Published by: Activision
Developed by: Treyarch
Genre: First-Person Shooter
Release Date:
United States: November 13, 2012
Japan: Unreleased
UK: TBA 2012
Australia: November 13, 2012
M for Mature : Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs
Also Available On: Wii U, Xbox 360, PS3
Also known as: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Activision has confirmed that
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be released November 13, 2012 on the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
Black Ops 2 is being developed by Treyarch, who previously developed Call of Duty 3, Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops.
At its press conference at E3 2012, Microsoft confirmed that all DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will come to Xbox 360 first as a timed exclusive as with previous iterations.
No precise amount of time was revealed, but previous Call of Duty DLC was exclusive to Xbox Live for a period of 30 days.
What is the setting of Black Ops 2? Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be set in the near future. One of the places that was seen at E3 2012 was Los Angeles. Activision promises that the game will push "the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise" and "propels players into a near future, 21st Century Cold War, where technology and weapons have converged to create a new generation of warfare."
Part of the campaign takes place during the '80s, where familiar faces from Black Ops return such as Frank Woods, who did not die in the orginal Black Ops, but the vast majority of the story takes place in 2025. Here you’ll assume the role of Black Ops protagonist Alex Mason’s son, David Mason.
What is the plot of Black Ops 2? China has risen to prominence by 2025, and they and the United States are embroiled in a modern cold war over the most precious resource on the planet – rare earth elements. Cyber terrorism will also play a major role in the plot. In Black Ops 2 a terrorist organization gets inside America’s vast drone network, using our most powerful military asset against the US.
Black Ops 2 will feature branching story options similar to that of an RPG. There are parts of the campaign that you can fail; where you can succeed or not in keeping Menendez from achieving his goals. Treyarch promises a non-linear campaign with plenty of replayability.
According to the July 2012 issue of Official Xbox Magazine, Black Ops 2 will have multiple endings.
What characters are returning in Black Ops 2? 1)Frank Woods
2)Alex Mason
New Characters
1)Menendez - A terrorist leader and the main antagonist.
2)David Mason - Alex Mason's son.
3)Harper - A new character.
Who is developing Black Ops 2? The team at Treyarch began work Black Ops 2’s story over a year ago in conjunction with script writers like David Goyer (Batman Begins) and consulting from Peter Singer of the Brookings Institution. Since that time story after story have broken in the news, corroborating the likelihood that rare earth elements are a future point of contention.
What will Black Ops 2 look like? The graphics engine has been overhauled, resulting in visuals that look a bit better than what’s come before. Facial animation has also received special attention, and Black Ops 2’s characters will be more expressive than what you’ve seen before.
What are Strike Force missions? To help diversify the campaign experience, Treyarch’s introducing new single player “Strike Force” missions. You control a black ops group, choosing from a number of levels based on the threat each presents in the current cold war. Success isn’t guaranteed, and if all your operatives die you lose the missions, changing the course of the conflict. You also pick one mission at the cost of others, meaning that you and your friends might not experience the same battlefields.
Each Strike Force mission acts as a small sandbox battlefield, letting you choose the order you complete objectives. You get to choose what units you play as on the fly. Flesh and blood soldiers deploy alongside walking robots and UAVs, and at any given time you can zoom out to an overwatch view of the battlefield, selecting a new unit and then shifting to its perspective. You can rapidly possess whatever unit suits your needs in the moment. You can also issue orders from the overwatch mode, playing through entire Strike Force missions in a real-time strategy fashion.
What will Black Ops 2 Multiplayer be like?Call of Duty Black Ops II's Multiplayer is set in the year 2025. It will feature a new class and customization system with Score Streaks rather than Kill Streaks.
The Create a Class system has been much improved from the original Call of Duty Series. This time, each perk, weapon, and equipment (this will not include Score Streak Rewards) will have their own amount of points. In this way, every player will create a class in their own customizable way, as long as their points don't add up over ten when going into a match. This will allow players to switch up their play style.
Treyarch is trying hard to streamline the user interface for new and experienced players, and are emphasising team-based play more than ever. Not only are they trying to make Black Ops II's multiplayer fun to play, but they want to make it fun to watch, with a strong eSports initiative in the forms of live-streaming matches and SHOUTcasting.
For those who are still new to the multiplayer experience, Treyarch has revamped the Combat Training system. Info is still scarce on that, but we will update you as soon as possible.
Finally, for the Call of Duty Elite fans and members, you will be happy to know Call of Duty Elite will be integrated at launch!
Will there be zombies? Zombies were confirmed in Treyarch's Announcement Video. "If you like zombies, you're really going to be happy with what we're doing with Black Ops 2. It's our biggest, most ambitious zombies ever."
It has been updated that zombies will also run on Treyarch's multiplayer engine. This has given them the opportunity to double the amount of players in zombies. There'll be a four vs. four zombie mode in Black Ops 2.
What are the new Vehicles and Weapons in Black Ops 2?Black Ops 2 introduces futuristic interfaces and weapons systems somewhat based off current technology. Here is some of the tech and weapons appearing in Black Ops 2:
Wrist-mounted Iron Man-like launchers that fire small explosives. "Quad Drones"
A new sniper rifle that uses millimeter wave technology, the same tech that airport security scanners use to see through walls. The same rifle also uses charged shots to sling ammo at high velocity, giving you the option to shoot through different density walls depending on how long you prime the shot.
CLAW-colossal land drone
VTOL aircraft
Mech with legs
Unmanned Drones
Kard Pistol
The M16 Assault Rifle
The XM8 (Rumored that it can be modified into a shotgun, submachine gun, light machine gun, and into an assualt rife)
M249 Saw Light Machine Gun
As seen in the Black Ops 2 trailer, a tripled barreled gun. It was not revealed to be a shotgun or just an assault rifle.
A scope that has x-ray vision has been revealed through the Black Ops 2 trailer and gameplay shown at E3.
Summary About The Game
The single-player campaign will feature two connected storylines, one set in the 1970s through 1980s and the other in 2025. The protagonist of Black Ops, Alex Mason returns as the protagonist in the Cold War section, where he will be fighting in proxy wars for the United States in the Cold War. Known locations for this section of the game include multiple sites in Central America and in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion. This section of the game will also see the rise to infamy of the game's primary antagonist, Raul Menendez. Mason's friend and colleague Frank Woods will also return, and narrate the story into the 2025 section of the game. The 2025 section of the game features Alex Mason's son David as a protagonist. In it, a new cold war has broken out between China and the United States after China bans the export of rare earth elements following a cyberattack that cripples the Chinese Stock Exchange. In this era, war is defined by robotics, cyber warfare, unmanned vehicles and other modern technology. Taking advantage of this stand-off, Menendez attempts to bring the two powers to a full-blown war by inciting conflicts between the two. Known locations for this section of the game include Los Angeles, Singapore and Socotra, Yemen.
In the 2025 section of the game, the player will have access to special 'Strike Force missions', that feature permanent death and the outcome of which can affect the course of the campaign's storyline.It has been hinted at that the side-plot of Viktor Reznov and his relationship with Alex Mason, which began in Black Ops, will be continued in Black Ops II.
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