The Medal of Honor Warfighter release date is set for October 23, 2012, and it will be in December that a map pack titled Zero Dark Thirty will be released by EA for the game. The publisher has announced that from each sale of the DLC, it will donate 1 USD to the Project Honor initiative which is aimed at driving charitable contributions to nonprofit organizations working for war veterans and their kin.
The map pack will be made available in North America in the week of December 17, during the time of the movie’s official debut. This flick is being produced by Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures, and its directorial reigns are being handled by Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow of The Hurt Locker fame. It is based on the special operations forces mission to capture or execute Osama bin Laden.
“Medal of Honor Warfighter is inspired by real world events, real operations, and real warriors. We’ve teamed up with Sony Pictures Entertainment to give back to the Special Operations community in honor of the sacrifices they and their families have made for their country and to connect people to the story of the greatest manhunt our world has seen,” revealed Peter Moore, Chief Operating Officer at EA.
The pack contains to maps for the title’s multiplayer mode. First among them is named Darra Gun Market which is said to have been based in Pakistan’s flourishing arms bazaar. And the next one is Chitral – set in the far north region of Pakistan and bounded by Afghanistan to the west and China to the north.
The Zero Dark Thirty map pack for Medal of Honor Warfighter will sell for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game at 9.99 USD (approx. Rs. 555). In UK it will be called The Hunt map pack.