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The popularity of Modern Warfare 2 for the PC continues over to the new Stimulus map pack. This past week saw the multiplayer level pack for Infinity Ward's hit shooter was number one on Steam's top 10 sales list for the second week in a row. The main Modern Warfare 2 game is number two on the list this week, followed by Battlefield Bad Company 2 at the number three spot..

Toirchlight returns to the top 10 slot in the number four position after a price sale and its release via Steam for the Mac. The rest of the top 10 list (as rated by revenue) is below:

1. Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package - Infinity Ward/Activision
2. Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward/Activision
3. Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Digital Illusions/EA
4. Torchlight - Runic Games
5. Civilization IV Complete Collection - Firaxis/2K-Games
6. Steamplay Indie Pack - Various
7. Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
8. Tropico 3 - Kalypso Games
9. Telltale SteamPlay Pack - Telltale Games
10. Counter-Strike Source - Valve

While previous official downloadable map packs for the Call of Duty series have been free to download for PC owners, it looks like publisher Activision is changing course for the latest game in the first person shooter series Modern Warfare 2. The Steam web site is now taking pre-orders for the Stimulus Package map pack. The pack will normally cost $14.99 but you can get it for 10 percent off if you put down your money before its released on May 4.

Just a reminder: The map pack contains five multiplayer levels. Two of the maps are recreations from developer Infinity Ward's previous game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare while the other three are all new maps.

The first DLC expansion for Modern Warfare 2, titled The Stimulus Package, releases on Xbox Live on March 30th and features five new multiplayer maps. Hopefully, PC gamers won't have to wait too long afterward for a chance to get into the action.

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While we wait to see of the PC versions of the first Modern Warfare 2 DLC map pack will be free or if PC players will actually have to pay for the thing, at least some more info about what the map pack will contain has been leaked out. Our sister site Joystiq A page on the Xbox 360 web site is the source of the reveal (the Xbox 360 will get first crack at the map pack on March 30).

According to the page, the "Stimulus Package" DLC will have five multiplayer maps. Three will be all new; Bailout is set in a multi-level apartment complex, Storm is set in a more open industrial park and Salvage is located in a junkyard with snow. The other two maps, Crash and Overgrown, are remakes from Infinity Ward's previous first person shooter Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. All in all it sounds like a pretty meaty map pack. Now if we can just get the developer to agree to release some mod tools and perhaps a dedicated server we would be all set.

[Via Joystiq]