Activision Publishing announced that the second downloadable map package that contains new multiplayer maps for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 military first-person shooter is now available in North America for the Sony PlayStation 3 Computer Entertainment System and all over the world for Windows-Based Personal Computers.

The downloadable Resurgence map package for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be available today, the 7th of July, 2010, for the Sony PlayStation 3 gaming console in Europe and Australia.

The second downloadable content package for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 entitled The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Package, will be available to download today from 6.00 PM UK Time and 7.00 PM CET. The pack will be released on the Xbox LIVE Online entertainment network. The second map pack follows the ground breaking records from the first map pack, with millions of gamers around the world joining the actions in its opening days.

Developed by Infinity Ward, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack adds five additional multiplayer levels, including three all-new locations along with two updated classic locations from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

The second downloadable content package for Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 military first-person shooter video game will be released exclusively on the Microsoft Xbox 360 video game console on the 2nd of June, 2010. Infinity Ward and Microsoft released a video in which they review the five new multiplayer maps from the latest “Resurgence Package” downloadable content.

Like the first downloadable content package known as the “Stimulus Package”, the second batch of downloadable content, “The Resurgence Package” will deliver three all-new multiplayer maps for the game

The publisher of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 video game hit has announced that a second downloadable content pack for the game is currently planned to arrive in the second half of 2010, which means it will release sometime between July and December.

Activision Blizzard COO Thomas Tippl explained that they plan to release the second map pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 while discussing the company’s lineup for the “Black half of the year” during today’s investor conference call.

CEO of Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick, stated that thirty five others have left the creator of the Modern Warfare 2 video-game, Infinity Ward, since Activision has fired the two lead executives. More are expected to follow.

Bobby Kotick explained that a few more people are expected to leave as well, and that many of these people have been recruited by other studios because of how talented they are. He also said that they are obviously disappointed about this, and that they wish they could have convinced some of these incredibly talented people to stay.

The drama with Activision and Infinity Ward continues once again. Thirty-eight ex and current Infinity Ward employees have filled a lawsuit against the publisher of the popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 first-person shooter, Activision, as reported by the LA Times. The Infinity Ward employees are claiming that they are owed between seventy-eight and one hundred and twenty-five million “United States Dollars (USD)” in royalties in addition to potential damages.

Seventeen of the employees that filled the lawsuit still work at Infinity Ward, and also, the thirty-eight ex-Infinity Ward employees represent around forty percent of the Modern Warfare 2 team.

Beginning on 8th April, Thursday, fans and players of the Call of Duty franchise will have the chance to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer for free during the special Free Weekend promotion on Valve’s Steam Platform. Modern Warfare 2 returns with a variety of new enhancements including new perks, maps and more.

Players who wish to try out, experience the definitive online experience, and enjoy every moment of the Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer for free, can pre-load the Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer now, on Valve’s Steam Platform. There is absolutely no obligation to participate.

Microsoft revealed that one of the hottest young rugby talents in the United Kingdom, Dylan Hartley, will be recruiting all Xbox LIVE fans available from across the United Kingdom for a unique Game with Fame event.

In order to celebrate the launch of the downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Stimulus Package, Dylan will be playing the first multiplayer maps. The maps will be available for download on 30th of March exclusively on Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE .

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Surpasses One Billion USD in Worldwide Retail Sales

The Game Continues to Set Retail Sell Records

Activision Blizzard Inc. announced today that Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues to make retails sales crossing the One Billion USD mark worldwide, since its launch in November.

In the first five days of the game’s launch, it sold an estimated 550 million USD worldwide, surpassing five-day worldwide gross figures for such movies as Avatar, Harry Potter and others, according to the internal Activision estimates and box office mojo.

Call of Duty 6 – Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward for Playstation 3, Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. Published by Activision, the game was officially announced on 11th of February 2009 and was released worldwide on 10th of November 2009. The game is a direct sequel to – Call of Duty 4 – Modern Warfare, continuing the same storyline, and is the sixth installment of the Call of Duty Franchise. Modern Warfare was released in relation with two other Call of Duty titles such as Call of Duty – Modern Warfare – Reflex for the Nintendo Wii and Call of Duty – Modern Warfare – Mobilized for the Nintendo DS.