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CoD 4 Variety Map Pack now out on PSN...but caveat emptor: it's region-locked
Samit Sarkar04.24.08 - 7:49 PM 30 comments

CoD 4 Variety Map Pack now out on PSN...but caveat emptor: it's region-locked screenshot

As promised, those of us who own Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on the PS3 can now enjoy four new multiplayer maps! I bet you 360 owners are all going, “Been there, done that,” but you’ve already been playing on Killhouse, Broadcast, Chinatown, and Creek for the past three weeks — so keep quiet and let us have our moment in the sun, okay? The map pack is now available on the PlayStation Network for $9.99.

But there’s an important side note to the map pack. In a post on his blog, fourzerotwo warns that the map pack is region-locked, so you’ll have to log in to your own country’s PlayStation Store to purchase the DLC that is compatible with your disc. In other words, don’t bother trying to download the map pack through an international friend’s account, you pirates:

If you have the GERMAN version of the game, you MUST purchase the GERMAN version of the map pack.

If you have the UK version of the game, you MUST purchase the UK version of the map pack.

Just make sure that the Disc version and the Map Pack version matches up. If you have an [sic] UK version of the game, DO NOT purchase a German version of the map pack. It won’t work. The same goes for any other mismatched version.

Apparently, Infinity Ward is talking with Sony to try and figure out a solution for people who have already spent the $10 on a non-compatible version. One more thing of note that the press release (after the jump) mentions is the release date for the PS3 version of the GOTY edition of CoD 4: apparently, it will be out on May 6th, and it’ll include the same free token for the Variety Map Pack that the 360 version does. Either way, I’m going to download the maps later tonight — who’s with me? Or do you have them already? Remember, the Double XP Weekend began as of 7:01 PM EDT, so hop on the PSN and get fragging!

[Via IAMfourzerotwo — thanks, Justin!]

CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE VARIETY MAP PACK FOR PLAYSTATION 3 SYSTEM AVAILABLE NOW

Activision Launches Double XP Weekend Featuring Play-the-Developer Multiplayer Games on the PLAYSTATION Network

Santa Monica, CA – April 24, 2008 – It’s time for PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system gamers to test their mettle on the battlefields featured in Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™ Variety Map Pack, available now for download through the PLAYSTATION®Network. To celebrate the launch, PLAYSTATION Network will host a Double XP Weekend, where players can earn twice as many experience points as they battle gamers from specific playlists on the new multiplayer maps starting at 12:01 GMT, Friday, April 25 through 11:59 PDT, Sunday, April 27.

Gamers will also have the opportunity to play with developers from Infinity Ward on Friday, April 25, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT and 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EDT. Make sure to add the following PLAYSTATION Network IDs to your friend’s list:

fourzerotwoiw

COD4Drew

COD4Bryan

COD4Justin

COD4Neel

COD4Brian

COD4David

COD4Ed

The Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack features four new multiplayer maps including “Broadcast,” featuring tight corridors and wide open parking lots where large groups will utilize close-quarter fighting and strategic maneuvers; “Chinatown” where night battles well lit by the full moon can play havoc against a backdrop of brightly colored lamps, antique shops and neon signs of the local district; “Killhouse,” a desolate warehouse under enemy attack where squads will need to move through building mock-ups and plywood walls in order to take control of the combat arena; and “Creek,” a wide open village in a heavily wooded area where battles are fought among high ridgelines and deep in underground caves.

Additionally, the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the Year Edition for the PLAYSTATION 3 system will ship to North American retailers on May 6. The new title features the intense cinematic warfare of the original award-winning game and a token to access the explosive new multiplayer maps featured in the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack. The game is rated “M” (Mature) by the ESRB for Intense Violence, Strong Language, Blood and Gore.

For information and updates on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, players can visit: www.charlieoscardelta.com.



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Latest comment by king3vbo |view all 30 comments
WHY REGION LOCKING WHY...



