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Manny posted this a while back but it was just a link to the news. So in case you missed it here's the text...

Treyarch has announced that it's planning to release the first downloadable map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops sometime in February for Xbox 360. Treyarch's Dan Bunting appeared on Major Nelson's podcast yesterday to discuss the upcoming DLC, entitled "First Strike." It will be comprised of four competitive maps: "Discovery," set in the single-player's abandoned Antarctic research facility; "Stadium," a hockey rink; "Kowloon," which takes place on the rooftops of Hong Kong; and "Berlin Wall," set at Checkpoint Charlie. In addition, a new map named "Ascension" for the game's Zombies mode will also be included. "On this map pack, we focused a lot more on providing variety of weaponry, variety of engagement, ... [and] a lot more verticality, bringing some sniper opportunities to it," Bunting said on the podcast (via Gamasutra). The two map packs for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, despite an increased price of $15 over the previous standard of $10, still managed to sell incredibly well -- the first of the two, the Stimulus Package, sold 2.5 million copies. Knowing that it can be successful at that price, Activision has set the price for the First Strike DLC at the $15 mark. And as was announced at E3, the map pack, like all Call of Duty map packs to be released over the next few years, will release first on Xbox 360, with PC and PS3 versions following later on.