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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare was a divisive entry in the Call of Duty canon, and Infinity Ward has announced plans to close the book on the futuristic shooter next week with the release of the Retribution DLC Pack. As always, players who purchase the expansion will get to add four new multiplayer maps to the game:

Multiplayer Maps in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Retribution DLC Pack

• Carnage – A post-apocalyptic race track along the California coast, Carnage features long sightlines and environmental hazards including a fire trap players can activate on command to roast their enemies.
• Heartland – In Heartland, teams will go head-to-head in a simulation of small town America that is a re-imagining of the classic Call of Duty: Ghosts map, Warhawk. Players can pop into the local ice cream shop for a treat, and then take out enemies down the street with a Black Hole Generator.
• Altitude – Set in a high-end, sky high shopping mall located on the edges of the universe, Altitude pushes teams around a chaotic center where quick flank routes are key to victory. Additional features include floating lush waterfalls that border the map.
• Depot 22 – Depot 22 is a watering hole at the end of civilization that focuses on mid-ranged encounters waged in a medium-sized, three-lane map. Players can battle in the cantina for close-quarter combat or engage with enemies wall-running off of a moving train.

The Retribution DLC Pack will also include “The Beast from Beyond,” a Zombies episode that riffs on Alien:

The Beast from Beyond, the final chapter of the five-part Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Zombies experience, features the return of Willard Wyler, the enigmatic movie director villain. Wyler has once again trapped the four protagonists inside an all-new horror film, now set in a desolate military station on a distant ice planet.

As players begin to discover more and more infected crew members, they’ll need to battle hordes of the undead to uncover the truth and escape Wyler’s films once and for all. The Beast from Beyond also features new weapons, traps and more, in addition to the hallmark Call of Duty action, in a setting that is sure to include pulse-pounding moments.

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Retribution DLC Pack will be available to download for the PS4 on September 12. PC and Xbox One owners will get the chance to purchase it a month later, but for now, everyone can watch two new trailers for the expansion after the break. (more…)

Activision and Infinity Ward launched the Absolution DLC Pack for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare last night. The game’s third expansion pack adds four new multiplayer maps to the game, as well as a new Zombies Mode chapter known as “Attack of the Radioactive Thing.” You can get a glimpse at the new content included in the add-on in the launch trailer embedded above.

“No matter your play style, whether you’re a sniper from long range or love close-quarters combat, our team has designed the new maps in Absolution to be fun for all players,” said Dave Stohl, the Studio Head of Infinity Ward. “And with ‘Attack of the Radioactive Thing,’ the twisted zombies storyline heads into another crazy setting now in the 1950s, straight from the classic horror movies of the era. It’s a beachside town completely demolished by a new type of enemy we hope our fans will love, along with waves of the undead and all-new weapons and traps to engage with.”

Seth Green, Ike Barinholtz, Jay Pharoah, and Sasheer Zamata will all reprise their roles in “Attack of the Radioactive Thing,” and they’ll be joined on their quest by actress Cassandra Peterson, better known to most horror fans as “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.”

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Absolution DLC Pack is currently available to download only on the PS4, but PC and Xbox One will be able to give it a go sometime in August.

Activision and Infinity Ward have announced the Absolution DLC Pack, the next expansion pack for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, will be available to download for the PS4 on July 6. Like the previous expansions for the game, the Absolution DLC Pack will include four new multiplayer maps, which were detailed earlier this week on the Activision Games Blog:

Multiplayer Maps in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Absolution DLC Pack

• Bermuda: A shantytown created around the remnants of a crashed ship, Bermuda allows players to duck, dive, and wall ride from the fish market to the lighthouse in this small to medium sized map that’s been water-wasted and sandblasted.
• Permafrost: Set within the chill of a frozen city skyline, Permafrost lets players stick to the ground and pick their plan of attack in one of three main lanes. They will traverse the map, moving from street side to train station, and hobo village to wrecked theater house in this small, tight-quarters map.
• Fore: In Fore, the only thing miniature about this large map is the golf courses players will be fighting in. Fore features great visual variety as players swing around the sights and sounds of areas that brandish magical forests, giant creamsicles, and elevated castle walls.
• Ember: Located near an old town castle, Ember is a remake of Resistance from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 featuring old world aesthetics retrofitted with modern technology. The surroundings include lava, gallows and a torture room, where players will want to stick close to their teammates.

The new maps will be joined by another episode from Infinite Warfare’s time-travelling Zombies saga. This time, players will travel back to the Atomic Age for the 1950s-set “Attack of the Radioactive Thing!” But you can’t have retro horror without Elvira, “Mistress of the Dark,” and she’ll appear in the new episode to lend players a hand:

The twisted and enigmatic film director Willard Wyler is up to his shenanigans once again, and this time he’s zapped our fearless foursome of heroes into the 1950s with a campy horror experience titled “Attack of the Radioactive Thing!” The plot of this film follows a clumsy government science experiment gone wrong, turning an unsuspecting suburban populace into flesh devouring zombies, while a newly spawned biological menace moves into the ravaged town.

This action-packed chapter comes in the style of the Creature Feature movies of the era, and is headlined by none other than horror movie icon Elvira, played with voice and likeness by Cassandra Peterson. She will help players (hopefully) survive by giving them tips and side quests, all in her unique Elvira style, as they attempt to make it through this science experiment from hell.

Stepping into brand-new roles, our four intrepid cast of characters will become The Scientist, The Rebel, The Soldier, and The School Girl as they battle all-new zombies while sporting classically cool 1950s attire. If you’re hip to that jive, then just try to stay alive in “Attack of the Radioactive Thing!”

The Absolution DLC Pack is also in development for the PC and Xbox One, and should launch on those platforms in August.