Legendary Hollywood Actors Ray Liotta, Chazz Palminteri, Joe Pantoliano and Michael Madsen Unite as Four Prohibition-Era Mobsters Battling the Undead on Alcatraz, the World\u2019s Most Inescapable Prison, in the Groundbreaking, All-New Zombies Experience, \u201cMob of the Dead\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Sydney, Australia \u2013 17 April, 2013 \u2013 Coming out right on the heels of the inaugural Call of Duty\u00ae Championship, presented by Xbox<\/i>, which set records as the biggest live event ever streamed on Xbox LIVE\u00ae, and the largest concurrent viewership for a live streamed console game tournament on Twitch, Call of Duty\u00ae: Black Ops II Uprising<\/i><\/b>, is available today, exclusively on Xbox LIVE for the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, with other platforms to follow.\u00a0 The second Downloadable Content (DLC) Map Pack from Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI<\/a>), and its award-winning studio Treyarch, Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uprising<\/i><\/b> includes four new, diverse multiplayer maps and the groundbreaking \u201cMob of the Dead<\/i>\u201d Zombies experience, featuring legendary Hollywood actors Ray Liotta, Chazz Palminteri, Joe Pantoliano, and Michael Madsen as four mobster inmates trying to escape a zombie infested Alcatraz.<\/p>\n \u201cUprising<\/i><\/b> is equal parts creativity and passion, all rolled into four amazing multiplayer maps, and entirely new and ambitious \u2018Mob of the Dead\u2019<\/i> Zombies experience,\u201d said Mark Lamia, Treyarch\u2019s Studio Head.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve packed a ton of gameplay into the multiplayer maps, including game-changing environmental challenges and opportunities.\u00a0 And with \u2018Mob of the Dead,\u2019<\/i> the team has pushed the boundaries of the Zombies fiction into new territory, anchored by top Hollywood talent.\u201d<\/p>\n Following tradition of the original Call of Duty: Black Ops<\/i> fan-favourite Zombies mode \u201cCall of the Dead<\/i>,\u201d Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uprising<\/i><\/b>\u2019s chilling new \u201cMob of the Dead<\/i>\u201d Zombies experience puts players in the shoes of four prohibition-era mobsters, Billy Handsome (Liotta), Al \u201cThe Weasel\u201d Arlington (Pantoliano), Salvatore \u201cSal\u201d DeLuca (Palminteri), and Michael \u201cFinn\u201d O\u2019Leary (Madsen), serving time in Alcatraz Prison only to discover that being behind bars is the least of their problems.\u00a0 In order to survive, players must work their way through the steel cells and aging concrete buildings while fighting off a multitude of zombified prisoners and guards trapped on the island with them.<\/p>\n Uprising<\/i><\/b> also debuts four new, exotic and unique multiplayer maps set around the globe:\u00a0 \u201cMagma\u201d is a modern Japanese village with volcanic eruptions carving multiple paths throughout the town; \u201cEncore\u201d takes place in the aftermath of a deserted London music festival and leaves numerous opportunities for plenty of run-and-gun, close quarters combat; \u201cVertigo\u201d is a futuristic high-rise mega-structure located in India and features dizzying vistas and multi-tiered pathways; finally, \u201cStudio\u201d is a contemporary re-imagining of \u201cFiring Range,\u201d the fan-favourite multiplayer map from the original Call of Duty: Black Ops<\/i>.\u00a0 \u201cStudio\u201d is a Hollywood movie back lot with a variety of cinematic themes that range from Sci-Fi to the Old West.<\/p>\n Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uprising<\/i><\/b><\/a> <\/i>is out now first, exclusively on Xbox LIVE for a suggested retail price of $20.00 or 1200 Microsoft Points.\u00a0 The Uprising<\/i><\/b> DLC Map Pack is also included in the Call of Duty: Black Ops II <\/i><\/b>DLC Season Pass*, where fans can purchase all four epic DLC Map Packs planned for the year, and also receive the Nuketown Zombies bonus map, and an exclusive in-game calling card as part of the discounted bundle offered at a suggested retail price of $69.95 \/ 4000 Microsoft Points \u2013 a discount of 800 Microsoft Points off the individual purchase of all four DLC Map Packs**.<\/p>\n Call of Duty: Black Ops II<\/i><\/b> is rated \u201cMA15+\u201d (Strong Violence and Coarse Language) by the Australian Classification Board.\u00a0 More information on Call of Duty: Black Ops II<\/i><\/b> can be found at http:\/\/www.callofduty.com\/blackops2<\/a> or on www.facebook.com\/codblackops<\/a>.\u00a0 Fans can also follow @Treyarch on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Legendary Hollywood Actors Ray Liotta, Chazz Palminteri, Joe Pantoliano and Michael Madsen Unite as Four Prohibition-Era Mobsters Battling the Undead on Alcatraz, the World\u2019s Most Inescapable Prison, in the Groundbreaking, All-New Zombies Experience, \u201cMob of the Dead\u201d\u00a0 Sydney, Australia \u2013 17 April, 2013 \u2013 Coming out right on the heels of the inaugural Call of<\/p>\n