Today's the day folks, the final piece of DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is upon us, provided you have a Xbox 360 that is. The DLC begins its usual 30 day exclusivity period for the console today, after which it will make its way over to the remaining platforms, PC, PS3, etc.
To get the anticipation going, publisher Activision released one final trailer, which includes a nice bit of gameplay. Mostly, it's a nice look at the new maps the DLC offers, details of which you can read below. No pesky voiceover or text, just pure action. And of course, there's a nice peek at "Origins," the latest addition to the game's zombie mode, which is packed with trench warfare, insane mechs, and all accompanied by a new song from Avenged Sevenfold, "Shepherd of Fire," which will be on their new album, "Hail to the King."
Apocalypse contains the following 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 Duty: 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 Duty: 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.
"Apocalypse is Treyarch's grand finale to Call of Duty: Black Ops 2," said Treyarch studio head, Mark Lamia. "It is the perfect culmination of our efforts, and fan feedback, with two all-new multiplayer maps for players to experience for the first time, and two fully reimagined fan-favorite multiplayer maps from past games - and Origins, our most epic Zombies experience to date." Summing up, Lamia called Apocalypse "a DLC pack that our fans will never forget."
You can check out the full trailer at the bottom. Gamers should expect the usual array of double XP weekends and trial periods for previous DLC's to begin soon enough.