Aerox's Avatar
Aerox at 04/24/2008 19:53

Why is French Guiana a different region than the rest of South America? I thought all of SA was Region 4? Or is that wrong?
Shin Oni's Avatar
Shin Oni at 04/24/2008 20:02

um....why are we region Locking PS3 games to begin with? Lets start off with that.
weirdfunk's Avatar
weirdfunk at 04/24/2008 20:04

I have tomorrow off so i could be going out
Fuck that, im downloading this
topFAPgearFAPgorillaFAP's Avatar
topFAPgearFAPgorillaFAP at 04/24/2008 20:04

ok. I want TF2 updates. for 360.
311grassr00ts's Avatar
311grassr00ts at 04/24/2008 20:06

hey samit, i am confused, has the double xp already begun? I'll be down to play a bit later on tonight if you have any interest. If you've got room on your friend list send me an invite x311grassr00tsx.
SoopaFly TNT's Avatar
SoopaFly TNT at 04/24/2008 20:07

Yeah, make sure that you are downloading the right thing. More importantly, though, is that it seems so far that the PSN is holding up well with all the downloads. It took only a couple of minutes to download and have been playing for the last few hours with no issues. Good job Sony.
311grassr00ts's Avatar
311grassr00ts at 04/24/2008 20:08

i realize i failed with my response, if anyone wants to play, i'll be online sometime around 11 or 12 eastern standard time.
Mikescool's Avatar
Mikescool at 04/24/2008 20:18

this is freaking stupid, non of the ps3 games is region locked!!!!! all PS3 games are region free, y the hell are they locking a damn MAP PACK!!#!%^?
Kif 's Avatar
Kif at 04/24/2008 20:28

Why would you be downloading it on any other regions anyway?
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 04/24/2008 20:29

AMERICA IS SUPERIORRRRR
DryvBy's Avatar
DryvBy at 04/24/2008 20:36

Sorry, COD was and always will be a PC game. Free maps via internet. Screw their "official" crap.
Takeshi's Avatar
Takeshi at 04/24/2008 20:52

What? I knew they were region locked but I didn't knew it was this bad. In other words, I thought I could download the UK version.

@Kif
I'm sharing my PSN game with a couple of other Dtoiders. So that way I don't have to pay ten bucks for the maps. But I'm in Holland and the guys I know are in the US.
Corak's Avatar
Corak at 04/24/2008 21:01

Downloading now, but its taking a while, more than an hour, but its almost done.
mistic's Avatar
mistic at 04/24/2008 21:03

phew for a moment there I thought you meant that EU players would not be able to play against USA-players :-)
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 04/24/2008 21:21

@Shin, they are not, that's the weird thing. They shouldn't region lock the dlc if the game isn't.

Anyway, I'm skipping this DLC because in a matter of hours I'll be playing MGO and after that I'll be playing GTAIV, I'm pretty much done with COD4.
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 04/24/2008 21:31

Lucky China, they get their own region.
IceMax's Avatar
IceMax at 04/24/2008 21:36

any word on a PC release for these?
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 04/24/2008 22:14

@IceMax: None yet, sorry.
Noah's Avatar
Noah at 04/24/2008 23:35

I'd be surprised if there is a legit copy of COD4 in the whole country of Ch1na, since you can buy it everywhere for about 80 cents.
Mikescool's Avatar
Mikescool at 04/25/2008 00:03

well what about the people with ps3s in China, they still need to download it since u can't pirate PS3 stuff yet right?
ParaParaKing's Avatar
ParaParaKing at 04/25/2008 00:28

What's the surprise? All PS3 expansions are region locked...
Milkman519's Avatar
Milkman519 at 04/25/2008 01:33

Region locking maps isn't really a big deal and I guess it keeps the pirates away. Kind of strange though. I don't think I've seen a region locked map pack...
Detox's Avatar
Detox at 04/25/2008 01:33

no problem with that? you live in whatever country, you make that psn account for the country, how hard can is possibly be? it's not rocket science.
Emrah's Avatar
Emrah at 04/25/2008 01:38

For a second, I thought the online play of these maps are also region locked, but I am guessing only the purchase and download is region locked.
njsykora's Avatar
njsykora at 04/25/2008 03:47

Doesn't matter whether they're region locked at all as they're all out at the same time.
razerangel's Avatar
razerangel at 04/25/2008 05:39

A strange move indeed by IW and/or Activision
JACK of No Trades's Avatar
JACK of No Trades at 04/25/2008 07:47

LOL Takeshi was pissed last night to find out the maps wouldn't work. It took me three hours to download the fuckers from my shitty connection.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 04/25/2008 08:39

Region locks don't make sense to me... they just make me sad.
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 04/25/2008 10:47

I don't really see the reasoning behind region locking the content. Are they just trying to even out distribution to take the load off their servers?
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 04/25/2008 12:33

WHY REGION LOCKING WHY

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