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[5/10/13]
Clearly Activision have been made aware of a small pocket of the population that are yet to have a Strong Opinion on their unstoppable FPS franchise. In which case, there’s only one thing for it: deploy a free Steam weekend in the hope of tempting the last remaining vestiges of Call of Duty innocents to invite Black Ops 2 through their bandwidth.
It’s good news for veterans, too: this influx of new recruits handily coincides with a Double XP weekend, which will be running from now until Monday.
For any trial players who manage to avoid the XP-hungry knives and bullets of the CoD hardcore long enough to glean some enjoyment from the game, there’s also a 33%-off sale to take advantage of, bringing the game down to a still rather-pricey £26.79.
Video
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Multiplayer Reveal Trailer
Launch Trailer
Reveal Trailer
Villain Trailer
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Multiplayer
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Emblem Editor, Clan Tag
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Perks
[details=Open Me]Ghost
[details=Open Me]Lightweight
Allows you to move faster than normal. You also take no damage from falling.[/details]
Flak Jacket
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You take less explosive damage, which allows you to survive (at full health) most explosive weapons that are used directly against you.[/details]
Blind Eye
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AI-controlled air support Scorestreaks can’t detect you. Some air support Scorestreaks can be player-controlled at anytime, which means they are still able to attack you if the AI is overridden.[/details]
Hardline
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Allows you to earn bonus points for each action you take, which in turn earns you Scorestreak rewards faster. For example, capturing an enemy flag gives you 200 points, but with Hardline you get 250 points.[/details]
Ghost
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Enemy UAV’s can’t detect you while moving, but if you stop, you’ll show up on the enemy radar.[/details][/details]
Perk Slot 2
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This perk makes you immune to enemy Counter UAV’s and EMPs, which is pretty much the same as the Assassin Pro perk from Modern Warfare 3. While the EMP doesn’t affect you, you still can’t call in Scorestreak rewards.[/details]
Scavenger
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Allows you to replenish ammo and grenades from enemies that weren’t killed with explosives. Killed enemies leave Scavenger bags that can be picked up.[/details]
Cold Blooded
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Makes you invisible to enemy targeting systems, which include equipment such as the Dual Band, Target Finder, Sensor Grenade, and MMS. Enemy player-controlled air support Scorestreak rewards also can’t target you normally.[/details]
Fast Hands
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Allows you to swap your weapons faster than normal - equipment and grenades can also be used faster. You can also safely throw back enemy grenades[/details].
Toughness
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Perk Slot 3
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Makes you climb ladders and mantle over obstacles, such as gates, 50% faster than normal. You can also aim faster after sprinting and recover quicker from melee strikes.[/details]
Engineer
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Allows you to see all enemy equipment glow red through walls. This perk also delays enemy explosives that were triggered by you.
You can also booby trap Care Packages or re-roll the Care Packages content and hope that it contains something better.[/details]
Dead Silence
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Makes you more silent by reducing the sound made by your footsteps, jumps, and falls.[/details]
Extreme Conditioning
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Allows you to sprint 2x longer than normal, which gains you a significant field advantage.[/details]
Tactical Mask
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Makes you more immune to Flash and Concussion grenades, including Shock Charges. This only reduces the effect and doesn’t mitigate them completely.[/details]
Awareness
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Makes enemies at least 4x louder than normal. This allows you to hear their footsteps easier when they get closer to you.[/details][/details]
Maps
Multiplayer Detailed
[details=Open Me]According to game director David Vonderhaar, deathstreaks have been eliminated as there’s “no Second Chance; there’s no Last Stand, there’s no Final Stand.”
“There’s no combination whatsoever of perk or deathstreak that puts the guy in the downed state in multiplayer,” he said. “It’s still used as the revival state in Zombies when you get downed. But it’s not in multiplayer – there is no perk and there are no deathstreaks, so there is no Final Stand or equivalent of it.”
Regular streak rewards will be handed out instead, and while rewards will “wrap around,” players can’t earn more than one of a type.
“Let’s say you took UAV and Counter UAV,” Vonderhaar explained. “If you earned the UAV then earned the Counter UAV, you’re going to start building again for the UAV – but if you haven’t spent it, if you haven’t called it in or activated it, you’re not going to get a second one. You’re just going to get notified that you’re back at that part of the chain.
“You would definitely want to activate those scorestreaks so when you loop, you’ll get them again. It’s not like Black Ops 1, which is they just keep going forever and you effectively have to die to loop. You don’t have to die to loop at any point; you’ll just keep looping.”
There will even be a new optional feature included which will allow players to hear the last words spoken by someone they have killed.
“It’s an option that you can turn on and off in custom games,” he said. “We gave it a name – Revenge Voice. It’s on in public games; we can turn it off in league play if we want. We love that thing. It’s funny.”
