At last the rumours, conjecture and guesswork can cease - or can they? According to Product Reviews, Treyarch has confirmed that there will be a fourth Map Pack for Call of Duty: World at War.

On October 25th, a sole Nazi Zombies map entitled ‘Gebiet 51’ (Area 51) will be available to purchase from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the PlayStation Network. New features include the 'Sophia Machine' which, when activated, summons the spirit of Dr Maxis’ daughter who will temporarily aid you in disposing of the persistent undead hordes. Players will also have the option to upgrade traps, in hope that this might improve their chances of survival.

But wait a minute: October 25th is a Sunday. Since when was DLC released on a Sunday? Could this be a mere typographical error, or should we be questioning the legitimacy of Product Reviews' article?

It looks like we’ll have to file this under rumour for the time being.

Update: Treyarch's Community Manager Josh Olin has, via Twitter, commented that Product Reviews' article is misinformed, as we suspected. Thanks Josh.

Well, if you read our post a while ago about Map Pack 4 for Call of Duty 5: World at War, you're probably currently making a face a bit like the guy in the banner above (when you get a moment, tell us how you got your eyes to glow like that, ok?). Well, despite the conspiracy theories and pure conjecture actually seeming like they had something to them other than wishful thinking, it seems that World at War Map Pack 4 is a myth.

Yes, as disappointing as it may be, Map Pack 4 is almost certainly not going to happen. Now, you might be holding onto that final glimmer of hope like it's going to save you from the zombie shown above, and you are welcome to do so, but we're putting our cards on the table right now and saying that, with it being so close to Modern Warfare 2's hugely anticipated release date and the simple fact that there is no word on Map Pack 4 anywhere, it's probably not happening.

You're welcome to keep that glimmer of hope about, though, we'd love to be wrong, DLC is great, so more DLC in the form of Map Pack 4 can only be greater. However, about now, we'd set our sites on Modern Warfare 2. So, instead of wishing for more maps, how about you play the maps you've already got extra hard? Give yourself that much-needed edge for when Modern Warfare 2 releases. We're all going to need it.

Rumour has it that Call of Duty: World at War may be getting a fourth Map Pack! The tip-off comes from Alan Ng’s article on the Product Reviews website, written earlier this month. We can only offer our sincerest apologies for not finding this sooner.

During Map Pack 3's Der Reise zombie level, a radio transmission can be  heard delivering an ambiguous message from a Dr Maxis regarding ‘The Giant Project’, the future mass production of the Wunderwaffe super weapon, and ‘matter transference’ experiments – which can only continue with a regular supply of mysterious element '115’. It is here Maxis talks of his American operatives having significant resource at their Nevada base. Generally, what springs to mind at the mention of Nevada? Area-51. Could this be the location of a future Zombies map?

And there’s more. Hidden in one of Der Riese’s factory rooms is a calendar on which four very specific dates have been marked by a red ring and a question mark: the 3rd, the 10th, the 17th and the 24th. Now, find a calendar and look at next month. Notice anything? Both calendars are identical, with the 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th all being Thursdays. Coincidentally, in the world of PlayStation, what tends to happen on Thursdays? New content arrives on the PlayStation Store. Might these four marked days be potential release dates?

Ok, we understand the whole thing’s a bit of a long shot, although before you dismiss the subject altogether have a look at this Easter Egg footage, submitted on YouTube by a group of American players (please be advised: this footage does contain strong language). Taking all into consideration, there’s enough evidence here to imply that World at War's Zombies mode might not end with Der Riese. Call us fools, but it's certainly got us thinking!