April 7, 2010
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Stimulus Package Sets New Xbox LIVE Record
More than One Million Gamers
Download Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack In First 24 Hour
Microsoft today confirmed that last
week’s release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package shattered Xbox
LIVE records as more than one million gamers worldwide downloaded the new map
pack from Activision and Infinity Ward in the first 24 hours alone, surpassing
the 2.5 million mark within the first week.
The map pack add-on, now available
only on the Xbox 360, extends the action-packed online entertainment experience
with five multiplayer maps. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from Activision
Publishing, Inc. is rated “M” (Mature) by the ESRB for Blood, Drug Reference,
Intense Violence and Language.
Xbox LIVE is the largest Call of
Duty community of any entertainment system. According to Microsoft, Call of
Duty: Modern Warfare 2 players have invested more than 1.75 billion hours of
gameplay on Xbox LIVE alone since the title’s release in November, which is
equal to more than 200,000 years of gameplay playing Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare 2. For more information, visit
www.xbox.com/en-US/games/splash/c/callofdutymodernwarfare2/. For more Call
of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 information, go to
www.modernwarfare2.com.
