The Call of Duty 3 Bravo map pack is now available to download on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The pack includes 3 new multiplayer maps and costs 800 points.

The Bravo Map Pack unites three new multiplayer maps with two classic PC maps from Call of Duty and Call of Duty: United Offensive. Storm hilltop abbeys, maneuver alleyways for the perfect ambush, or battle in the nighttime shadows of a riverside town in three never-before-seen maps. Gare Centrale, one of the original Call of Duty’s most popular maps, brings its unique layout of warehouses, water towers and a train depot to Xbox 360 for the first time. Marseilles delivers United Offensive’s exciting blend of vehicles and vast, open combat to next-gen.

Good news for Call of Duty 3 fans everywhere, a new FREE bonus map pack has just been released onto the Xbox Live Marketplace.

“Champs” is an exclusive new multiplayer map that brings CLASSIC Call of Duty infantry-based combat to Port Royal des Champs, a war-torn French farm town. The map’s compact design is perfect for small and medium-sized team games in online, split-screen, and System Link play, or crank up the intensity with 24-player mayhem. A country road snakes across the landscape from a private chateau to a heavily battered cathedral. Vast wheat fields, hidden ravines, and blown-out buildings provide endless tactical opportunities for squads or lone soldiers to flank the enemy with stealth. Experience explosive action like never before in this free Bonus Map!

Well it’s all Call of Duty at the moment. No sooner have I posted about the new upcoming map packs, a new patch has been announced. The patch has already been released sSo next time you you pop the disk in your 360 you will be prompted to download the update. The COD3 Multiplayer Team had this to say about their new patch:

When it propagates, the update will download automatically upon logging into Xbox Live and running Call of Duty 3.  This update addresses many of the Ranked and Player Match issues that we’ve discussed over the last few weeks.  While we’ve made a number of enhancements, the most significant improvement is that Ranked Matches join lobbies much faster through both Custom and Quick Match.  Player Matches through Quick Match will now query a higher number of games before attempting to join, thus returning a better variety and better quality for the player. 

Additionally, we’ve added some gameplay, HUD and options enhancements.  For example, brightness settings will be saved across both single-player and multiplayer; players will be able to instantly punish medics who maliciously team kill and revive continuously; Auto Team Balance will remain turned on after multiple map rotations, ensuring that each team always has an equal number of players; and players will be able to select either Axis or Allies in Ranked Battle games.

These enhancements will create a more streamlined gameplay experience; however, please be aware that online play is always complicated by players with non-optimal router and connection settings – don’t hesitate to refer to Xbox Live’s “best practices” for router configurations, as it will prove helpful.

Activision have just announced that they are to release two new multiplayer map packs shortly after the holidays for Call of Duty 3.

There will be two map packs. The first will contain one map and will be free. The map named as “Champs” will be an infantry-based combat map that promises to be great for small to medium-sized online battles. The second map pack named of “Valor” Map Pack will cost 800 Points and will contain a batch of five new multiplayer maps that will take players through a maze of French streets made to create some intense close-quarter action.

Release still TBD, but I’ll kep you posted.

Very cool new video showing some actual game play footage from the upcoming Call of Duty 3 is now available on the Xbox 360 Leagues website. Download it now, you won’t be disappointed.

Call of Duty 3 – Village War – New Video