Activision announced that Call of Duty Elite Services will be free for the publishers latest game in the series, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Player will have the choice of purchasing DLC as individual pieces or through a Black Ops 2 Season pass.
Individuals the DLC will cost $14.99 each on PlayStation Network and 1200 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. The season pass will cost $ 49.94 or 4000 Microsoft points. According to a report by IGN, Activision said the packs will include both multiplayer and Zombies DLC content and will arrive in 2013, with more details to be revealed "at a later date."
"We feel that Call of Duty is at its best when our community is united," Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg told IGN. "That's why we're returning to four map pack drops next year, and also the reason why we're making services like leveling clans and Elite TV available to a wider Call of Duty community for Black Ops II, not just to premium Elite subscribers only. Our mission from the start with Elite has been to make multiplayer a more connected, social experience. For our premium members, we have accomplished that. We've been listening to the community and we've come to the conclusion that Elite has more value as a community wide platform to drive engagement and connectivity than as a paid members-only service."
Call of Duty Elite features will include a player head quarters and clan head quarters that tracks stats including recent match data, Zombie leaderboards, Call of Duty Elite TV, and social integration.
"We're bringing a full suite of Elite services to Black Ops II," Hirshberg told IGN. "Our driving principle with this transition is to unite a wider Call of Duty community.
The new free version of Elite will only be available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 at launch, but Activision is "evaluating options to bring Elite services to the PC and Wii U," according to the report.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II developed by Treyarch will release on Nov. 13, for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows and on Nov. 18 for the upcoming Wii U.
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