New Call of Duty 3 maps today

The Valor Map Pack is set for release today, in may already be online by the time you read this. The pack features five new maps designed with the original Call of Duty as an influence.

"What's the theme of the new maps?" Treyarch's Dave Bunting told IGN. "The pack is called the Valor Pack, but our goal was to get back to the classic Call of Duty feel. These feel like the original Call of Duty maps. The ones that shipped with game were bigger and more open. These have more narrow places to run, nooks and crannies to hide in, and they're better designed and controlled."

"The maps are distinctly different," Bunting continued. "We wanted to provide a wide variety both visually and from a gameplay standpoint. Champs (last week's free map) is one of the small maps, but many online players wanted to see an infantry-based map. These five maps tend to be more infantry based, to answer the call to play more classic Call of Duty. There is a little less emphasis on vehicles, though three of the maps do have vehicles."

Alas the pack weighs in at a rather expensive 800 Microsoft points.