Black Ops 2 will feature “oddball, slightly silly” Party Games modes

"In Black Ops they were called Wager Matches, and there was the 'gambling' component,” David Vonderhaar told NowGamer. “But those somewhat oddball, out-of-context, just kind of fun game modes are actually going to make a fairly significant return in Black Ops 2, as what we call Party Games.

“We think about them as you and I just goofing off, having some fun in this arguably slightly silly game mode. We love making those game modes, and they'll be a part of this game too.”

What won’t be part of this game are CoD points, one of a host of swaps and changes in Black Ops 2’s multiplayer detailed at Gamescom. Which quite deftly solves the gambling issue - no in-game currency, no cardinal sin.