Modern Warfare 2 'Stimulus Package' DLC Revealed

I haven't played this on 360 in a month or so, is it still all fucked up with glitchers/hackers or is it back to normal yet?

Sorry Activision.

Charging an extra $15$ for 5 maps (two of which are recycled from COD1) coupled to the worst match-finding services (IW NET) I have ever experianced? Not a chance.

Why would I pay alot extra for a game that takes forever to find an actual game I can connect to, suffers from constant disconnects both within the game and lobby and for 9v9 matches.

I'll take BFBC2 thank you kindly. Stable, more players, dedicated servers, and frankly more fun, and just wait when BF3 comes. You guys better had been have something revolutionary because I suspect if BFBC02 is any indication BF3 is going to take the MPFPS genre to a whole new level .

MW2 will be the last COD game I buy, barring a total change in the current design.

As if MW2 was any good. -_-' games a recycled PoS . First one is far better.

These presenting people are so hip and laid back and so funny! I bet the management thinks thats what "the kids" suck up.

Amazingly annoying.

For Xbox360...coming first to Xbox360...eff Microsoft...PC and PS3 at unknown time...Man I hate all of the love the 360 gets, sorry for the rant :P. PC FTW!!!!

Bought BC2 instead, no DLC for you!

Wow.

Bailout and Storm look like they're going to be awful in terms of actual gameplay and how the match will go on. Alright, maybe not so much Storm but the impression from the previews are that they're going to be freaking huge with multiple levels (Bailout in particular) and the open areas vs. corridors.

Salvage looks pretty good. Like a snowy Rust or Scrapyard. Simple, tight all around... looks alright.

When I was actually playing MW2 before it became a horrid mess of hackers (yes, I bought it on PC) the maps I found to be the "funnest" were usually the smaller ones. Highrise, Scrapyard, Rust, and that one whose name I always forget which has the playground. I'm getting a 'Estate' vibe from Bailout which is easily, IMO, the most awful map in MW2 and probably one of the worst I've ever played in any FPS.

And that's probably going to be the closest I'll ever get to these maps since no way in fuck am I paying 15 fucking dollars for only 3 maps and 2 recycled ones from a far superior game.

This reminds me, 2 new maps for BC2 the same day this comes out. For Free.

None for you, activision!

Highway robbery for 3 maps but they've got us multiplayer gamers by the balls.

So, aside from MS stupidly making their video *even smaller* to embed it in a huge expanse of wasted space...

It's hardly surprising these maps are just for 360. That's the platform this game was made for.

But they want $15 for two recycled maps and three more that (apart from some art design that looks pretty good the first time you see it) are just not that inspired. One of them doesn't even have any vertical movement, and this is supposed to make it interesting?

ahhh... remember when you would get a couple of new maps when a game had a new patch? Those were the days.

Now you pay for the same old same old, hell EA wants you to pay THEM to test their products. I miss the days when PC gaming was still small and run by independent companies and not driven by the shareholders..

capitalism will be the end of all that is good.. it taints EVERYTHING it touches sad, very sad

activision's got some gills naming the dlc "stimulus package" - as in to itself.

the mofos

junkyard = modern day crates level

No Whitehouse map, and how hard would it have been to convert that single player map with the bank and restaurants into a multiplayer map?

Both of these locations should be present in this over priced map pack.

From watching the video, I can pretty much review the new maps right now.

Bailout: Everyone knifes or goes Rangers akimbo.
Salvage: Everyone noob tubes with Danger Close.
Storm: Everyone glitches to snipe from inaccessible rooftops.

This game is fun as hell with the right people, but the gameplay balance is so broken it's predictably frustrating with random strangers. Fuck it, I think I'd rather pay Activision $15 to fix that shit instead of putting up with the same old problems on new maps.

well, i know i'm the vast minority here... but i'm excited for new maps...

and i liked crash and overgrown, my duel rangers will be enjoying that one for sure....

FUCK YOU Activision

GiantBomb's Brad Shoemaker on hearing the news of the 'stimulus package' DLC and its price: "F THAT!"

I've been listening to Idle Thumbs 23 ("At the Mountains of Money"), and minute 58 has a good email on the value of lackluster DLC. I don't have time now, but this part of the podcast is interesting in the context of this DLC, the Bioshock 2 DLC, etc.

Oh, and MW2 royalties are allegedly due to be paid out by April 1. I'll be watching the headlines next Thursday.

So, wasn't the promotion code on the back of your MW2 manual, to be used for redeeming the first DLC?

Wasn't it the "Exclusive Access" code for it?


Anyways, moved on...

Too late Activision.
BFBC2 is already out.

The Passing is DLC.

This is just a sad POS. Just like MW2.

THE DLC COMES WITH DEDICATED SERVERS?! WHAT?!


...oh, wait...

I still play the game but the cheating is the worst I've ever seen on Xbox. I can't believe they still haven't fixed nuke boosting. Or the hacked super fast speed servers. Its a shame really.

Too Expensive!!!!!!!! It should be free.

I guess they will further shaft everyone by sticking these maps into the most popular gametypes maplists too