Showdown really set the standard for small map design in the Call of Duty franchise, inspiring the likes of Nuketown with its squared, centralised and grenade-friendly design. Matches end quickly due to the constant barrage of grenades being thrown, but it offers an exhilarating and fast-paced experience. Spawn points put opposing teams in a face-off-like battle, with gun battles often rolling into the central courtyard. This courtyard map, taking obvious inspiration from the scene in the campaign when President Al-Fulani was executed by Al-Asad, has a real classic multiplayer shooter vibe to it. Playing a lone-wolf and running around with an mp5 or p90 was the ultimate way to dominate on this map. The map is certainly playable in Team Deathmatch, but tight spawn points made it prone to spawn trapping. Shipment is the ultimate Free-For-All map. So which 10 maps should we get with Modern Warfare Remastered? We already know that every map will eventually make its way to the game, but we’re hoping to see certain maps available for free from the day the game launches. If we’re paying extra for Modern Warfare Remastered, then we should get as close to the best possible product as possible. They should be additions, not expansions.

If that’s the case, the maps released later on should merely act as fillers, not as the best that Modern Warfare Remastered has to offer. We’ll get 10 maps with the base game - if the leaks are to be believed - which means the other 10 (four of which were released as DLC for the original game) released as paid DLC. It’s fairly clear that Activision is going to look to take advantage of an invested Modern Warfare fanbase by splitting the 20 COD4 maps down the middle.

If leaked promotional material is to be believed, we’re getting 10 maps along with the campaign. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remastered seems like a certainty at this point.

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