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I love acronyms! CoD 4: MW GOTY Edition with XBL Double XP Weekend
5:58 PM on 04.04.2008, Samit Sarkar 43 comments

I love acronyms! CoD 4: MW GOTY Edition with XBL Double XP Weekend photo
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If you’re one of the few people on the planet who don’t already own a copy of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — and if so, you probably either don’t like FPSes or are destitute — then Activision has just the deal for you! They’ve just shipped the Game of the Year Edition for Call of Duty 4, which was one of 2007’s top-selling games. It retails for $59.99 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

You may be thinking to yourself, “Why should I buy this edition over the original version, especially when I can get the old one for less than $60?” Well, here’s the skinny. Have you heard about the new map pack that just came out on Xbox Live? It costs 800 Microsoft Points (in real money, that’s ten American dollars), but guess what? The GOTY Edition of CoD 4 comes with a “token” to download the map pack (again, it’s a $10 value) for free!

The press release (after the jump) makes no mention of the PS3 version of the GOTY Edition, but if you check out its listing on Amazon.com, it says this: “The Game of the Year Edition includes a code that allows players to download the Variety Map Pack, a $10 value for free on the PlayStation Network.” So presumably, PS3 owners will be able to download the map pack for free when it comes out on the PSN in three weeks.

But there’s another special surprise for Xbox 360 owners who play CoD 4. In conjunction with today’s launch of the map pack, Xbox Live is currently hosting a Double XP Weekend. So from Friday, April 4 through Sunday, April 6, you’ll be able to work toward your next Prestige mode twice as fast! If you’re not already on Xbox Live with the new maps, hopefully you’ll be there during Friday Night Fights. Hop to it! If you don’t buy the GOTY Edition and/or download the map pack, the terrorists win!

CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION HITS RETAIL SHELVES

Xbox LIVE Offers New Maps and Hosts Exclusive Double XP Weekend

Santa Monica, CA – April 4, 2008 – Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Infinity Ward are giving gamers a new offensive with the launch of the Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™ Game of the Year Edition. The title allows gamers to experience the intense cinematic action of the original, award-winning and best-selling title, and includes a token for the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack, available now exclusively for download via Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

Exclusively available for Xbox 360 for the next 21 days, the map pack includes “Broadcast,” which features tight corridors and wide open parking lots where large groups utilize close-quarter fighting and strategic maneuvers; “Chinatown,” where night battles well lit by the full moon 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 full take control of the combat arena; and “Creek,” a large wide-open village in a heavily wooded area where battles are fought between high ridgelines and deep in underground caves.

To celebrate the launch of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the Year Edition and the Variety Map Pack, Xbox LIVE will host a Double XP Weekend. Starting on Friday, April 4 through Sunday, April 6, players can earn twice as many experience points as they play the new maps on the Variety Map Pack specific playlists.

Both the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the Year Edition and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack for Xbox 360 are available now in the United States. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 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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GuitarAtomik's Avatar
GuitarAtomik at 04/04/2008 18:01
I'd download the maps and be playing them now if Live wasn't completely borked. I want to play godammit!!!
Justice's Avatar
Justice at 04/04/2008 18:02
If I do ever get this game, it'll be this version. I still don't see how it could be better than Halo 3 online though IMO (not trying to start flamewars).
To1kien's Avatar
To1kien at 04/04/2008 18:03
The maps are pretty cool, and the xp gain is nice

(blatant self-promotion)
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/To1kien/new-cod4-maps-the-good-the-bad-the-missing--79867.phtml
Y0j1mb0's Avatar
Y0j1mb0 at 04/04/2008 18:04
It is Justice..it is. COD4 is online fisticuffs perfected (not trying to start flamewars).

:P
Y0j1mb0's Avatar
Y0j1mb0 at 04/04/2008 18:08
To1kien:

Let me help you out with that.

To1kien's Shameless Plug
diversionmary's Avatar
diversionmary at 04/04/2008 18:09
My bastard friend and I have been racing through XP levels. He leveled one up from me today and was bragging about it. Now I know how he did it. I'll be buying this as soon as I get home, and as soon as XBL is willing.
Tubatic's Avatar
Tubatic at 04/04/2008 18:12
I'm confused. This isn't about sports!
beckett420's Avatar
beckett420 at 04/04/2008 18:14
I'm with GuitarAtomik, been trying to download them since about 4 eastern but Live won't let me add points to my account.
DrNutt's Avatar
DrNutt at 04/04/2008 18:17
If there are now problems with Live, I'm so glad I decided to do this right before I left for work this morning. West Coast FTW!
iDano84's Avatar
iDano84 at 04/04/2008 18:18
I'm not overly impressed with the new maps. Killhouse isn't even in rotation.
Zombutler's Avatar
Zombutler at 04/04/2008 18:20
Check my blog for my recap. :)
FreePablo's Avatar
FreePablo at 04/04/2008 18:21
Great. Now I can't download anything from Xbox because of these stupid maps slowing everything down. Why can't Microsoft properly prepare their servers for this? I gave them some slack for the Xmas rush when it looked like it would only last a few days. Then that turned into weeks.
Zombutler's Avatar
Zombutler at 04/04/2008 18:23
Link to a website

did it work?
Zombutler's Avatar
Zombutler at 04/04/2008 18:25
007's Avatar
007 at 04/04/2008 18:32
Dude, we let the terrorists win a long time ago...
astroman's Avatar
astroman at 04/04/2008 18:35
It would also be fantastic of the damn site to redeem the token would hurry up and allow people to enter in their damn code that came with the GotY version.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 04/04/2008 18:36
Yes! Cod muhwuh gotty edition is out!
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 04/04/2008 18:38
Wow redrabbit, triple whoring; that's hardcore. If you were getting double XP that would be like 6 points!
Zombutler's Avatar
Zombutler at 04/04/2008 18:39
@AgentMOO

Haha, sorry about that.....i couldn't figure out how to work the link maker.......:)
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
GuitarAtomik at 04/04/2008 18:42
Ok. I'm slowly getting it to work.

