Now,
the Escalation Map Pack has been made official by Activision.
Call of Duty: Black Ops will be getting a second aim at more maps with the upcoming
Escalation map pack.
It has officially been confirmed today by Activision that the Call of Duty: Black Ops
Escalation Map Pack will release on May 3rd with five maps.
Sadly, though, there's just four
Escalation maps on offer, so you'll likely get bored with playing on them pretty quickly.
Not exact matches
but this game has: smoother gameplay, better combat, arm switching for cover, an amazing campaign, tighter and more intense multiplayer, deeper customization, more
maps,
maps from the past, improved visuals, great music to fit the game, and finally yes an
escalations mode but it does feel different enough in some areas to be a small plus.
The pack also includes five new
maps, two of which are for
Escalation mode, «Pulse» and «Static».
Meaning you have to play the new
maps exclusively unless you jump out of the «
Escalation»
map pack menu.
This establishes a clear road
map towards making timely deliveries of quality products and helping the team avoid possible risks, gaps,
escalations, and so on.
Sales generated from the game's first three
map packs — First Strike,
Escalation, Annihilation — are up 40 % when compared to its 2009 predecessor, Activision revealed on its second quarter 2011 earnings call yesterday afternoon.
There's a generous serving on multiplayer content on offer here, including five new
maps (Academy, Anvil, Depths,
Escalation and The Slab) as well as four new multiplayer skins (Recruit Clayton, Thrashball Cole, Savage Marauder, Savange Kantus), two of which, you may note, were already included in the game's limited edition.
Up for grabs will be five new characters — Scattershot, Onslaught, and the previously retail - exclusive Shockwave, Demolishor and Jazz — and four additional
maps: District and Forsaken for
Escalation, plus Havok and Fortress for Multiplayer.
Now that we know about the awesome - looking Call of the Dead
map for Call of Duty: Black Ops «
Escalation DLC
map pack, here's a trailer to show the pack in its entirety.
Exciting new scenarios, new units, and huge
maps await in the largest DLC for Ashes of the Singularity:
Escalation yet!
Starting today our «
Escalation Add - on Pack» introduces the exciting three - faction «
Escalation» game mode that throws Raven, SVER and Valor into simultaneous battle on three brand new
maps.
Apart from the change in the tempo of the game, there are some more cool features that Warmind brings, such as new exotic weapons, new crucible
maps and a very interesting public event on Mars called
Escalation Protocol.
But the biggest loss is the
Escalation mode which let you team up with friends and randoms alike to fight waves of enemies while earning points to spend on unlocking new areas of the
map and weapons.
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There's a new Mars storyline, the
Escalation Protocol public event, the Spire of Stars raid, the debut of Season 3, exotic weapon tuning, seasonal Crucible rankings, new Crucible
maps, and private matches to anticipate.
As players are currently enjoying the
Escalation DLC for Black Ops on the PS3, PC and Xbox 360, a new
map pack is on its way pretty soon and it's...
Weeks before
Escalation DLC was publicly announced by Activision, the details on the
map pack was leaked by some retailer in the UK.
IO is also planning more live content for Hitman, and the Marrakesh
map will serve as the location for future
Escalation Contracts and Elusive Targets.
Three Miles Island, one of the most popular
maps from Wargame: European
Escalation completes this free downloadable content and, like the other
maps, is playable in both Conquest and Destruction game modes.
Execution of the single - player campaign has gone back to the simpler days of European
Escalation, where instead of a campaign
map (which I would have preferred, but there you go) you simply have 3 different campaigns comprising of four missions each.
According to Abrak, new free content like «
Escalation» missions and «Elusive» targets will still come to Season 1
maps, even after the start of the Hitman Season 2.
The Call of the Dead zombie level and four all new multiplayer
maps make up the second content pack,
Escalation, for the record - setting game Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Get a first look at the all - new
maps of
Escalation in this multiplayer preview video.
«
Escalation», the second Call of Duty: Black Ops
map pack, contains 5 all - new exceptionally varied
maps; featuring 4 Multiplayer
maps and an epic Black Ops Zombies experience with all - new playable characters.
Fenix Rising
Map Pack This pack adds five new multiplayer
maps: Academy, Anvil, Depths, The Slab and a remake of
Escalation from the original Gears of War.