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After slight delay, Chapter 2 hits XBL; content features four new maps, five new weapons, more for 1200 points ($15).

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

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Earlier today, Ubisoft announced that the new content pack for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter was available from Xbox Live Marketplace. Dubbed "Chapter 2," the content pack was detailed earlier this month and promised before June's end.

However, subsequent checks for Chapter 2 by GameSpot staff revealed that it was not on Marketplace, which left many trigger-happy gamers chomping at the bit. It wasn't until approximately 3:30 p.m. PT that the download did find its way onto Xbox Live.

Chapter 2 includes four new maps for cooperative play, eight maps relit to portray different times of day for competitive multiplayer battles, five new weapons, two new game modes, 2 new camouflage patterns, and four new faces for soldiers.

The add-on will set gamers back 1200 Marketplace points ($15), making it one of the pricier downloads over Xbox Live (Bankshot Billiards also retails for 1200 points). However, it is also one of the larger downloads in terms of both content and size (725MB).

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is rated T for Teen and retails for $59.99. For more on the game, check out GameSpot's review.

212 Comments

  • gmrscore-addict

    Posted Aug 7, 2006 9:08 pm GMT

    i would have bought it if it was 14 $

  • kool_adz

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 1:43 pm GMT

    You pay £50 for the game and £40 for xbox live, surely that £90 should cover all future updates, otherwise what is the £40 for when buying xbox live???

  • imrlybord7

    Posted Jul 6, 2006 3:24 am GMT

    To everyone busy whining about the price, compare $15 to a standard retail price. Let's see you whine now.

  • CongestedDonkey

    Posted Jun 28, 2006 5:59 pm GMT

    worth $5 at the absolute most

  • GoldenSilence87

    Posted Jun 28, 2006 4:13 pm GMT

    It wasnt that bad, kids. If fifteen bucks puts you back than I suggest selling your 360 ASAP

  • tyrant37

    Posted Jun 28, 2006 7:50 am GMT

    ok are you guys serious its 15$. do any of you work

  • mike04

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 5:31 pm GMT

    NO WAYY!! Im paying that much for the new 'GRAW' content ive already paid for the game itself, sorry but i dont have the money for that kind of stuff. Maybe if it were a little less expensive like 7.99 or something then that would've made more sense to me. XBL need to slow it down, aside from the service fees that we pay yearly.

  • Devouring_One

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 5:15 pm GMT

    i rather have it on pc for free

  • rogue_commando

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 7:00 pm GMT

    yea well for me it took only 22 mins and i think it was worth the 1200 points, the maps are good and the modes and stuff.
    the more expansions the better!!!! and the coop is pretty sweet

  • mikekare79

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 12:32 pm GMT

    Boycott an expantion pack? What are you, Sony Fanboys or what? Gimme a break. I'm downloading it. I encourage game add-ons. Gimme more!!

  • warriordoc

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 12:07 pm GMT

    Just bought it, I don't know what you all are talking about 12 hour downloads and stuff mine has been on for less than 10 min and its at 16%, I hope it's worth it, but almost every game is running this now.

  • AA7

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 11:36 am GMT

    I love GRAW.

  • govinator07

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 10:06 am GMT

    i actually downloaded this when it came out and it is awesome.... it actually has not only the 4 new multiplayer maps and the 4 old relit maps..... but actually they relit the 4 new maps also so its 8 new maps and 8 new missions in the co-op campaign

  • uber_adam

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 6:17 am GMT

    Stop whining. You're lucky enough to have Xbox360's already. Sheesh...

  • Maquis_UK

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 5:29 am GMT

    RIP OFF !!!

  • GENERALPUG

    Posted Jun 25, 2006 7:45 pm GMT

    geez 1200 points is a ripoff!

  • VFA-102

    Posted Jun 25, 2006 10:52 am GMT

    I bought the download, which took forever. Not really sure this is worth it honestly. 5 new weapons? What are they? How about the 3round burst option being put back in instead of having to gauge the trigger pull on auto. I only recommend the new maps if you spend a lot of time on live. If you just get on there once in while, then this is a waste of your money.

