Treyarch, the developer of Call of Duty: Black Ops, has revealed that the downloadable content released for the game is more than worth the pretty steep $15 (or 1200 MS Points) price tag.
Call of Duty: Black Ops was the biggest entertainment release of last year, and the
First Strike Map Pack released for it back in February, for the Xbox 360, and March, for the PS3 and PC, achieved huge sales, despite being priced quite steep and offering just four new maps and a new zombie cooperative scenario.
This pricing strategy is pretty advantageous, at least according to Treyarch community manager Josh Olin, who revealed to OXM UK, via CVG, that DLC released for all Call of Duty games, with Black Ops in particular, offer great content for their price.
"It's a little of getting used to it, but I think people see there's a lot of value in the map pack. All four of our MP maps are brand new - they're not rehashes from single-player, they're not old maps that people have seen before. They also get new gameplay mechanics with ziplines and destructible bridges and auto turrets. In fact, every new Zombie map we've ever made for DLC, it's more than just a few maps - new weapons, new enemies, new traps - and so it's more than that."
After the success of the First Strike DLC, Treyarch is now getting ready to deploy the second map pack for Black Ops, called
Escalation, which, just like the first one, brings four new maps and a new zombie scenario.
The
Escalation DLC will be out on May 3, as part of a timed exclusive only for the Xbox 360, costing 1200 MS Points.
If Treyarch follows tradition, PlayStation 3 and PC gamers can expect the Escalation DLC to appear at the beginning of June for their respective platforms, where it will cost $15.
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