The next map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will feature five different maps to fight over, will go by the name of Uprising and includes a map set on the Californian prison island of Alcatraz. That particular map be called Mob of the Dead because it's going to be full of zombies and gangsters.
We've already reported on Black Ops 2's millions; the game sold over $500 million worth of copies in a single day of sales. But we've yet to comment on its billions, well, billion, singular. Yup, in 15 days of sales, Black Ops 2 made Activision a cool billion dollars.
Treyarch's zombie mode was the best thing about Call of Duty: World at War, so good that it carried over into their next Call of Duty title, Black Ops. There it received new maps, voiced characters, a little bit of a story and even ex-presidents of the United States. How do you top that? Well, Treyarch opted for a bus. A little underwhelming, but as this 10 minute video shows, it's more than just a bus.
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Black Ops 2's Zombie mode has been teased both well and badly for the past year. At last the veil's been lifted and we learn a bit more about the mode. You are on bus touring the zombie infested country, stopping off to clear areas of the horde before continuing on your merry way.
Hello again, dodgy rendered telly. We’re getting used to seeing your ghostly beige visage around these parts. What can you tell us today about Black Ops 2’s zombie mode?
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The images were released on IGN’s instagram, and were tweeted out by Treyarch’s Matt Scronce. The leaked images and the tweet have since been removed.
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Treyarch Studio Head Mark Lamia wants Black Ops fans to know that the team behind Black Ops II has much more to offer this time around, feeling that the Original Black Ops was just “base-level.”
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Black ops 2 is being developed simultaneously on consoles and PC, meaning that PC gamers will not have to cope with poor porting issues
Console gamers have had access to Call of Duty’s feature-packed Elite service for the past few months, and Activision are continually promising its arrival on the PC. But how will a premium, paid-for service ever work with the notoriously fickle PC gaming community?
