Kotaku: map pack

World at War Map Pack 3 Releases Next Week for PC

Owen Good — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:30:00 MDT

Patch 1.6, which includes Map Pack 3 for PC, deploys next week. This time I am going to get his name right and attribute the news to Josh Olin, the Treyarch Community Manager.

Map Pack 3, of course, includes the multiplayer settings Battery, Breach and Revolution, plus the Nazi zombie map Der Riese. Unlike the consoles, however, PC players get this for free.

There are some other exploit fixes and issue correction. Additionally, Olin says Treyarch does "expect a concurrent release of the Mod Tools 1.4 package, Linux dedicated 1.6 bins, and the Steam 1.6 day-of-date with this patch." Full details at the link.

Patch 1.6 Details [Call of Duty Community Forums, via Blue's News]

Frontlines Map Pack Hits Xbox Live

Mike Fahey — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:20:00 MDT

Anyone out there still playing Frontlines: Fuel of War? Yes you, in the back. This post is for you then. THQ would like $10 from you so you can play the game on four all new maps with that other guy who is playing. I hear he's already buying it, so you might as well. Four new maps have shown up on Xbox Live this morning, containing two large-scale maps, Wide Awake and Hindsight, and two smaller-scale maps, Infiltration and Sunder. The pack weighs in at 800 points, but that's a small price to pay to get that other guy to quit whining about knowing all the maps already.

Oh, and in case you thought I forgot, arr, matey.

DLC: Frontlines: 4 Map Pack [Xbox Live's Major Nelson]

TimeShift 360 Gets Untimely Free Map Pack

Mike Fahey — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:20:00 MDT

Sierra Entertainment is looking to give TimeShift players a boost today as they announce the availability of the Futures-Past Multiplayer Map Pack on Xbox Live today. The pack contains five new maps playable in any of the games myriad multiplayer modes, from the mundane deathmatch to the relatively entertaining King of Time mode. The pack will cost you absolutely nothing to download, as Sierra is most likely desperately trying to drum up interest for the game, a solid title that had the misfortune of being delayed to the point where they had to release it between Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4, effectively ensuring that the multiplayer audience for the title would be far too busy doing other, more important things. It's ironic how horribly time has treated TimeShift. I'm just glad they didn't release this map pack within weeks of another blockbuster game with amazing multiplayer was released. Oh wait.

TIRED OF THE SAME OLD TEAM DEATHMATCH?
SIERRA ENTERTAINMENT REVEALS INNOVATIVE MULTIPLAYER MAP PACK FOR TIMESHIFTTM

Sierra Entertainment today revealed plans to launch the Futures-Past Multiplayer Map Pack, a new downloadable content (DLC) package for TimeShift™ for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, available for free download on 9th May 2008. The map pack features five new multiplayer maps for players to unravel while annihilating online enemies with time-bending chrono grenades. Each map presented in the DLC package supports classic multiplayer modes: One-on-One, Deathmatch, and Team Deathmatch, but TimeShift's exclusive multiplayer modes, King of Time and Meltdown Madness modes reveal the future of multiplayer fragging.

For more information on downloadable content package, Futures-Past Multiplayer Map Pack, be sure to visit the official website at www.timeshiftgame.com.

Call of Duty 4 Map Pack Montage

Brian Crecente — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:00:00 MDT

This is a great way to prep for the Call of Duty 4 map pack set to hit later this week. I'm going to have to go get in some more COD time, I've been really slack lately.

Free SOCOM 3, Combined Assault Map Packs Announced

Brian Crecente — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:00:00 MDT

All eyes may be on the upcoming online only SOCOM Confrontation for the Playstation 3, but that doesn't mean that the SOCOM developers have completely forgotten about their PS2 fan base.

The team just announced the release of a new downloadable map pack for SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs and SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault. This third downloadable map pack includes SOCOM and SOCOM II maps Crossroads, Fishhook, Frostfire and Guidance.

Crossroads is a SOCOM II urban map based in North Africa. Crossroads consistently ranks as the most popular classic SOCOM map and a next generation version of Crossroads will be featured in SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation. It is playable in a day or night setting with up to 16 players in Suppression, Demolition and Control gametypes.
Fishhook is a SOCOM II map based on a seaside North African village. It is playable with up to 16 players in a day or night setting in Suppression, Extraction, Control and Breach gametypes.

Frostfire is a SOCOM map which features an oil drilling platform off of the coast of Alaska. It is playable in a day or night setting with up to 16 players in Suppression, Control and Demolition gametypes.

Guidance is a SOCOM II map which features an ex-soviet military base in Russia. It is playable in a day or night setting with up to 16 players in Suppression, Demolition and Control gametypes.

The best part, the new map pack is totally free. Sounds like just the thing to hold me over until SOCOM Confrontations hits in September.

