Modern Warfare 2 map pack due spring 2010

This is the direction of DLC I hate seeing. DLC was supposed to be the console's equivalent of patches to gain additional content after a while the game has been released. DLC planned and made before the game is released? Sad to see things like this. It's so easy for companies to stick to deadlines now, since if your running out of time, just wrap up the stuff that's done and sell it to the market and finish the rest and sell it again for additional income. There's not much pressure to give a complete game anymore. Sad, sad state of affairs. :/

After reading some articles about the CEO of Activision himself I've got to believe this guy only thinks of money. People aren't wrong for giving him the giving him the benefit of the doubt but from what I've seen he doesn't deserve it. He's talked of using fear as a way to motivate people, fear of losing their job at the drop of a dime. He's talked of "taking the fun out of making games" by taking everything and turning it corporate, this whole plan that he's got with Monster screams it. It's possible that they honestly don't have the time or money to add the maps in now, but taking all the facts and putting them together, it's very unlikely.

I hate hype

I won't be buying this till it comes down in price, and I definitely won't be buying the map packs. I was stupid enough to buy the packs for CoD:WaW and they're rubbish. @Proetorian to call people retards for not wanting to be ripped off is in its self, a bit retarded. Yes we all know money is the bottom line but guess what, its our money, so excuse me for wanting to express my opinion on the subject.

People, don't buy it... boycott it. They will soon do it for free, when us the customers show them enough is enough, and don't forget you are paying extra for this years CoD as well...

This is why i hate the whole DLC thing, why the hell don't we get it for free after paying big money for the game? Lining it up before the actual game is even out is scandalous!! S'all about the money!!!

This is why I'm done with COD, and pretty much anything made by Activision.

wtf put the maps in the game at launch........ This is stupid. What in the world has my favorite past time turned into........ Sorry but I am not buying them, I am making a stand now, I just wish more gamers would do it aswell, but I know this is a loosing battle.

@ SlayerX13 Well,, Forza 3 is also doing a rippoff, they already created the ferrari but they are going to sell it as a DLC, why not just putting him in the retail version? It is clearly that it is to get more money. This one, well... Maybe they already have the maps but they say that they are going to sell it at spring just to seem like they dont have it yet and that it is a fair use of DLC. idk lol

@ generaltom The multiplayer has been rebuilt from the ground up and has been improved on quiet a bit. Every sequel is like the title before it. That's why it's a sequel. @ ShootingPwnage Map Packs aren't rippoff if they are developed after the game is released. It is a ripoff when you purchase a 140kb key from the marketplace that unlocks content that is on the disk.

@ generaltom Yea but what can ya do. People wanna play the game so we will buy it.

Ugh more money to spend. =/ I want themaps, but they should have just made this come out with release rather than milking us dry.

Call of Duty=meh for me. It's more of the same really. Just my opinion. There are other games out there.

Who cares about the map packs right now the game hasn't even come out yet and Activision wants to start talking about map pack promotions I guess it all comes down to money in the end though.

The Modern Warfare games are just variations of previous games... re-skinned and with different guns that essentially serve the same functions. I don't think this is any different. Yes, they are a very greedy company but people shouldn't buy the DLC nor should they pay $65 for the game in droves for essentially the same game as Modern Warfare 1.

I realize im gonna get ripped off by getting the maps, but im still gonna get them just like everyone else playing this game How pathethic and ignorant has our society become that we see injustice right in our face and still succumb to it

You know what... I wouldn't even have a problem with this if it were at all likely that the DLC would actually be worth the price. But the odds are, just like COD4's DLC, it won't be worth a dollar (not that they were bad maps). ""

counting their chickens before they hatch much? thisis almost as bad as fox ordering a second season for the cleveland show when the first season hasn't even aired yet.

Way to kill the suspense, Acti... because we gamers just love to be strung along with overpriced breadcrumbs of content i.e. Street Fighter IV. I do appreciate Monster Assault though.

Already announcing map packs? Ah who are we kidding, they know and we know this thing will sell.

Activision sure is looking to make some money off you fools. Don't get me wrong, I'll probably get the game. But to announce maps and the game isn't even release? Why not include the maps in the first place. The game itself is $60 and they are already telling us they want another $10 for more maps.

Hopefully this offer will extend to the UK though I doubt it. I love Monster!

whatever. i'll be too busy playing Uncharted 2

wow the games not even out yet and we have confirmed map packs. yea im looking forward to the game but now im worried about how much money activision plans on making off this game. im also worried about how many maps were cut from the actual game just to be sold later on as DLC. oh well.

lmfao thats al i hav to say LMFAO!!

Map packs are done when the game is out, they just wait till fools get bored of the old ones and spend 10 bucks to kill players around different corners...

modern warfare 2 energy drinks? uhh sure, i'll take one i guess.... lol it'll probably sell just because of mw2's name on it anyways

i dont do energy drinks

ewwww, only energy drinks i ever drink (on very small occasion) are red bulls.

Monster assault is the only one worth drinking and even then there are better options when it comes to energy drinks. Why are they only giving away 100 copies of the game? Are they just targeting people that don't think about odds? If you start drinking Monster stay away from the juice. Oh my god the Mixxd crap is disgusting as hell.

Turned on my 360 ten minutes ago . . . red ring of death. Again. God I love Microsoft.

damn they talking bout map packs and the damn game aint even come out yet wow, infinity ward really working fast with this lmao

Also, I'm pretty sure I heard that the PC versions maps will cost something. Don't quote me on that though.

C'mon ppl, after they release the game, they will start making those maps, that's why it will be release in Spring. And for PC gamers, it's nice. I can wait

EtherTwilight is the only one here who makes any sense...

Translation: we have extra maps we could include in what's probably going to be a short game when it's released, but we'd rather you pay us extra a couple months later. Unless they're smart enough to make it free for PC since DLC for consoles is basically "chump tax."

Hahaha, nice one EtherTwilight. Reading that comment just made my night. Plus, I'm buzzing. Thank you. It's true though, such high expectations that are always too high, always too much.

After reading the comments, I'm fully convinced that everyone at GameSpot believes that no game should ever actually be released, and should instead be in an eternal development limbo where new features are constantly added and added and added. It'd be great, because not only does the game continually get better and better, but you never have to spend a dime on it, too! If Modern Warfare 2 releases with anything less than three hundred guns and eighty-seven maps, I'll be boycotting it as a total ripoff. Take the time to release finished products you guys, sheesh!

HAHA What if this game sucks or is so simliar to every other Call OF Duty we just get bored...Here's hoping not, but i'm worried

I am glad I am going to be renting this game

wow already trying to rip us off? seriously? pc version wins

wow... now there is no way to deny the fact that they made the map pack AFTER they released their game. DLC is now the new method to milk people!

The video game industry is just that - And industry. And industries exist for one reason and that is to make money by providing some kind of product. And as long as people buy it they can deliver it however they want. Don't hate on Activision because they know how to make money, hate on the companies that make horrible games and DON'T know how to make money, they are the ones wasting our time.

Seriously...screw activision.

@alex_09 bro that will never happen in a billion yeasr as long as the word fanboy exist the milking will continue.

Please don't buy this guys, we need to show a bit of intelligence. I hope we all continue to disapprove once it is released..

it prints money