The trick is to be persistent and patient. If it gives you an error just keep trying over and over. EVENTUALLY you'll get it to work. This goes for every step of the process (accessing the page, purchasing points, buying the maps, etc). It fucking sucks and it's going to take you a while probably but eventually it works.

Get your shit together Microsoft.
wardrox's Avatar
wardrox at 04/04/2008 18:44
ok, this now pisses me off. Go fuck yourself CoD.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 04/04/2008 18:49
@RedRabbit
Just pulling your leg; I find the best way to experiment with bbcode is to start a hidden blog post then do comments on that. Then you can get an idea for what features Dtoid does and doesn't support.
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar
TrailerParkJesus at 04/04/2008 18:50
I'm destitute :( I might get this
Zombutler's Avatar
Zombutler at 04/04/2008 18:51
@AgentMOO
thanks
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar
Kyousuke Nanbu at 04/04/2008 19:00
Golf clap for those who still play this pile of shit.
Kent's Avatar
Kent at 04/04/2008 19:02
Dammit. I can't get the maps. or anything else right now.
Please Microsoft, please fix this.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 04/04/2008 19:24
LOL. Halo 3's been having double XP weekends for a while now. Now COD4's doing it? Competition or just pandering to the XP whores? FILM AT 11.
Churchhills Dog's Avatar
Churchhills Dog at 04/04/2008 19:49
Check it out.

I had an "wanted" ad on craigslist for a PS3 for several days with a stipulation that I would pay between $250-$300 for a system. I didn't expect any calls but I thought it was worth a shot seeing the ads cost nothing. Welp, I got a call today fom a guy with not only a PS3 but a 60gb version with 2 six-axis controllers and a copy of Call-of-Duty 4. I ended up getting all of it for $260.00

Think I made out? ;)
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 04/04/2008 20:04
@Churchills Dog: That is, indeed, one hell of a deal! See if you can trade those Sixaxes in at GameStop toward a DualShock 3, though...
diversionmary's Avatar
diversionmary at 04/04/2008 20:05
nice score church

Xbl is failing hard.
moocow21's Avatar
moocow21 at 04/04/2008 20:38
Meh, I bought CoD4 when it was $40 on Amazon. While it hasn't necessarily been a disappointment, I certainly don't see anything that sets it apart from shooters I've been playing for years. It is fun every once in a while though.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 04/04/2008 21:38
I haven't gotten it yet just because I had other, higher priorities and was short on money. Hopefully, I'll get to pick up a copy this summer.
mistic's Avatar
mistic at 04/05/2008 01:21
Well I got it, and Love the new maps...

did a huge sniperbattle on Creek, that was exhilerating... if everybody is sniping, it just gets so quiet and uncomfortable on that map... with every once and again a loud bang of a sniperrifle being fired... great stuff!

Also chinatown is just great for assaultrifles...

and I love the main-tv-room in broadcast! its insane in there :p

just haven't tried killhouse yet... maybe tonight...
Churchhills Dog's Avatar
Churchhills Dog at 04/05/2008 05:42
@ Samit Sarkar

I wish I could find an adapter so i can use the 360 pad because these things feel like utter garbage compare to those. You can't appreciate just how well designed and solid the 360 pads are until you have to use a PS3 pad which feel cheap and the sticks feel very inaccurate, clumsy etc.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 04/05/2008 05:53
@Churchhills Dog: Well, personally, I’ve always loved Sony’s controller design. I prefer their analog sticks to the 360 controller’s (with regards to position, shape, and “feel”). Just personal preference, of course. However, I do think that the feathery-light Sixaxis feels rather like a toy, but really, the DualShock 3 controller completely negates that concern. I don’t have one myself yet — I’m waiting until I can find it for under $50 — but I’ve played some games with it at a friend’s house, and it is awesome.
Rainbowblack's Avatar
Rainbowblack at 04/05/2008 06:33
downloading the map pack as we speak. just bought the GotY version this Wednesday and I'm completely engrossed in its single player. I did a lil MP and got my ass handed to me but It was fun. i just need to get used to the maps and such, theres alot to learn about MP it got some meat to it.
tkyy's Avatar
tkyy at 04/05/2008 10:32
I'll let the terrorist takeover the world.
LarkOhiya's Avatar
LarkOhiya at 04/05/2008 21:15
these time related release and game events really make me sore considering all the people (like chee) who don't have an X box working...
HarassmentPanda's Avatar
HarassmentPanda at 04/07/2008 00:22
There were so many letters in that title that my head exploded!
Icarus-Rising's Avatar
Icarus-Rising at 04/07/2008 21:05
So uh, I went to Best Buy today. Just browsing, and saw the COD4:MW:GOTY for $60. Ok, neat.
Next to that, was the COD4:MW;RE (Regular Edition)
For $60

Whoo!
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