NEW SOCOM 3 AND SOCOM CA MAP PACK RELEASED... FOR FREE! [SOCOM, thanks txshurricane]

Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack Details

fdemarco — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:00:00 MDT

April 3rd will see the launch of Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year Edition and with it, the roll out of the Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack. Each copy of COD4:GOTY will come with a download token for the new multi-player maps, or you can download it from XBL for 800 MS points. Here's a quick rundown of the details:

The Variety Map Pack includes four new multiplayer maps. "Creek" is a wide-open village ravaged by combat where concealment is the difference between life and death. In "Broadcast," fight throughout an enemy communications building with confined corridors and wide-open parking lots. "Chinatown" is a foggy downtown district, lit only by a full moon and the neon glow of the city. "Killhouse" features a desolate training warehouse filled with a variety of building mock-ups and soft and hard cover points.

More details including an early sneak peek of the maps at select GameStops can be found on the Xbox COD website.

Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack [Xbox]

Red Versus Blue On Halo 3 Map Pack

Brian Crecente — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:00:27 MST

The Red Versus Blue guys bring their cheeky, dare I saw whimsical, sense of humor to this preview of the upcoming Halo 3 map pack. On second thought, strike the whimsical, anything that involves shooting a huge set of balls at someone's face could probably use a better adjective.

Halo Halloween Hijinks Coming

Brian Crecente — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:00:07 MDT

Frankie doesn't spill much over at Bungie, but he does mention that the multiplayer design team is cooking up a special Halloween treat for Halo 3 players.

Our multiplayer design teams are hard at work on a couple of things. One of them is a fun, seasonal addition to the matchmaking playlist which should keep you entertained for about 27 hours around Halloween. No specifics yet, but suffice it to say that if you want to spend your witchy holiday playing Halo 3, we'll give you some spooktacular reasons to do so.

Frankie then commences to tease us again with little detail about the first downloadable map pack that will be coming to the game, talking about how he first hated a map he nicknamed Purple Reign because of its symmetry and now he loves it. Bah!

On a bright note he did hand out two sets of Recon Armor to gamers who suffered particularly embarrassing deaths in the game. The Rubber Bullet guy and the guy who managed to shoot himself in the head with his own Sniper Rifle both got a set.

Bungie Weekly Update

FEAR Gets Nightmares

Brian Crecente — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:01:50 MDT

Nothing like a little fear on the fourth! Major Nelson pointed out late last night that a new game pack is available for the 360 version of F.E.A.R. The 500-point pack comes with four new multiplayer maps. Heliport and Spill Kill are both Conquer and CTF maps. While Asylum and Cafeteria are both deathmatch and control maps.

Name: FEAR Nightmare Pack Price: 500 Points Availability: Not available in Asia or Mexico Dash Details: Can't get enough F.E.A.R.? Then grab this map-pack loaded with 4 brand new multiplayer maps. For Conquer All and CTF fans, Heliport gives you close quarters combat with an enemy waiting in every corner while Spill Kill offers cramped sewers and open spill ways for non-stop action. Deathmatch or Control fans, prepare to fight it out in a large abandoned mental institution, in Asylum, and feast on hot-lead in Cafeteria.

FEAR Nightmare Pack [Major Nelson]

New Gears Map Pack Hits Thursday

Brian Crecente — Tue, 01 May 2007 10:00:57 MDT

Well lookie here, a new Gears of War map pack that we didn't see coming. The Hidden Fronts Multiplayer Map Pack will include four new maps:

Bullet Marsh: In this Kryll-infested swamp, an old generator still powers the area lights. A few stray bullets could easily knock out the generator, leaving combatants to fend for themselves against the Kryll.

Garden: This overgrown and crumbling conservatory still has a working fertilization and pesticide system. This system can pose a serious hazard to anyone who ventures into the greenhouse without first venting the air.

Process: Teams must fight for control of this subterranean Imulsion processing plant, still active despite the cessation of the Pendulum wars.

Subway: Timgad's Central Subway station used to serve as a central hub for commuters. Now the tunnels are crawling with Locust.

The map pack goes on sale at 9 a.m. GMT on Thursday for 800 points, or you can just wait until Sept. 3 and get it for free. Brian Crecente

Prey Map Pack Released to Xbox Live

kotaku.com — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:40:48 MDT

Excellent. Some new maps have been released on Marketplace for everyone's favorite Dyson-Sphere-Meets-Alien-Vagina game, Prey. Content includes 5 new multiplayer characters and a few deathmatch maps, so single players need look elsewhere. But it's free, which is always refreshing. Florian Eckhardt

Prey: In-Game Content [Major Nelson]

G.R.A.W. PC Map Pack No. 2 On Its Way

brownlee — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:00:30 MDT

If you just can't get enough G.R.A.W. — and let's face it, who doesn't enjoy putting down another Mexican taco insurgency? — Ubisoft has word that a second map pack is coming to the PC. Quoth Ubi:

Today we're releasing more information about the GRAW PC Map Pack #2. See below for 2 screenshots, each detailing a new game mode that will be added with the map pack. Additionally, this map pack will implement the death cam, a feature showing you how you died and who shot you. This pack is still in development, aiming for a release at the end of July or beginning of August.

Which is all well and good if you've got the PC version, but those of you on XBox Live are G.R.A.W. S.O.L. Florian Eckhardt

Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter [Official Site]