IW employee.)

Hey Everyone ?

As you know, the Variety Map Pack for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare went up on Xbox Live at 6:30 AM this morning. I wanted to give you the details on how it all works for now and how it?s all going to work in a couple of days.

Once you?ve downloaded the maps you?ll notice two new playlists:

Variety Team Deathmatch

Variety Team Objective

These two playlists will only contain the new map packs on the Team Deathmatch and Objective gametypes, and is currently the only place you can play the new maps. Players on these two new playlists may be able to grab some extra XP this first weekend, so keep your eye on it closely.

DON?T WORRY THOUGH, I already know what you?re thinking??but I want to play all the gametypes on the new maps!?? and you will; because over the upcoming days the new maps will also be added to all other playlists and gametypes. This will allow people to get some gametype on the new maps right out the gate and get familiar with them on the more popular gametypes without dividing the community in half. Over the next few days as more and more people download the maps and join in, the maps will start showing up in the map rotation for all playlists.

So in short:

New Maps are in the Variety playlists.

In the upcoming days the new maps are going to be added to the rotation of all the playlists.

Let me know if you guys have any questions or problems, meanwhile ENJOY THE MAPS and I?ll see you online!

 

[blackdogdeek]

i'm still confused. what will happen to me if i don't ever download the new maps? does that mean that i will be kicked out of rooms where everyone else has the new maps if one of them comes up in the rotation?

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
i'm still confused. what will happen to me if i don't ever download the new maps? does that mean that i will be kicked out of rooms where everyone else has the new maps if one of them comes up in the rotation?

IIRC, that's what they did to players who didn't download the map packs for COD2.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: nycxandy

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
i'm still confused. what will happen to me if i don't ever download the new maps? does that mean that i will be kicked out of rooms where everyone else has the new maps if one of them comes up in the rotation?

IIRC, that's what they did to players who didn't download the map packs for COD2.

That's interesting. In Halo 3 they did the opposite - the maps would never come up unless everyone in the game had them. End result was I never saw the maps come up in anything but the DLC-specific playlists. I think the CoD 2 way sounds better - I don't mind being booted from a lobby as long as it manages to keep my party together (which in CoD 4 seems to be asking a lot).

 

[nycxandy]

I'm trying to download the pack right now, but it seems the release has really bogged down Xbox Live. There must be A LOT of people trying to download this COD map pack. That is good news!

Edit: from the Xbox.com Support Page...

Status:

Xbox LIVE users may experience issues with purchasing marketplace items, account recovery and account management.

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

Edit #2: I finally got through... it just started downloading!

 

[tfinch2]

I am not even able to download the update required to play CoD4 regularly at the moment, let alone download the map pack.

 

[Spongo]

i'm not able to download chit! totally bogged down.

 

[shingletingle]

Live seems to have more and more issues lately with its inability to simply function properly. Considering we have to pay for the Gold service, it's extremely tiring.