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Nvidia releases free Call of Duty 4 maps
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 2nd June 2008
Nvidia is releasing four free multiplayer maps for Call of Duty 4 on June 5th.
According to IAmFourZeroTwo, the website of Infinity Ward developer Robert Bowling, Nvidia has teamed up with the game-makers to release the Modern Warfare Variety Pack for free to PC gamers on June 5th.
The Variety Map Pack was originally launched as downloadable content for the Xbox 360 at a cost, but Nvidia has ponied up the sponsorship funds to let PC gamers have a go for free.
"Nvidia is making it possible for PC players to download the map pack for Free on the PC thanks to their sponsorship," said Bowling on his blog. "In addition, expect to see quite a few promotions popping up leading up to the launch of the map packs on the 5th and beyond. I know NVIDIA has a lot of great things planned for PC users in addition to maps becoming available."
Bowling went on to mention that Nvidia would be launching contests and promotions as part of the campaign launch.
The map pack has four free multiplayer levels included; Broadcast, Chinatown, Killhouse and Creek. The launch of the free map pack will coincide with the launch of the 1.6 Patch for the PC version of the game which will add support for a few new features and fix a server glitch according to Bowling.
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QFT!
Freebies :B
Have there been any cases of hardware companies releasing their own additional maps freely but embedded with strategically placed ads?
They've already got it.
far too much of it, frickin epic!
But they had to pay for it :B
<joke>And who said console gaming was cheaper than PC gaming?</joke>
Those mugs will pay for anything - they pay to play online ..!!
Secondly, this whole Nvidia sponsorship deal is probably just an excuse to be able to give away this mappack for free on PC while consolegamers have to pay for them (10 bucks).. This kind of content has always been free on PC, mostly without sponsors, so they knew they couldn't get away with charging for it.. Only other option was to never release it on PC (thanks that they did anyway).. But that leaves the question, why aren't these kind of sponsorships possible on the consoles? Just stick a sponsor on it and make DLC free, easy as that.. Good alternative for the premium DLC BS going on now especially on Xbox Live..
On the other hand, offcourse I understand them wanting the extra easy money, they're in the buisiness to make money.. This DLC mappack sold over a million times already on Xbox Live, that's over 10 million bucks in the pocket for a lousy 4 map mapack (of which 2 are not even fullsize maps, and another 1 is a remake).. A lot of consolegamers are giving the signal that premium DLC is ok with them by buying into it, so the industry takes advantage of that.. All I hope this premium DLC BS (made up by who else then Micro$oft) doesn't blow over to the PC aswell.. Sponsorship now, our wallets later? I hope not!
No wonder 'they' want to get rid of PC gaming (conspiracy theory) by sending all these messages it's dying etc.. They can't milk the PC as they can the consoles.. :(
Thats because PC gamers are intelligent bunch of people compared to the power-on button console mindless platform playing users that also had all other previous 'nintendo-like' consoles before. Those of you who are going to complain to me about "I have a pc and buyed a console alongside" are probably the ones that bought a RTR (Ready To Run) PC, from one of those OEM PC manufacturers anyway. And if you have build your own PC and still have one of those consoles, you are a traitor to the PC gaming community and should be ashamed of your self. But that is my honest sarcastic humorous opinion... :D
Mr. PS3! Hide, they've found us out.
The point i was going to make is that as a long time PC FPS gamer, i think its very naive to say "pc gamers are more intelligent and wouldnt pay for nothing" (ignoring for a moment the obvious fallacy here, "insert ffs n00b your gay/lame") - in the clan play scene where people get incredibly hooked on their games, if map packs and the like were released for a nominal fee, you can bet your ass they are gonna buy it. I play cod4 a fair bit at the moment, and if this map pack had a pricetag, i'd pretty much have to buy it to carry on playing in my clan, else how would we respond to challenges on the new maps etc?
What people do with their money is none of our business. I'm happy in the knowledge that I've still got mine :B
Unless that have vast sums of money and don't mind throwing it away..
eh..
it was a sarcastic joke..
Afcourse console players are very intelligent, they can relax on the 'lounge sofa' playing gta360 on the 50" widescreen with a can of beer and bowl of chips on the coffeetable in front of them. And we PC gamers must sit in a 'office' chair 20cm in front of a (if we are lucky to have some money left) 22" lcd monitor.
;)
Thanks Nvidia/IW, about time to bring the new maps to the PC version...
yep, remember Intel and Highway Tampa for BF2?