Considering the day that it is, we would usually have immediately discarded this news had it not come right from the official Game of the Year site. That site is now listing the Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack for release on April 10th, rather than the previously scheduled date of April 3rd. This could just be Infinity Ward using the date to give its audience a bit of a scare at April Fools' expense, as the other official site has no date at all for the DLC, nor news about its delay. Combined with the fact that the GOTY edition is still set to release on the third, and the fact that the GOTY site doesn't appear to have full functionality, it seems unlikely that this news is accurate. Though of course there is still that possibility, as this is a rather humorless joke and we like to think that Infinity Ward is capable of something much funnier.
[Via Exophase]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
4-01-2008 @ 2:20PM
RudyHuxtable said...
*sniffle*
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4-01-2008 @ 2:25PM
joey said...
I call shenanigan.
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4-01-2008 @ 2:28PM
Neuromancer said...
Doesn't sound like an April Fools joke to me. Hey are these going to be free eventually ala Halo 3 and Gears?
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4-01-2008 @ 7:46PM
T said...
No, Cod DLC never goes free unless it starts out free look at cod 2 and 3 on the marketplace
4-01-2008 @ 2:41PM
iFester said...
I don't think it's a joke because the maps are being released on the PSN on April 17th. An April 10th release on the marketplace makes sense as they more than likely want to see how many GotY Editions will sell in the next week and a half. Either that or they change the dates for a simultaneous release for PS3 and 360.
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4-01-2008 @ 3:01PM
scott said...
I'm pretty sure that it has been delayed from their announced date. I saw something on one of the other news sites (kotaku maybe?) for an April 10 release. Disappointment abounds.
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4-01-2008 @ 3:01PM
Magic Whiskey said...
NOT funny, IW. Please let the X3F army know when this is debunked. (I have plans to spend Thursday night gaming, and if this IS postponed, my girlfriend will want to know i'd be available after all.) :)
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4-01-2008 @ 3:04PM
Josh said...
Bungie does the mister chief thing and Infinity Ward does this, I declare a battle of the April fools between Bungie and Infinity Ward.
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4-01-2008 @ 3:22PM
The-E said...
even if its delayed i'm still jealous!!damn PSN update!!lol!!enjoy the maps an let me know what they are like!!
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4-01-2008 @ 3:23PM
Jimmy James 70 said...
The site now says to come back on April 10 to redeem a code that is good for a free map pack.
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4-01-2008 @ 3:23PM
ZEBRA NINER said...
Hahaha! This HAS to be fake. It's all about the dollah bills 'yall, and this would delay the taking if said "dollah bills".
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4-01-2008 @ 3:35PM
EddieGreens said...
callofduty.com says april 3
nanners
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4-01-2008 @ 3:51PM
jaybird1905 said...
No it doesn't.
It now says "Early April" for the Variety Pack map download.
4-01-2008 @ 5:05PM
EddieGreens said...
my bad, thought the GOTY edition was also the variety map pack
still say nanners =/
4-01-2008 @ 3:46PM
ljung8erg said...
Hmm, interestin'... If it indeed has been delayed it would be fine with me if that is a token to get the maps free... We'll see...
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4-01-2008 @ 5:08PM
Aaron said...
I HATE DELAYS
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4-01-2008 @ 5:40PM
fragilefilter27 said...
FourZeroTwo was on Major Nelson's podcast and he said it would be a 21 day exclusive for the 360 owners.
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4-01-2008 @ 6:09PM
Kevin said...
nooooooooo. hope its a joke, or else im breaking halo 3 out of anger lol
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4-02-2008 @ 6:28AM
Boff said...
FFS! I hope this is a joke.
Hurry up with the maps please Infinity Ward!
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4-02-2008 @ 9:00PM
TungstenPlug said...
well its not a joke folks. I think that its good that they may be free now, but I am pissed that they are delayed a week. I took back Rainbow Vegas 2 because I beat it and thought it was garbage. Now the maps come out on the 10th and GTA 4 comes out the 29th. that is 19 days of playing the maps. I think that is was unfair to charge Us, the people who helped make COD4 game of the year, and let the people who are just now buying it get the maps for free. so on one point i agree, but on the other hand i would rather pay for them and have them tomorrow. I know that is confusing. Sorry. I am pissed at infinity ward.
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