  • -AirHendrix-

    Posted Jun 24, 2006 4:21 pm GMT

    But PC gaming is an alone thing. NO one interrupts and you're in for all the action. I like that rather than saying, "K dude, get off the 360, I wanna use Live"

  • -AirHendrix-

    Posted Jun 24, 2006 4:20 pm GMT

    That Price is so whack man. I'd rather blow up my 360! lol!
    But if you think about it, that Halo 2 map pack was $20 but wait: It came with like 6-7 maps and grenade features + footage. Wow, the GRAW team does suck with downloads. Sheesh. 4 maps? Come on.

  • aaman4567

    Posted Jun 24, 2006 3:07 pm GMT

    hey its like going to see 2 movies, the movies together proably last 4 to 4 1/2 hours, the graw expansion is the same price but it entertains you for like 15 hours and it can also entertain your friends so its not that bad of a price. (buy or dont buy it dont make it a huge deal)

  • soulknight63133

    Posted Jun 24, 2006 10:22 am GMT

    I see your point ArmorAshes, however I have friends and family that are gamers that come over on the weekends to game with me so having a console has it's advantages over the PC.

  • MrNosuch

    Posted Jun 24, 2006 9:22 am GMT

    If you don't think it is worth the $15, don't buy it. I'm buying it because it will easily add more than 15 hours of novel fun to the game for me and my friends, and these days, a $1 per hour is a great entertainment value. Depending on how much fun you have from GRAW, these maps may or may not be worth it. So be it.

    And frankly, the days of free content are over. It takes a lot of man hours to make these huge, high quality HD maps, and those people can't work for free. Complaining that the maps aren't free is like complaining that a comic book based on a movie should be free because you paid for the movie. It doesn't work that way.

    If you want free maps, play Far Cry. You can make your own maps. Give it a try and you'll see that even with a stripped down limited map editor how many hours it takes to make a decent, fun map.

    Then suddenly $15 for 4 missions and 4 totally new maps and some new game modes might not seem like such a bad deal.

    But going on and on about how you are not going to spend your money sounds a lot like sour grapes. If you don't want the maps, or don't want to spend the money, no one cares. Lots of us can afford it, think it is a good value, and will buy it. It's a great way to add additional fun to a great game, and I don't have a problem with paying talented people who work hard to make good games.

  • TouchOfGlass

    Posted Jun 24, 2006 6:45 am GMT

    thats bs. 15 dollars for 4 new maps that are all almost exactly like fishing village. and 5 new guns that suck. who cares about faces, and that new mode is just the territory with bots.
    and they're probally comming out with like 2 or 4 more packs

    so thats like 60$ + 60$ for the game + 600 dollars for the 360 + 30$ per controller
    90$ for the hardrive

    so in all you spend like 1500 $ on all the shi t you have to buy for it.
    if i didnt get 5000 free points with those codes, i never would've bought it.

  • vid387

    Posted Jun 24, 2006 1:02 am GMT

    unfortunately i've already spent $120 on this game as my first disc was destroyed in the xbox... I would have been pleased with an 800 or less points download but I reluctantly downloaded the content anyway because for 2 or 3 more nights of split screen co-op on new maps with real friends is worth it imo

    I am pretty dissappointed with Ubisofts choice of pricing....

  • sailingmanuel

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 7:23 pm GMT

    I think the free market is going to sort all this out. Because so many of us won't buy it because of the price. And the game companys will learn what they can get away with and what they can't.

  • ace666

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 3:08 pm GMT

    I think the problem is that many people here aren't used to paying for expansions which is basically what this is. PC games get add-ons like this too, only difference is u have to go purchase it in a store. Console gaming has evolved and downloadable content that you have to purchase is going to be the norm. 4 new maps which are used in the new online campaign as well as mutiplayer, 2 new game modes, 2 new camouflages, 4 new faces, 8 relit maps (which believe it or not add a fresh perpective to the existing maps) and 5 new guns. This is a pretty healthy expansion which in my opinion is worth the $15.

  • samekila

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 2:59 pm GMT

    wow im so behind I still have to buy the game then I mikght get the new download

  • Sinister904

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 2:32 pm GMT

    if i spend $70 on a game, i don't think i should have to pay to get more content on a "next gen" game

  • nintendorocks

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 2:06 pm GMT

    Anytime anything costs money you people say 'Huge rip off! Forget it!" What do you expect? Everything to be free. How do you expect companies to make money?!

  • sundown70

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 1:09 pm GMT

    I refuse to purchase this......i would have payed a total of $80 for this game!!! It's outrageous!!!

  • skitzocyko

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 12:25 pm GMT

    oh just buy it!!

