150w ago - Today the second Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack of new multiplayer maps is available per Robert Bowling for download on the PlayStation 3 entertainment system via US PSN update, and for European PSN users along with the Windows PC it arrives tomorrow.

The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack will cost fans $14.99 and will feature five maps- Carnival, Fuel, Trailer Park, and two older maps dubbed Vacant and Strike.

To quote: "The Resurgence Pack features five maps to play with in online multiplayer. Three of the maps are brand new and two of the maps are updates from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Double XP is turned on for the launch of the map pack along with two new "Mosh Pit" playlists (Barbones Pro and Barebones Objective Pro). Both new playlists have killstreak rewards disables."

Press Release: CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 RESURGENCE PACK AVAILABILITY FOR PLAYSTATION 3 SYSTEM AND WINDOWS PC

London, UK - 6th July, 2010 - The second pack of new multiplayer maps from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is now available in the UK for Windows PC with the release of the Call of Duty: Modern...

159w ago - Last week we announced news of the upcoming Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package Expansion for PS3, and today Infinity Ward's Creative Strategist Robert Bowling has confirmed that it will arrive tomorrow on PlayStation Network and shared details, as follows:

Tomorrow, May 4th, will be an onslaught of Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer goodness on the PlayStation Network!

First and foremost, the first downloadable content for Modern Warfare 2 -- The Stimulus Package -- will hit the PSN Store for $14.99 and bring with it five new maps to the multiplayer of MW2.

Included in those five new maps are two classic Call of Duty 4 maps that we all know and love, and three completely new locations that offer a variety of unique locations for your favorite gametypes. The Stimulus Package includes:

• Bailout - An American apartment complex that is amazing for objective gametypes, especially Capture the Flag, but one of those maps that works well regardless of what type of game you're playing it on. Its long sightlines -- like sniping from a blown-out wall of a second-story apartment suite -- give it some nice spots for long-range...

175w ago - According to a VG247 (linked above) source, Infinity Ward is not creating Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and is instead working on something "completely new."

It's unclear where the third game will be made if IW really has gone AWOL from the series.

Additionally, MW2 DLC packs are scheduled to release this "spring" as a timed 360 exclusive.

To quote: "Right now we don't have a clue what our next game is going to be, and we won't know what it will be until we finish with Modern Warfare 2, which won't be for a while," studio frontman Rob Bowling told IGN UK.

We were told by one dev source that a Canadian studio was handling it, but another pointed to newly-formed Sledgehammer Games, headed by ex-Visceral bosses Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey.

Sledgehammer, based in the Bay Area, is currently recruiting for a multiplayer designer with "five years experience working on current AAA multiplayer shooters for current consoles and PC."

The identity of Sledgehammer's first project is yet to be announced. Activision's only Canadian developer is Vancouver-based Radical Entertainment, the studio behind last year's free-roaming adventure, Prototype.

175w ago - Just before the weekend Infinity Ward's FourZeroTwo aka Robert Bowling hinted that upcoming Modern Warfare 2 DLC may contain new callsign titles in addition to the usual maps.

He also tweeted this weekend of another MW2 playlist update to prevent the spread of the recent "ice skating" / speed hack (video below).

Below are the related Twitter tweets:

"Leads meeting @infinityward this morning; Lots of #MW2 DLC discussion got me wondering, what would YOU suggest as some new callsign titles?"

"Another #MW2 playlist update to prevent the spread of the "ice skating" / speed hack. Will prevent matchmaking into modded games."

"@fourzerotwo so it was a hack?" via @xblfan2001 - Yes. These aren't bugs in game code but game files being changed by users on modded kits."

182w ago - Although it's not a big surprise, a recent IGN Review has revealed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 DLC is already planned by Infinity Ward.

Downloadable content is set to include online map packs alongside missions for the successful Spec Ops.

Additionally, Infinity Ward recently released a small (non-downloadable) update for the console versions containing new gamemodes dubbed 3rd Person Team Tactical, Team Deathmatch Express, and Mosh Pit.

Here are their descriptions, to quote:

"3rd Person Team Tactical
4 vs 4 in the 3rd person perspective with mixed game types such as Domination, TDM, etc.

Team Deathmatch Express
Regular Team Deathmatch with shorter intermissions in between matches

Mosh Pit
A random selection of any game mode. You never know what you're going to play."