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We are not the first folks to complain about the high price of the two downloadable map packs for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Let's face it; $15 for a new new maps each is pretty steep. However, publisher Activision has decided to give PC gamers a price break for the next week on the two map packs.

From now until October 11, owners of the PC port of the mega-popular first person shooter will be able to purchase and download the two map packs via Steam for just $7.49 each, a 50 percent price drive. The Stimulus Pack and the Resurgance Pack each contain five maps which are a mix of all new levels and revamped ones from the first Modern Warfare game.

As promised the $15 Stimulus Package multiplayer map pack for the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 has been released via Steam. Unless you haven't been paying attention to our previous posts you know that the map pack for Infinity Ward's mega-selling first person shooter contains five levels; three all new maps and two maps converted from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

But here's something you may not know. From now until May 9 the PC players of the game will get the opportunity to gain double the normal amount of XP they can earn while playing multiplayer matches. Granted it's not worth the $15 for the map pack but hey, any old port in a storm.

[Via email press release]

A huge sale of all of Rockstar Games via Steam last week managed to get the bundle on top of the best seller list (according to revenue) for the PC game download service. A second bundle for Codemasters' driving games was second on the list. In fact it was so popular that Steam ran out of game codes for one of the bundle's titles Fuel. More keys are on the way, however and people who bought the bundle will get the game downloaded when they are available.

The full list is below:

1. Rockstar Collection - Rockstar Games
2. Codemasters Racing Pack - Codemasters
3. Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
4. Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package - Infinity Ward/Activision
5. Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Digital Illusions/EA
6. Splinter Cell Conviction Deluxe Edition - Ubisoft
7. Splinter Cell Conviction - Ubisoft
8. Guild Wars Trilogy - ArenaNet/NCsoft
9. Grand Theft Auto IV - Rockstar Games
10. Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward/Activision

PC owners now have a date to anticipate downloading the "Stimulus Package" map pack for the hit first person shooter Modern Warfare 2. Robert Bowling, the community manager for developer Infinity Ward, has announced that the PC version of the map pack will be released worldwide on May 4.

There's no word yet if publisher Activision plans to charge for the PC version of the map pack. The official PC map packs for the previous two Call of Duty franchise games were provided for free and were included in a PC patch. The map pack itself will include five multiplayer levels; two all new and three remakes from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. And just a quick reminder; the multiplayer portion of Modern Warfare 2 should be available to play online for free via Steam starting right now though the weekend.

Download HD Modern Warfare 2 'The Stimulus Package' DLC Trailer (88 MB)