We’re three weeks away from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 launch across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U. [Yes, there’s a Wii U version coming out, read on.] Activision has been preparing for the launch of Black Ops 2 for quite some time now. We’re getting more, and more information about Black Ops 2 than ever before, but one that everyone’s excited about is the influx of Black Ops 2 Zombies info and trailers. Why? Because it’s looking more interesting, and more chaotic than ever before. Enjoy the latest trailer titled “Don’t Miss The Zombie Bus.”
I say, “Don’t miss the #@^&ing bus!”
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be released on November 13th, 2012. Are you ready for chaos?
Treyarch has been busy with Call of Duty: Black Ops 2’s development. They’ve been teasing a Zombies reveal for months, and they cranked it up recently in a series of videos. Treyarch finally, finally released the Black Ops 2 Zombie trailer today. It takes place in a futuristic hell of sorts. Enjoy!
What we see so far:
– We can travel to another location.
– You can use sort of a car door as a shield to ward off zombies.
– Co-op is a prominent part of Zombies.
It’s been a while since Activision revealed the single player portion of Black Ops 2 at E32012. Everyone is still anticipating the multiplayer reveal of Black Ops 2, and they thought they had to wait until GameStop Expo 2012 to get their first glimpse into the multiplayer portion of Black Ops 2. Well, fear not, the first multiplayer trailer is online! Enjoy…
Here’s what we see so far:
– Once you spawn, you will be treated to a menu of sorts. It shows you what weapons and equipment you selected.
– Double Attachment returns, and this time, it seems to work a lot quicker than that seen in Modern Warfare 3.
– Assault Drone returns, but is upgraded to futuristic technology. It takes up the entire screen for precision and intensity.
– Riot Shields return and is also upgraded to allow you to use a machine gun for your opponents.
– There seems to be a new KillStreak; A portable solar flare that acts like a flashbang with directions. You can keep your enemies back while you rack up kills with it.
– Obviously, there are new weapons, but the RDS seems to have the most improvements:
+ The RDS is now accompanied by a crosshair, and viewable environment scanner.
+ The environment scanner allows you to see through smoke, as well.
– Tomohawk seems to get a lot of love in Black Ops 2:
+ Tomohawk is upgraded to be more tech-y. And designed futuristically.
+ Tomohawk will allow you to treat it as a flashbang.
– Sniper Rifles seems to get an overhaul in many ways. And there seems to be two different types so far.
– There seems to be a aircraft drone that also acts like a precision airstrike.
Get Ready! Because Black Ops 2 will blow up like no other Call of Duty title has ever done before. Everyone’s been talking about The Dark Knight Rises but nobody’s even talking about how the movie or the co-writer will affect Black Ops 2. David S. Goyer was the co-writer of The Dark Knight Rises, Batman’s latest film. David is the writer of Black Ops 2. Trent Reznor was the Academy Award-winning composer of The Social Network. Trent is doing the musical score in Black Ops 2.
A few days before The Dark Knight Rises premiered, Activision released a video interviewing both men about the story, and the music of Black Ops 2…
When Activision released the video shown above, nobody really knows how good The Dark Knight Rises is. At the time, nobody knows why David Goyer was selected or cares about David Goyer’s influence in Black Ops 2. I have a great understanding of why David Goyer was selected as the writer of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Call of Duty has always been about adrenaline-pushing stories, so naturally, Mr. Goyer was selected to bring about this to a whole new level.
Okay, so. The Dark Knight grossed 300 million dollars on the opening weekend and beyond. Modern Warfare 3 grossed over 775 million dollars on the first week of sale. Why am I talking numbers and power players? To give you an idea of what to expect out of Black Ops 2. You’re not only getting a good musical score, you’re also getting a great story if David S. Goyer is writing it. If you’re like me, and the millions of movie-goers who watched The Dark Knight Rises, you’ll know that the story is going to be as great as your #1 favorite movie. Live Free or Die Hard was that movie for me, now it’s been replaced by The Dark Knight Rises. I have never seen a director or writer pull off a masterpiece that is The Dark Knight Rises. I won’t spoil it for you, but the movie put me at the edge of my seat the whole way through. You don’t need to watch either Batman Begins or The Dark Knight in order to feel the movie out. It would help, but it’s not required.
