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Just wanted to remind everyone that the Double EXP Weekend kicks off this week. Starting Thursday the Variety Map Pack will be half off, putting the price at $4.99. 

Starting this Thursday the 18th (and going till the 25th), we’re going to be kicking off a full week of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare promotions on PS3. Starting with the #1 DLC on PSN, the Variety Map Pack, dropping to $4.99 all week long. In addition, you’ll be able to rack up double XP and rank up all weekend from Friday – Sunday. I’m aiming to beat my personal best of 45 ranks in one weekend and aiming to rank up a over a full 55 ranks on PSN. I’ll be partying up with a few of the IW crew on Friday from Noon – 4 pm (PT) to take advantage of the double XP. Be sure to add the following PSN IDs to your friends list or send us invites if you see us online:

Fourzerotwoiw

COD4qaBurx

COD4qaEd

COD4artist_OLO

COD4qaNairb

COD4studioVince

Fourzerotwo says he will be available all week long to play with. 

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If you still havent bought Call of Duty 4 yet then your chance to buy it might be now. Call of Duty 4’s purchase price has gone down from $59.99 to $39.99 making this possibly the best budget game available. It won’t be cut forever though, it will last until the 14th of September 2008.

By checking retailers websites in Europe it seems that the Europeans will still have to pay full whack for the game. This price cut is only for North America.

The price cut is in effect from now.

[UPDATE] The price cut is only available at GameStop.

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fourzerotwo made a post on his blog dating that the PlayStation 3 Double Exp weekend will begin next week on September 18th. During that weekend you’ll be able to game with the developers, and that’s not all. They will discount the Variety Map Pack during the weekend by 50%. 

Please note this begins next weekend. 

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Infinity Ward has announced another double XP weekend for Call of Duty 4 which will commence on the 12th of September and will end on the 14th.

What is a double XP weekend? It’s basically a weekend where you can score a lot of points, all XP earned during online play is doubled.

I’m currently working on getting everything organized and together for an upcoming Xbox Live / PSN promotion we have coming up the weekend of Sept. 12th – 14th. Which isn’t this weekend, but next weekend.

I will have exact details on what it is in the near future but I have a gut feeling it’ll have Double XP attached to it for all those hungry for some power-leveling on Call of Duty 4.

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4 new game modes could be added to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The news was struck on Robert Bowling blog, Director of Communications / Community Manager for Infinity Ward.

Here are the details of the new game modes.

Bare-bones Team Deathmatch

No more excuses. No more blaming Martyrdom or Juggernaut for your lack of skills and kills. Bare Bones Team Deathmatch eliminates the excuses and takes it back to basics with standard Team Deathmatch with no perks, no kill streak rewards. Just you, your skill, and your weapons.

Hardcore HQ

Hardcore HQ requires a lot more than just spamming the HQ position with nades and running in guns blazing. Hardcore HQ encourages more tactical gameplay and communication to win with increased damage, no HUD elements, and friendly fire on.

Multi-bomb Search and Destroy

Multi-bomb Search and Destroy starts every member of the attacking team with a bomb. So everyone has the opportunity to plant if they’re good enough.

Hardcore FFA

Even faster paced Free For Alls, where every bullet counts and playing smart is key for a solid k/d ratio. Standard Free for All rules, with Hardcore mode enabled for extra damage, no HUD, and no health re-gen.

Infinity Ward have stated that there will be no Trophies for Call of Duty 4. Infinity Ward’s Community Manager said this:

Hey Everyone -

With the latest Playstation 3 firmware now available, I see a lot of questions regarding how it effects Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

At this time, we have no plans to patch in Trophy support for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the PS3. Much like DualShock rumble addition to the PS3, the support for these new features have come much to late for us to add it to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare due to our current production schedule.

We would have loved to have these in the game at launch if the support was available, or shortly after.

You can view this statement on their forums.

Here’s a list of the most difficult Playstation 3 games we have experienced. While some games are easy to finish and complete, others are rock solid.

In no particular order:

• Ninja Gaiden Sigma
• Timeshift
• Singstar
• Crossfire
• Gundam
• The Darkness (on highest difficulty)
• Call of Duty 4 (on highest difficulty)
• Metal Gear Solid 4 on the hardest setting

The hardest on that list is probably Ninja Gaiden Sigma, i remember getting really frustrated playing that game.

Thats right, a double XP weekend is coming up for the brilliant shooter, Call of Duty 4. The double XP weekend will start on Friday morning and will last until Monday with a quote that says this:

“yes I know… we always say that, but we’re really going to cut it off at Monday this time… maybe”

So make sure your free this weekend to take advantage of this or…. you could be still playing Grand Theft Auto 4 like me.

“In addition, we will be tweaking all the playlist map rotations a bit so that the Variety Map Pack no longer shows up 2:1 to old maps. Therefore all maps (old and new) have an equal chance to come up in map rotation, so you won’t be seeing Chinatown pop up 8,000 times or any other new map over and over again.”

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Call of Duty 4 is the third Playstation 3 game to shift 3 million units. With Motorstorm in 1st and Resistance Fall of Man in second, Infinity Ward’s shooter has finally made made it. I’m sure Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto will break the 3 million mark and will probably exceed that amount by a long shot.

Well done to Infinity Ward!

The Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack will hit Playstation Store on the 24th of April in the US and Europe. There were previous reports suggesting that the Map Pack will be released in Europe on May the 1st, not anymore though, so the Europeans don’t have to worry no more.

The Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Packfor PS3 will be available on the PlayStation Network on Thursday April, 24 for both the US and Europe!

Additionally, since they won’t be coming out on two different days anymore all the Double XP / Play with the Devs goodness will be on the same day. Enjoy Double XP all weekend for both continents from 12:01 AM GMT on Friday, April 25 to 11:59 PM PDT on Sunday, April 27. We are also making Friday, April, 25 a “Play with the Devs” day. The Infinity Ward team will be playing online on Friday, April 25 from 11AM to 2PM PDT and from 5 PM to 8 PM PDT.

The price of the Map Pack is $9.99, so around £4.99 in the UK.

Source: iamfourzerotwo.com.

The new Variety Map Pack for the Playstation 3 version of Call of Duty 4 will be released in North America on the 24th of April 2008 and in Europe on the 1st of May.

Along with the Variety Map Pack, there will be a Double XP weekend in North America from 12:01 AM PDT on the 25th of April 2008 to 11:59 PM PDT on 27th of April 2008.

Not only that, if your playing in North America you will be able to play the new maps against the Infinity Ward team on the 25th of April 2008 from 5 PM PDT to 8 PM PDT.

So what about the Europeans? Well if your playing in Europe, you will have a Double XP weekend that starts at 12:01 AM GMT on the 2nd of May 2008 and will end on at 11:59 PM GMT on the 4th of May 2008. Europeans can play the new maps against the Infinity Ward team on the 2nd of May from 7 PM GMT to 10 PM GMT.

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Robert Bowling, Director of Communications/Community Manager of Infinity Ward, has let the Playstation industry know that the variety map pack for the PS3 version of COD4 has been sent to Sony for certification. This means that we are a step closer to it’s release.

Bowling said:

“The Variety Map Pack DLC and patch required to add the maps to the game have went to certification at Sony last night,”

“We’re shooting for a worldwide simultaneous release, so all users can expect to have it at the same general time frame when it finishes certification. We’re working to see if we can secure a firm release date to pass along to you guys now, and I’ll post that as soon as I have it.”

Looks like a late April release date. Keep tuned in and check back for news on the release.