Hoping to squeeze a bit more playtime out of your Call of Duty 4 purchase? Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but speaking in a post on the official Xbox forums, word from Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling is that future downloadable content is out of the question. That’s right, no more DLC will be offered for Call of Duty 4. But Bowling does provide a sound reasoning as to why:

Every level designer / texture artist / enviornmental artist / etc. working on a new map for a previous game is one less working on a map for a future game. Again going back to the, do you attempt to include as much as possible out of box for the people spending $60 and that goes to everyone, or do you focus on doing endless DLC for previous game, shipping with only a few maps, and beefing up MP via DLC after launch for a fee (which only a % of community people can enjoy due to internet connection / Xbox Live gold requirement). Regretfully that’s the harsh reality and shitty part of game development.

Fair enough. I’d rather have the game ship with a beefy selection of maps than purchasing them later as day one DLC.

FourZeroTwo how do you feel about IW and you not making the next COD game? [Xbox]

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