CALL OF DUTY
4: MODERN
WARFARE
VARIETY MAP
PACK FOR
PLAYSTATION
3 SYSTEM
AVAILABLE
NOW
Activision
Launches
Double XP
Weekend
Featuring
Play-the-Developer
Multiplayer
Games on the
PLAYSTATION
Network
Santa
Monica, CA –
April 24,
2008 – It’s
time for
PLAYSTATION®3
computer
entertainment
system
gamers to
test their
mettle on
the
battlefields
featured in
Activision,
Inc. (Nasdaq:
ATVI) and
Infinity
Ward’s Call
of Duty® 4:
Modern
Warfare™
Variety Map
Pack,
available
now for
download
through the
PLAYSTATION®Network.
To celebrate
the launch,
PLAYSTATION
Network will
host a
Double XP
Weekend,
where
players can
earn twice
as many
experience
points as
they battle
gamers from
specific
playlists on
the new
multiplayer
maps
starting at
12:01 GMT,
Friday,
April 25
through
11:59 PDT,
Sunday,
April 27.
Gamers will
also have
the
opportunity
to play with
developers
from
Infinity
Ward on
Friday,
April 25,
from 2 p.m.
to 5 p.m.
EDT and 8
p.m. to 11
p.m. EDT.
Make sure to
add the
following
PLAYSTATION
Network IDs
to your
friend’s
list:
fourzerotwoiw
COD4Drew
COD4Bryan
COD4Justin
COD4Neel
COD4Brian
COD4David
COD4Ed
The Call of
Duty 4:
Modern
Warfare
Variety Map
Pack
features
four new
multiplayer
maps
including
“Broadcast,”
featuring
tight
corridors
and wide
open parking
lots where
large groups
will utilize
close-quarter
fighting and
strategic
maneuvers;
“Chinatown”
where night
battles well
lit by the
full moon
can play
havoc
against a
backdrop of
brightly
colored
lamps,
antique
shops and
neon signs
of the local
district; “Killhouse,”
a desolate
warehouse
under enemy
attack where
squads will
need to move
through
building
mock-ups and
plywood
walls in
order to
take control
of the
combat
arena; and
“Creek,” a
wide open
village in a
heavily
wooded area
where
battles are
fought among
high
ridgelines
and deep in
underground
caves.
Additionally,
the Call of
Duty 4:
Modern
Warfare Game
of the Year
Edition for
the
PLAYSTATION
3 system
will ship to
North
American
retailers on
May 6. The
new title
features the
intense
cinematic
warfare of
the original
award-winning
game and a
token to
access the
explosive
new
multiplayer
maps
featured in
the Call of
Duty 4:
Modern
Warfare
Variety Map
Pack. The
game is
rated “M”
(Mature) by
the ESRB for
Intense
Violence,
Strong
Language,
Blood and
Gore.
For
information
and updates
on Call of
Duty 4:
Modern
Warfare,
players can
visit:
www.charlieoscardelta.com.
About
Activision
Headquartered
in Santa
Monica,
California,
Activision,
Inc. is a
leading
worldwide
developer,
publisher
and
distributor
of
interactive
entertainment
and leisure
products.
Founded in
1979,
Activision
posted net
revenues of
$1.5 billion
for the
fiscal year
ended March
31, 2007.
Activision
maintains
operations
in the U.S.,
Canada, the
United
Kingdom,
France,
Germany,
Ireland,
Italy,
Sweden,
Spain, the
Netherlands,
Australia,
Japan and
South Korea.
More
information
about
Activision
and its
products can
be found on
the
company's
World Wide
Web site,
which is
located at
www.activision.com.
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limited to,
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of suitable
future
acquisition
opportunities
and foreign
exchange
rate
changes.
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factors
include
additional
risk factors
identified
in
Activision’s
most recent
annual
report on
Form 10-K
and
subsequent
quarterly
reports on
Form 10-Q.
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forward-looking
statements
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release are
based upon
information
available to
Activision
as of the
date of this
release, and
Activision
assumes no
obligation
to update
any such
forward-looking
statements.
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statements
believed to
be true when
made may
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incorrect.
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which are
beyond our
control and
may cause
actual
results to
differ
materially
from our
current
expectations.
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Activision
Publishing,
Inc.
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and Call of
Duty are
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trademarks
and Modern
Warfare is a
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