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New Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare DLC Maps On The Way

I’ve got some big news I know that everyone has been waiting on official confirmation of and I’m excited to let you guys know that we’re currently working on some official new maps for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare that are going to be available as DLC in the future for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Last week I let you know that we were on the look out for the best community-made maps, but this week I can let the news out that we’re working on official IW-made maps of our own as well behind the scenes.

These new maps will be adding even more variety to the online multiplayer of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and I’m excited to gradually share more details regarding the new maps as we progress. So keep your eyes tuned to the blog as I’m going to be sharing sneak peek details and insights on what you can expect as we get further and further along with the DLC.

As always, thanks to everyone for your feedback and support. In the spirit of the new DLC announcement, what do you hope to see? Leave a comment and let me know what you’d like to see more of in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare? What kind of maps are you hoping to see?

Full official press release after the jump.

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For those of you not aware: US NPD figures are the retail sales numbers for products, whether it be consoles or videos games, or whatever your media of choice is, this is how we gauge the retail success of a product in the US.

We’ve been waiting since launch for the numbers to roll in for Video Game sales in November (our launch month) and they’re finally here! Check them out:

1) Call of Duty 4 (360) - 1.57 million
2) Super Mario Galaxy - 1.12 million
3) Assassin’s Creed (360) - 980,000
4) Guitar Hero III (PS2) - 967,000
5) Wii Play (incl Wii Remote) - 564,000
6) Mass Effect - 473,000
7) Call of Duty 4 (PS3) - 444,000 Guitar Hero III (Wii) - 426,000
9) Halo 3 - 387,000
10) Assassin’s Creed (PS3) - 377,000

Total: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3 + 360) = 2,014,000

Not including PC sales.

This is honestly amazing. I knew we had something special here from the first prototype level I played over two years ago all the way up to launch as I played through Veteran for the 8,000th time on the final retail version and still loved it.

Thanks to EVERYONE who supported this game, to the Beta testers who helped us fine tune it, to everyone playing online today and will be in the future. Thank you.