Here’s the thing: By the end of The Dark Knight, Batman is this criminal, this vigilante that the police wants so badly. The Dark Knight Rises makes Batman a real #@^&ing legend by the time the movie is finished. In the same movie – Bane, went from a forgettable character in either the comics, or the video games that’s been released thus far – to a memorable character. In Rises, Bane was extremely intimidating, and extremely convincing as a character the whole way through the movie, especially at the climax of the story. This kind of character development isn’t in many movies or video games thus far. Video Games do not often have a deep or an encompassing story enough to develop character into something great. This is something that Black Ops 2 will benefit the most from David Goyer’s writing talent.
The other thing I’d like to point out is that The Dark Knight Rises, and Black Ops 2 have one thing in common. They both used their respective media to debut new technology. In fact, 60% of The Dark Knight Rises is all about Batman’s various vehicles or weapons. My favorite? The Bat’s scenes. I was like “Oh $#!^. Oh $#!^.”
One of the most interesting facts about The Dark Knight is that the music in the movie is composed by none other than Hans Zimmer. If you recall, Hans Zimmer did the musical score for …Modern Warfare 2.
So, by now, you understand why Black Ops 2 will indeed blow up. By the time Black Ops 2 is released to retailers worldwide, you can expect Black Ops 2 to sell so good, that it will be on a weekly basis until the Call of Duty formula is played out.
On monday, Microsoft demonstrated Black Ops 2, but that doesn’t stop them from releasing a new video that takes you behind the scenes at Treyarch about Black Ops 2. Enjoy the new video.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 arrives to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on November 13th, 2012.
At Microsoft’s E32012 press conference, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 took center stage, and was presented by Microsoft’s President of Interactive Entertainment Business Don Mattric. As reported before, Black Ops 2 takes place in the future, specifically in the year 2025. Although the game’s setting takes place in the future, the single player campaign also features settings taking place in the 1980’s only to give some kind of backstory. Well, Black Ops 2’s single player mode was presented at Microsoft’s conference with a lot of cool gameplay.
Here’s what we know so far:
– You’re sitting next to the president of the United States. It’s a woman.
– You’re about to be deployed to the heart of the Civil War between U.S. and China.
– Only to be hit with a surprise attack on the bridge earlier than expected.
– The location is indeed downtown Los Angeles, the SAME area as L.A. convention center the primary home of E3.
– This operation is codenamed “Section” but Project P.O.T.M.S is probably the name of the Squad and/or P.M.C being sent to this mission, or is the name of the mission.
– It’s confirmed that you will be using your Mobile PDA to track where you need to go.
– More adrenaline-pressured battles; enemies and aircraft will attempt to kill you first thing you get out of your Humvee. I have a feeling the game will crank up difficulty level as time rolls on.
– In exchange, your single-player vehicles will help you through the game, such as the future tanks that will launch more than one missile at a time; lock on, and load!
– A new sniper rifle from the future is revealed, and it will be able to show you the enemies in bright white color, and it will allow you to shoot through walls, cars, and what have you.
– The sniper rifle’s reload speed is slow and it tells you when it’s ready on the right side HUD.
– “In interest of time” returns, and it moves you into the ground this time.
– Not only are the environments refreshingly new, it’s very detailed. I see a lot of creativity from Treyarch in here.
– Your mobile PDA can tell the quadrotor to attack in front of you, as it emits a blue light to signal where to attack.
– Then, for a bit, you’re at a scene where the building collaspses in front of you and you can barely see. Until you see an aircraft; you can use it!
– You’re to protect your P.M.C troops, and whoever else is considered “Collateral Damage.”
– Then you’re treated to some enemies who are in their own aircrafts, and you chase them.
– Demo comes to an abrupt end.
– DLC is going to Xbox Live first as usual. [source]
