14 DAY TRIAL // Activision and Treyarch, after confirming to the world that the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 title will receive its final DLC, Apocalypse, later this month, have now revealed quite a few new details of the different maps and experiences included in the add-on.
Apocalypse is the fourth and final expansion for Black Ops 2, bringing, like previous DLCs, four new maps for the competitive multiplayer mode and one new scenario for the cooperative Zombies experience.
Developer Treyarch wants to end the DLC season with a bang and will deliver two all-new multiplayer levels as well as two recreations of fan favorites from Black Ops 1 or World at War.
Check out their descriptions below, via an official statement.
• 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.
Besides the four multiplayer maps, Apocalypse also includes a fresh scenario for the Zombies experience, called Origins.
Check out its extended description below.
"In addition to the four maps, Apocalypse also reveals Origins, the most horrifying and imaginative Zombies experience to date. Players will be deployed to Dieselpunk-stylized World War I-era France where they will encounter the return of the four original heroes from the very first Zombies map, Tank, Nikolai, Takeo, and Rictofen, as well as hordes of zombies that have overrun trenches and fields, as well as the ruins of a mysterious and ancient location."
"Unleashed after the Germans unearthed the mysterious "Element 115," this next chapter in the Zombies legacy will explore the saga's origins as players reunite with an unlikely band of soldiers that come together to defeat the greatest evil the world has ever seen, using a period-specific arsenal that includes Wonder Weapons that harness supernatural powers, a diesel-drone and Mark IV tank, as well a new perk machine and power-ups - and that's just the start."
"Players will need all the help they can get to succeed in defeating the undead, as well as evading an unprecedented 1,000-foot tall robot abomination. In this stylized undead adventure, they'll need every advantage if they have any hope of surviving one of Treyarch's deepest Zombies experiences to date."
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 gets the Apocalypse DLC on the Xbox 360 on August 27, and other platforms are scheduled to receive it in the future, like PC or PS3.