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For the third straight week, the Resurgence Map Pack for Modern Warfare 2 is on top of the top 10 sales list for Steam's PC game download service (according to revenue). New on the list this week is Mafia II which had its Digital Deluxe version put in at the the number three spot after being made available for pre-orders this week. The full list is below:

1. Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Map Pack - Infinity Ward/Activision
2. Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Digital Illusions/EA
3. Mafia II Digital Deluxe Edition - 2K Czeck/2K Games
4. APB (All Points Bulletin) - Realtime Worlds/EA
5. Mafia II - 2K Czeck/2K Games
6. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward/Activision
7. Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
8. Counter-Strike Source - Valve
9. Team Fortress 2 - Valve
10. Mount And Blade Warband - Taleworlds/Paradox Interactive

A five level map pack costing $15 retained its position as the number one best selling PC "game" on Steam's weekly top 10 best selling games list (according to revenue). The Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Map Pack from developer Infinity Ward found itself on top of the chart for the second week in a row.

Despite mixed reviews, Realtime Worlds' shooter MMO All Points Bulletin (APB) is at the number two slot on the Steam top 10 list this week. The full list is below.

1. Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Map Pack - Infinity Ward/Activision
2. APB (All Points Bulletin) - Realtime Worlds/EA
3. Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Digital Illusions/EA
4. Disciples III : Renaissance Steam Special Edition - Akella/Kalypso Media
5. Blacklight Tango Down - Zombie/Ignition Entertainment
6. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward/Activision
7. Transformers War For Cybertron - High Moon Studios/Activision
8. Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
9. Team Fortress 2 - Valve
10. Sniper: Ghost Warrior - City Interactive

Even with its $15 price tag the launch of the PC version of Modern Warfare 2''s Stimulus Package of multiplayer maps continues to sell well via Steam. Now come word from developer Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling (via his handy Twitter page) that the second and final map pack for the hit first person shooter will be released soon for the PC.

The Resurgence Pack will become available for PC owners via Steam on July 6 and its likely to cost $15 as well. As we have reported before the map pack contains five multiplayer levels. Two of them (Vacant and Strike) are remakes from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare while the other three (Fuel, Trailer Pack and Carnival) are all new maps.

For some odd reason, Activision decided not to go into any real details Thursday when it first announced its plans for the second map pack for the hit first person shooter Modern Warfare 2. The company left that up to Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb and Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling late in the day on Thursday via a special edition of the Major Nelson podcast.

Bowling stated during the podcast that the five maps for the Resurgence Pack would contain two levels from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Vacant and Strike). The three all new levels include Fuel (a large outdoor map set in an oil refinery), Trailer Park (a level made to look like a mobile home park) and Carnival (a amusement park level complete with rollercoasters, a fun house and more). The Xbox 360 audience gets first crack at the map pack on June 3. The PC version will likely be released later this summer at a cost of $15.

We knew that a second map pack for Modern Warfare 2 was in the works. Today publisher Activision revealed that the second map pack for the hit first person shooter will be called the Resurgence Pack. Like the previous Stimulus Pack it will contain five additional multiplayer levels. No other details on the map pack were released.

The pack will be released for Xbox 360 owners first on June 3. If the Resurgence Pack release schedule is like the Stimulus Pack PC gamers can expect to get access to this second map pack sometime in July. Despite a $15 price tag, the first DLC for Modern Warfare 2 has been a big sales hit on Steam.