There was no real surprise when Sony announced that the much-loved SOCOM franchise would be coming to the PlayStation 3, but this time around, battle is being approached slightly differently. Developer Slant Six was on the show floor to give us a look at what it's doing with the game.
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Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the Playstation 3 has become the second game to have reached 3 million in sales.
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A bit of a slow down compared to last week's bonanza... Highlights this week include Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the Year Edition (PS3) and Boom Blox (Nintendo Wii).

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of May 3, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!
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Loot Ninja writes:

"As if Gamestop doesn't do enough things to look stupid¿ I was picking up my copy of GTA IV Special Edition this morning for PS3 at my local Gamestop. Another guy was there buying the game off the shelf. Both of us got ID'd to buy the game. I look nowhere near 17, but whatever. The guy next me asks "Are you kidding?" The follow up reply from the old guy behind the counter waiting on me was "We're not taking any chances with this game."

Ok, you might say. As soon as the other guy leaves, a kid walks up to the counter to buy a used copy of Call of Duty 4. The kid was no more than 4 feet tall and couldn't have been older than 13 or 14. Did he get ID'd? Nope. When I asked the guy behind the counter why not, I was told "We're only worried about GTA.""
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Heads up everyone.

As posted by Fourzerotwo on his blog, Sony updated the dlc's description with information wich gameversion you need to make the dlc's work and refunds those who bought the wrong mappack.

Quote from: SCEE
The Store has been updated so that each product states which BLES code it works with.

Furthermore, the forums have been updated to explain how the download works. The call centres have also been updated about how to handle this.

The Store team are refunding those who have the wrong match.

I hope this clarifies the steps that SCEE are taking to ensure the consumer has a successful and enjoyable experience with the map packs.
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Earn 2 times the experience points during the Double XP Weekend in multiplayer maps from 12:01 GMT, Friday, April 25 through 11:59 PDT, Sunday, April 27. Starting this afternoon (4/25/08), PS3 COD4 gamers can take on developers from Infinity Ward from 2 PM to 5 PM EDT and 8 PM to 11 PM EDT. To challenge the developers, add the following PlayStation IDs to your friend's list:

fourzerotwoiw
COD4Drew
COD4Bryan
COD4Justin
COD4Neel
COD4Brian
COD4David
COD4Ed
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Austrian website elhabib.at writes: "Heute, am 24.04. ist für die europäische Version von Call of Duty 4 der 12 MB große Patch 1.30 erschienen und wird automatisch installiert, sobald ihr CoD4 startet.

Der neue Patch fügt die beiden Modi "Variety Pack Team Deathmatch" und "Variety Team Objective" hinzu."

Translation:
The Patch 1.30 for the EU Version of CoD4 is now online. The download starts automatically when you start CoD4.

Features of Patch 1.30:
2 new Gamemodes: "Variety Pack Team Deathmatch" and "Variety Team Objective"

The new Gamemodes can only be used, if you own the new Map-Pack.
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So the rumour's been SMASHED. Activision Underground, who were supposedly working on a third-person Call of Duty game, weren't closed down because of a non-existent "exclusivity" deal Infinity Ward signed with Activision. And yet, closed down they were.
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Word has begun spreading around, originating from Next-Gen.Biz, about Infinity Ward potentially looking to secure exclusive development of the Call of Duty franchise. As many COD fans should know, the games were originally spearheaded by the gang at Infinity Ward, as the first two games were developed by the team. Following COD2, Treyarch took the responsibilities of COD3, in addition to a few spin-offs, while Infinity Ward began work on Call of Duty 4.
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Psnathome.com states:

"Yesterday, we received this nice letter from Jonathan Britton, who has probably also sent to Sony, or Sony saw the letter on our site, or various others, but Sony heard the complaint and said "here you go, want cookies with that?". The letter complained about how Sony treats other regions differently on the PlayStation Store, in this case, Europe was the one taking the beating. Sony has recently pulled up the release for the CoD4 variety map pack for Europe, creating a simultaneous worldwide release date for Thursday, April 24th. As a result of this, Infinity Ward has brought Double XP Weekend earlier than expected, because originally they were going to wait until Europe got their Map Pack, Double XP Weekend will begin at 12:01am GMT on Friday and it will finish at 11:59pm PDT on Sunday. This gives the players 8 more hours of Double XP Weekend. As another special treat "Play with Infinity Ward" day is now Friday April 25th and the developers will be playing with the users between the hours of 11am and 2pm PDT as well as between 5pm and 8pm PDT."
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Next-Gen learned from an ex-Activision Underground employee on Monday that Infinity Ward, developer of November's CoD4, recently prompted a renegotiation of its contract with parent Activision so that the studio would be the sole developer of the FPS series.
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Fourzerotwo (Robert Bowling), Community Relations Manager from Infinity Ward, writes:

"Last week I let you guys know that the Variety Map Pack would be hitting PSN on April 24th for North America and May 1st for Europe, well NOT ANYMORE! I'm happy to say we've been pushing this past week and with the help of Sony Europe, are happy to announce that the Variety Map Pack on PS3 will be coming out at the SAME TIME, worldwide on April 24th for $9.99!!

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!"
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IW man 402 quietly edited his blog, and it again reads May 1st as opposed to May 4th.
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the new Variety Map Pack released on PS3 in North America on Thursday, April 24.

In addition, the Map Pack passed Sony Europe certification and will be propped on the European PlayStation Network on May 1.
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According to Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling, the latest NPD figures show that Call of Duty 4 has sold over 9 million copies worldwide since the game's release.

Bowling also announced that the Variety Map Pack that was recently released on Xbox Live has broken Xbox Live Marketplace records, logging over 1 million downloads within its first nine days. The Variety Map Pack will soon be available for the PS3 as well.

Infinity Ward picked apart those figures to reveal that over 30 million sessions have been played by Xbox Live members, recording more than 30 million hours of game play. That boils down to 1.9 billion minutes logged in the first nine days.

The Variety Map Pack is currently available on Xbox Live Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points. It will arrive on the PlayStation Store on the 24th of April for the US and the 1st of May for Europe and will cost $9.99. It includes new four multiplayer maps: Creek, Broadcast, Chinatown and Killhouse.
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InfintyWard via Community Relations Manger Rob Bowling's Blog Have Now Delayed The Map Packs Release In The EU Which Was Scheduled For May 1st Further Back to May 4th.

This Will Surely Anger Fans Thoughtout The EU
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The Variety Map Pack on PS3 in North America will be available on Thursday, April 24. European release is scheduled on May 1st. Double XP weekend, for both PS3 and 360 users, will start on April 25 for North American Users, and May 2 for European users.
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The PS3 Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack is taking longer than expected, Infinity Ward has said, but is well on its way to moving through Sony certification.The map pack, which is already wracking up the Microsoft Points on Xbox Live, contains three maps; Chinatown, Creek and Broadcast."I was originally hoping we'd have all the details finalized for the upcoming launch of the Variety Map Pack on the PS3 by last week, but it's been taking a bit longer than expected," ... » Read More

While the exact release date for the Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack on the PLAYSTATION 3 is still unknown, Infinity Ward says Double XP and "Play With Infinity Ward" events are planned when it is released.

From iamfourzerotwo.com: "I got word today that the Variety Map Pack for PS3 has went amazingly well through Certification at Sony and they plan on having it available on the brand spanking new PSN store in the coming weeks."
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Call of Duty 4 is "leading the way" in the first-person shooter genre, with recent competition from EA and Ubisoft "failing to inspire," according to publisher Activision.Speaking in trade mag MCV, marketing director David Tyler said, "We're pleased to have Call of Duty 4 leading the way in the FPS genre, with recent launches such as Army of Two and Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 failing to inspire."The Infinity Ward shooter has sold 1.3 ... » Read More