Activision and Treyarch announce
Apocalypse, the final DLC in the Season
Pass for
Call of Duty: Black Ops II, their military shooter sequel. As
before, this will debut on Xbox 360 on August 27th for an exclusive period
(likely 30 days) before coming to Windows and PlayStation 3. This will feature
four new multiplayer maps, a new zombie experience, and music from Avenged
Sevenfold because... well, because. Here's word:
Call of Duty: Black Ops
II Apocalypse delivers four diverse multiplayer maps:
- Pod: A failed utopian community from the
70's has left stacks of dilapidated residential pods nestled into an
abandoned cliff side in Taiwan. Its residents long gone, the modernist
compound now hosts frenetic combat as players must run atop the pods, as
well as navigate their multi-tiered interiors for a strategic edge.
- Frost: Fresh snow meets explosive gunpowder
in this snow-capped European city, where the bridge over a frozen canal
separates it into two sides, requiring players to employ multi-level
traversal strategies to outsmart and ultimately outshoot their enemies.
- Takeoff: Fans of "Stadium" from the
original Call of DutyŽ: Black Ops First Strike DLC will find themselves at
home on "Takeoff." Marooned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, this remote
launch site is all about close-quarters combat, combining tight corners with
open spaces for intense encounters.
- Dig: An adaptation of the fan-favorite
"Courtyard" from Call of DutyŽ: World at War, where two archeological dig
sites in Afghanistan become the perfect playground for combatants eager for
hectic, unceasing confrontations. Treyarch, has retained the spirit of
"Courtyard" with two major chokepoints, a wide open layout and raised
platforms, but has provided fans with a fresh take on the multitude of
paths.
In addition to the four maps, Apocalypse also reveals Origins, the most
horrifying and imaginative Zombies experience to date. Players will be deployed
to Dieselpunk-stylized World War I-era France where they will encounter the
return of the four original heroes from the very first Zombies map, Tank,
Nikolai, Takeo, and Rictofen, as well as hordes of zombies that have overrun
trenches and fields, as well as the ruins of a mysterious and ancient
location.