New MW3 Map Packs Arrive Today

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 gets it’s first paid DLC today with the release of new maps Liberation and Piazza – but only Call of Duty Elite premium subscribers on Xbox 360 will have access to the maps initially.

Activision has promised that “for non-premium members, the content is coming to you as well, stay tuned for dates,” but if you’re an MW3 on PS3 or PC without an Elite premium subscription, you could be in for a wait of more than a month just for the chance to buy the new DLC.

The MW3 DLC kicks off a nine-month season of content planned for the shooter. We’re not sure how much maps and other DLC is likely to cost individually, but Activision is also planning ‘Content Collections’, the first of which will be offered to Xbox Live players in March.

Look out for further coverage of the new MW3 maps when they go live later on today.

[Update] As of 12pm Irish time Liberation and Piazza are still pending download via CoD Elite.