  • Manatassi

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 12:12 pm GMT

    Um... just out of interest didnt GRAW on the pc get a pretty average review?

    let me think.. oh yes 7.8 as opposed to 9.2 on the 360.

    the fact of the matter is if you want this content aparently for free altho I havent verified it is then get the inferior PC version for the PC that cost more than a thousand dolars more than your 360... if not then pay the $15.

    Anyway the fact of the matter is if you dont like the price then dont purchase the product and they will lower the price of future downloads. Myself I can afford the $15 and would quite like to play the new coop missions, along with the new maps. Oh and those who think that turning the brightness down on your TV will have the same effect as having the map lighting changed... good luck with that hope you have fune myself I think I'll stick with the tactical changes that it brings, but hey thats my prefrence .

  • ArmoredAshes

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 12:09 pm GMT

    Heh all you sad lemmings....you get this same stuff free for the computer and they milk you $15 for it here...i really miss those things, what were they called, oh yeah FREE patches

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 11:53 am GMT

    wish i had graw

  • TheGrandMiG

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 11:48 am GMT

    i dont have a 360 yet, but i will soon. im not looking forward to paying for extra content which should be free. do patches for PCs cost money? heck no.

    NO MORE PAYING FOR NEW CONTENT

  • DJPsyanyde

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 11:34 am GMT

    Anyone that does not dowload this Added content is robbing themselves of a very detailed and immense content package. The new game modes rock. The new maps are huge and intense. And old favorites become fresh with a new perspective. Hiding in plain sight on nowhere rocks. At least it didnt come out the same as the usual Ubisoft expansion... same game new maps minus other maps packaged as a new title ... i.e Island Thunder and Summit Strike

  • Stevio

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 11:16 am GMT

    Y'all enjoy your sad little boycott. Us non self righteous people will be having fun with the new maps. Man, activists annoy me.

  • cajunXLVII

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 10:55 am GMT

    4 new maps for $15?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    what a scam!!!!!!!!! and you don't even get a pretty disk!!!!!!

  • mason__w

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 10:52 am GMT

    If you think its over priced dont buy it, you'll be the ones missing out when you cant jon any of your friends gmes online.

  • acesion

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 10:51 am GMT

    Boycott this should be out for about 5 bucks I mean chapter one sucked and i bet the only thing worth it would be the guns which one of is probably good.

  • mike_515

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 10:49 am GMT

    It is a bit much for just a few extra levels.
    But 1200 extra points, i don't usualy care about points but i like the game a lot and when people look at my achievement for the game want them to go wow he's good so the more achievements the better.

  • psycho300x

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 10:44 am GMT

    yeah, screw that, i payed 400$ for the console and 60$ for the game, im not going to pay 15$ MORE to get some crappy levels and maps that are now at night, no thanks ubi, what happened to the good old days where the developers released PATCHES with extra content FOR FREE!!!

  • erchichito

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 10:38 am GMT

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  • aglett

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 10:13 am GMT

    1200 points is a rip-off for what you get.

    Yes, I may have a 360 premium / wireless / extra controllers / games, but I value each dollar I earn. Boycott!

  • LivingDeadNinja

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 9:43 am GMT

    Good and bad. Actually it's great that they come back with all this stuff to download for some money. But 1200 points is too much for what it is i think.
    400 for basic Arcade games and small downloads (COD2/PD0 maps)
    800 for bigger Arcade games and big downloads (like this GRAW one)
    1200 should only be for uberly big game downloads or for tops Arcade games (SFII Hyper...)

  • rykh

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 9:42 am GMT

    NOt for me, ill buy a used game. thats right a whole used game for $15

  • qwikqik

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 9:02 am GMT

    LOL @ visuall_basic!! Good stuff.

  • visuall_basic

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 8:58 am GMT

    For all you people saying that we payed more for Halo maps, please remember that if you waited a little, you could download them for FREE. Yes, developers have to get paid, and microtransactions are good because developers have incentive to release new content. BUT 15 dollars is pretty dang expensive. I thought with microtransactions we would be getting nickled and dimed, but we're getting hamilton-ed and jackson-ed!

  • XbjX

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 8:55 am GMT

    it took me all night to download I just kept my 360 on. The 4 new maps are extra nice. But not worth 15 bucks IMO unless your a diehard GRAW fan, even then 15 bucks is steep.

  • skinnypete91

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 8:25 am GMT

    YAY!

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