Whoa, what’s this? Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has today been added to Xbox LIVE’s Games on Demand digital download service, flanked by two other military combat games in the form of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat and Battlestations: Midway?

If you’ve never heard of these titles (like that’s even possible with Call of Duty), you can head on down below to watch some classic trailers from when they were still younglings, and read through some official information from the front lines:

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The BAFTA Video Game Awards were held last night, where top games and achievements within the games industry were recognised with awards ranging from ‘Best Game’ and best ‘Gameplay,’ to best ‘Original Score’ and best ‘Technical Achievement.’

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare received the most awards of the night, most likely pleasing Infinity Ward and Activision Blizzard no end.

Super Mario Galaxy, Fably II and Left 4 Dead also received recognition for their efforts during the ceremony.

Have a look below at the full list of categories and winners.

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According to Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling, the latest NPD figures show that Call of Duty 4 has sold over 9 million copies worldwide since the game’s release.

Bowling also announced that the Variety Map Pack that was recently released on Xbox Live has broken Xbox Live Marketplace records, logging over 1 million downloads within its first nine days. The Variety Map Pack will soon be available for the PS3 as well.

Infinity Ward picked apart those figures to reveal that over 30 million sessions have been played by Xbox Live members, recording more than 30 million hours of game play. That boils down to 1.9 billion minutes logged in the first nine days.

The Variety Map Pack is currently available on Xbox Live Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points. It will arrive on the PlayStation Store on the 24th of April for the US and the 1st of May for Europe and will cost $9.99. It includes new four multiplayer maps: Creek, Broadcast, Chinatown and Killhouse. It also supports split-screen and system link play.

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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.

While Xbox 360 gamers have been eagerly trying out the four new multiplayer maps in the newly released Variety Map Pack, there is also some good news for PS3 players.

According to Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling, the Variety Map Pack DLC and patch required to add the maps to the game were sent to Sony for certification yesterday. Bowling commented “We’re shooting for a worldwide simultaneous release, so all users can expect to have it at the same general time frame when it finishes certification.”

“In addition the map pack should be hitting the PSN store around the same time the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the Year Edition for PS3 hits store shelves. I will have exact details on the GOTY edition, release dates, and more hopefully this week as they’re being finalized.”

Stay tuned for the release date which is sure to hit the wires soon.

The Xbox 360 Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack will be available this week. This is the word from Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling (aka fourzerotwo) who silenced rumours that the map pack had been delayed to the 10th of April.

Rumours of the 10th of April delay started circulating after the COD4 Game of the Year website started them. Bowling commented “As of right now we’re pushing certification for an on-time release for April 3rd or 4th. As of right now though, I’m being told that it’s a good chance it will be released worldwide (except for Japan) tomorrow night / early-Friday morning.”

“For those of you asking when you should take off work, I’d take off Friday, as it looks like they should be available late Thursday night / early Friday morning, which means Friday you should be able to play all day.”

He also confirmed that gamers with tokens from the Game of the Year edition can use them as soon as the map packs are available on Xbox Live. Until then make sure you check out a video of the new maps on Bowling’s site or head over to Xbox.com for more information on the maps.

The Variety Map pack includes four new multiplayer maps, namely Creek, Broadcast, Chinatown and Killhouse.