Activision has confirmed that the first download content in its so-called 'Modern Warfare 3 Content Season' will arrive on January 24 for Call of Duty: Elite paid subscribers.
As usual, all content will release on Xbox 360 before PS3/PC, and with Elite now in the works, release dates will be split further between premium and non-premium users.
The first content to arrive is a map pack containing two maps, Liberation and Piazza, which Xbox Live-playing premium Elite members get on Jan 24. Non-premium members and players on PC and PS3 will have to wait for further word on their release dates.
Below is a new trailer giving you a brief of Infinity Ward's extensive DLC plans, and a first look at the two new maps in action.
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bamozzy on 10 Jan '12 said:
Looking good but a little disappointed we are only getting 2 maps and each is considered one of the 20. I would have hoped for about 20+ maps over the course of the 9 months. There is no way though that they will/can charge 1200 ms points for 2 maps so those that have to wait til march at least know that they won't need that many points. I expect they will sell them individually though so that you can buy which ones you want rather than as a pack where you get 1 or 2 that you don't want!
I am glad they are both available in spec ops too
Coulson1990 on 10 Jan '12 said:
They might bundle JAN/FEB/MAR dlc for non eite and charge like 1200 to 1600 for it. People will buy it though.
bamozzy on 10 Jan '12 said:
If they do charge that much, I am glad I have an Elite subscription!!!!!
Solid Snake UK on 10 Jan '12 said:
if i was still into call of duty this would've been awesome. £40 for all that cotent is a pretty damn good deal. unfortuanatly the game just dosnt do for me anymore,when cod 4 came i would spend all night playing that game and the time would fly. i tried to get into mw3 but it felt like there was to much of a copy and paste job (dosnt make me a hater
) same animations throughout every game etc i got bored faily easily. bit of a shame really really enjoyed the series up to mw2
PG2603 on 10 Jan '12 said:
Well he's thought, if the DLC is split in 9 months between January & September. That must mean PS3 will get on 31st January for ELITE.
gmcb007 on 10 Jan '12 said:
I'm more intrigued that they mentioned that they're thinking of more content to the single player. It would be intresting to see more missions taking place in the European battlefield. I would like to see a tank mission taking place in the German country side/autobahns. Would be like a modern twist on the classic ww2 COD missions. (The irony being now that you're defending Germany from the bad guys!)
2 maps is a bit stingy but the Italy one does like quite fun. It's got a favela vibe to it. You know by the time all of this content is out then it may be quite good value to invest in Elite.
thedubster on 11 Jan '12 said:
TBH I was expecting more than 2 maps in the 1st drop, but guess, like others that they'll do 2 maps this month, another map in Feb and 2 in March to provide the first DLC, which non-Elite players can buy as a pack of 4 maps. The rumoured maps of Morningwood and Overwatch (or whatever they'll be called will be 2 of the others, with a remake of an old map making up the numbers
In a lot of ways I hope the Liberation map will be good for snipers, but on the other hand, that could just lead to 4 snipers on either team as seems to be the trend with larger COD maps
And please, please, please fix the spawning - the hotfix was supposed to help, but IMHO has made it worse
And where are all the BF3 players trolling this story? Another site with the same story is overwhelmed with the hate!
bamozzy on 11 Jan '12 said:
I know 2 maps doesn't sound like a lot but when you consider they have said a minimum of 20 content drops over 9 months that works out at 2+ items average per month so this is in keeping with what they said - I would have liked more myself.
Both maps are playable in 'survival' too so that increases their usability. Both maps are also large but offer a very different game style - Piazza looks to favour close quarter combat where as Liberation looks a lot more open and favour a more longer range combat. Despite only offering 2 maps, there is quite a bit of variety and game play potential (both are playable in all game modes - including 'ground war', especially considering you only need to wait 1 month before the next content is released.
The Bossman on 14 Jan '12 said:
If it's a 9 month season then the PS3 HAS to get the DLC in January also or it'll be a 10 month DLC season, from February to October. I think it'll be on PS3 for Premium Elite on 31st Jan, that's what I expect. Talk of single player content gets me excited too, that's all I played as recent as 4 years ago when I started to use PSN and game online.
bamozzy on 14 Jan '12 said:
Is there still no word on the PS3 dates? Did you get the Hardened Edition? If so what does it say about DLC? I have it for the xbox and mine says minimum of 20 over a 9 month schedule...