Infinity Ward are set to release (though no release date as of yet) 4 New Online Modes to their Call of Duty 4 title after a successful test run was done on the modes back in July. The 4 new modes they are bringing to the game are:

Bare-bones Team Deathmatch: Normal Team DM except no kill streak rewards and you can't use perks.
Multi-bomb Search and Destroy: Everyone starts with a bomb instead of just one player.
Hardcore (versions of Headquarters): No HUD's and increased damage
Free-for-All: Self explanatory.

It is said that both will be available to Playstation Network and Xbox LIVE but nothing was claimed about the PC version.

All four modes are pretty straightforward. Bare-bones Team Deathmatch is like normal Team Deathmatch games except there's no kill streak rewards and you can't use perks. In Multi-bomb Search and Destroy, instead of the attacking team only having one bomb to plant, every player gets one. The last two modes are simply Hardcore (no HUD's, increased damage) versions of Headquarters and Free-for-All.

No date on when these new modes would go live. According to Infinity Ward community manager fourzerotwo, the playlists will now be tested internally to iron out the few remaining bugs and then localized to the various languages COD4 is available in. After that, they'll "flip the switch to make it available to everyone over Xbox LIVE / PSN. No download or anything is required. The playlist will update seamlessly the next time players get on once it’s uploaded."

tidus04 via cinemablend.com »