Vondehaar also explained various unlocks and Prestiging, and you can find out more through the link.
Below, there’s also a video below, which you may or may not have seen already, showing competitive gameplay.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is out November 13 on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. You can get hands on with the multiplayer portion at the EG Expo September 27-30.
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Pre-Order
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Care Package
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$179.99 XBOX 360
$179.99 PLAYSTATION 3
Remote Controlled Quadrotor Drone and Stand
Limited Edition 2-Sided Steelbook®
(2) Collectible Challenge Coins
Official Soundtrack by Jack Wall with Theme by Trent Reznor
Exclusive Xbox LIVE® CLAW Avatar Props
Exclusive Xbox LIVE® Zombies Avatar Props
In-Game Content:
Nuketown Zombies Bonus In-Game Content
Nuketown 2025 Bonus Multiplayer Map
Exclusive Weapon Camo
Exclusive Multiplayer Player Card Background
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Hardened Edition
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$79.99 XBOX 360
$79.99 PLAYSTATION 3
Limited Edition 2-Sided Steelbook®
(2) Collectible Challenge Coins
Official Soundtrack by Jack Wall with Theme by Trent Reznor
Exclusive Xbox LIVE® CLAW Avatar Props
Exclusive Xbox LIVE® Zombies Avatar Props
In-Game Content:
Nuketown Zombies Bonus In-Game Content
Nuketown 2025 Bonus Multiplayer Map
Exclusive Weapon Camo
Exclusive Multiplayer Player Card Background
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Regular
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$59.99 XBOX 360
$59.99 PLAYSTATION 3
$59.99 PC
$59.99 PC DOWNLOAD
re-order Call of Duty: Black OPs II today and get locked in for all future bonus offers.
Second Wave bonus - Nuketown 2025 Bonus Map: Relive the close quarters chaos of this classic fan-favorite map, reimagined in a visionary depiction of the “Model Home of the Future.”[/details][/details]
Weapons
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Assault Rifles
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SCAR-H
AN-94
SIG556
Type 25
SA-58
SMR
M27
MTAR
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Shot Gun
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M1216
SAIGA-12
KSG
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Light Machine Guns
[details=Open Me]MK 48
QBB LSW
LSAT
HAMR
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Sniper Rifle
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SVU-AS
DSR 50
XPR-50
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Sub Machine Guns
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SKORPION EVO III
PDW-57
CHICOM CQB
MSMC
VECTOR K10
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Campaign
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Images
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Campaign Detailed
[b][details=Open Me]Screenwriter David Goyer (The Dark Knight, Superman: Man of Steel) returned to help Treyarch develop the time-bending tale, and create what both parties believe will be an unforgettable villain in Menendez. Lamia can’t help but remind me that Goyer was responsible for Heath Ledger’s Joker.
Both Masons will receive help from Frank Woods who somehow did not die in the original Black Ops. In that game’s campaign he tackled villainous Victor Kravchenko, who was wearing a belt of live grenades, out a window. Hidden intel in Black Ops hinted at the possibility of Woods being alive at a POW camp in Hanoi.
A very old Woods is still alive in 2025 and a narrator of sorts in Black Ops 2. He explains what happened in the 80s while on assignment with Alex Mason and why it matters in the game’s present.
Woods has an ongoing story of his own, and though it’s unclear, the Treyarch team hinted at a major third-act reveal imagined by Goyer. Maybe I’m way off, but could Woods have been brainwashed in Hanoi like Alex Mason was in Vorkuta in the original Black Ops?
Anyhow, in the late 1980s, which will be roughly a third of the game, you will see how Menendez becomes a monster of a man, and in 2025, you will see what he’s capable of. It’s rather unsettling.
What’s most important, though, Lamia tells me, is believability. “We gotta be grounded,” he repeats time and again, like a holy mantra.[/details][/details][/b]
Prestige’s
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Zombies
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The ‘Zombie Mode’ is a fan favorite in the ‘Call of Duty’ franchise, Activision has released a few new screens that show off the game-mode.
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Creating a Class
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Mercenary
Operative
Heavy Gunner
Specialist
Recon Sniper
Weapons
Assault Rifles
Shotguns
Light Machine Guns
Sniper Rifles
Attachments
Note: This list applies to the assault rifles of Black Ops 2 only.
Wildcards
Primary Gunfighter — Allows a 3rd attachment for the primary weapon.
Secondary Gunfighter — Allows a 2nd attachment for the secondary weapon.
Overkill — Take a primary weapon as your secondary weapon.
Danger Close — Take a second Lethal.
Perk 1 Greed — Take a second Perk 1.
Perk 2 Greed — Take a second Perk 2.
Perk 3 Greed — Take a second Perk 3.
Tactician — Take a Tactical grenade in place of your lethal Grenade.[/details]
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