Infinity Ward has announced that the Variety Map Pack for Call of Duty 4 on PS3 will be released on the 24th of April across North America and on the 1st of May in Europe.

This is the word from Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling (aka fourzerotwo) who also detailed a Double XP weekend.

North American gamers can jump into the Double XP weekend from 12:01 am PDT on Friday the 25th of April to 11:59 pm PDT on Sunday the 27th of April. Feeling lucky? Then play the new maps against the Infinity Ward team on the 25th from 5pm to 8pm PDT.

The European Double XP weekend will begin at 12:01 am GMT on Friday the 2nd of May and end at 11:59 pm GMT on Sunday the 4th of May. European gamers can test their mettle against the Infinity Ward team on the 2nd of May from 7pm GMT to 10pm GMT.

The Variety Map pack includes four new multiplayer maps, namely Creek, Broadcast, Chinatown and Killhouse. The price of the pack for the PS3 has not yet been announced but the pack was priced at 800 Microsoft Points for the Xbox 360.

[UPDATE] Bowling has announced that the COD4 Variety Map Pack will be available on the PlayStation Network for $9.99.