

As the video points out, Grind is made up primarily of curved surfaces - namely those of half and quarter pipes. Grind takes place in a skate park in Southern California. Like the map Express in Black Ops 2 proper, Hydro features a dynamic event - in this case the flooding of a walkway - that will indiscriminately kill any players in its path. The first new map, titled Hydro, is set on a hydroelectric dam in Pakistan. Featuring four new multiplayer maps, a new Zombies map and mode, and a new weapon, Revolution could prove to be the most substantial DLC package the Call of Duty franchise has seen yet.Īlongside the announcement Treyarch also released a 5-minute video (featured above) that walks players through all the Black Ops 2 maps and the new mode, explaining what new elements they bring to the table. That is, it’ll be free of charge for subscription members (who may also get access a few days early) and around 1,200 Microsoft points (or about $15) for everyone else.As we all expected them to, Treyarch has finally confirmed the existence of the first DLC pack for Black Ops 2, Revolution, and announced it will release on January 29th. Pricing wasn’t revealed in the leaked image but we can probably assume that it will follow the same pricing scheme as other Call of Duty DLC. It would seem that Treyarch somehow figured out a way around this though. Things like characters, models, textures and weapons all have to be loaded in live RAM and simply put, there isn’t enough free space for extras like new guns.

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Mark Rubin from Infinity Ward explained last year that Modern Warfare 3 couldn’t have additional weapons like Battlefield 3 due to the fact that current generation consoles are limited to 512MB of RAM. This will be the first time that a new gun has accompanied a Call of Duty DLC, according to the publication. The fifth map is a zombie board known as Die Rise which we assume might be set in a high rise building. The DLC, titled Revolution, will feature the following multiplayer maps: Hydro, Downhill, Grind and Mirage. The promotional poster was first spotted by the team over at MP1st. In addition to the new maps, gamers will also have access to a new gun: the Peacekeeper SMG. Fans of the Call of Duty franchise can expect to see five new maps as part of the first Black Ops 2 DLC pack that will be available for Xbox 360 players starting Tuesday, January 29.
