November 10, 2009 was supposed to be the day that changed gaming. Finally, the ultimate FPS was coming and gaming would unite in a massive multiplayer experience the likes of which the world has never seen. It actually happened. Then, the other shoe dropped. Glitches, hacks, cheating, the dismantling of a studio, lawsuits, and the eventual partial abandonment of the fastest selling game of all time all overshadowed the game itself. We finally got our first piece of DLC from Activision for MW2 and it does not make the gamer feel much better about the game than we did a few weeks ago.
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The new map pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 releases today for 1200 MS points, or $15 USD. Three new maps, Salvage, Bailout, and Storm. There are also two cult favorites from Modern Warfare. I’ve also heard rumors of double-xp all week, so get online and prepare to poop on some kids with those dual blue-tiger P90’s.
Oh wait, I’ve just been handed an urgent news bulletin. The map pack doesn’t work on Xbox 360.
That’s right, multiple sites are reporting that while the download is now available, players are not able to play the new maps either public or private. From what these other sites have speculated on, it could be due to a separate title update to the game, which is meant to sync everything up correctly. All is explained in detail at Robert Bowling’s blog here.
Anyways, the day has come, the map pack is here, and it looks like we will be waiting just a little bit longer to play the maps than we want to. Drat. I hope Activision/Blizzard gets this fixed VERY quickly, if not for their sake, then for my sanity’s sake at least.
[Editor’s Update – According to Major Nelson, as of 11:30am ET, the patch is now live and everyone should be able to play]
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