Treyarch Caps Its Epic Call of Duty\u00ae: Black Ops II<\/b> Season Pass Offering with Two All-New Multiplayer Maps, Two Re-Imagined Fan-Favourite Maps, and the Ground-breaking \u201cOrigins\u201d Zombies Experience<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
World Famous Rock Band Avenged Sevenfold and Renowned Comics Painter\/Illustrator Alex Ross Lend Their Talent in support of \u00a0Call of Duty\u00ae: Black Ops II<\/b>: Apocalypse<\/b><\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Sydney, Australia \u2013 August 12, 2013 \u2013 The epic climax of Activision and Treyarch\u2019s Call of Duty\u00ae: Black Ops II <\/i><\/b>Downloadable Content (DLC) Season Pass culminates with Apocalypse<\/i><\/b>.\u00a0 Available first on the Xbox Live\u00ae online entertainment network from Microsoft on August 27, the game\u2019s fourth and final DLC Pack delivers four thrilling and diverse multiplayer maps, and the all-new wildly creative Zombies experience – \u201cOrigins<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n
With Apocalypse<\/i><\/b>, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI<\/a>), and its award-winning studio Treyarch have partnered with award-winning Warner Bros. Records rock band, Avenged Sevenfold, who contribute the song, \u201cShepherd of Fire\u201d<\/i> from their upcoming album, \u201cHail to the King,\u201d<\/i> to the Zombies experience, which will be featured in the intro cinematic video for \u201cOrigins<\/i>.\u201d Along with Avenged Sevenfold, famed comics illustrator and painter, Alex Ross, has also lent his talent to \u201cOrigins<\/i>,\u201d providing original art that features the original Zombies heroes.\u00a0 One of the most esteemed comic book artists of all time, Ross is most famous for his work with DC and Marvel Comics, and has won many notable awards for his artistic design.<\/p>\n \u201cApocalypse<\/i><\/b> is Treyarch\u2019s grand finale to Call of Duty: Black Ops II<\/i><\/b>,\u201d said Treyarch Studio Head, Mark Lamia. \u201cIt is the perfect culmination of our efforts, and fan feedback, with two all-new multiplayer maps for players to experience for the first time, and two fully reimagined fan-favourite multiplayer maps from past games \u2013 and Origins<\/i><\/b>, our most epic Zombies experience to date.\u00a0 Apocalypse<\/i><\/b> is a DLC pack that our fans will never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n Call of Duty: Black Ops II Apocalypse<\/i><\/b> delivers four diverse multiplayer maps:<\/p>\n In addition to the four maps, Apocalypse<\/i><\/b> also reveals Origins<\/i><\/b>, 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.<\/p>\n Unleashed after the Germans unearthed the mysterious \u201cElement 115,\u201d this next chapter in the Zombies legacy will explore the saga\u2019s 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 \u2013 and that\u2019s 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\u2019ll need every advantage if they have any hope of surviving one of Treyarch\u2019s deepest Zombies experiences to date.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Call of Duty: Black Ops II Apocalypse<\/i><\/b> <\/i>will be available first, exclusively on Xbox Live for the Xbox 360\u00ae games and entertainment system from Microsoft for 1200 Microsoft Points on August 27, with other platforms to follow.\u00a0 <\/i><\/b>Players who have already purchased the Season Pass can download Apocalypse <\/i>as soon as it becomes available. 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":" Treyarch Caps Its Epic Call of Duty\u00ae: Black Ops II Season Pass Offering with Two All-New Multiplayer Maps, Two Re-Imagined Fan-Favourite Maps, and the Ground-breaking \u201cOrigins\u201d Zombies Experience\u00a0 World Famous Rock Band Avenged Sevenfold and Renowned Comics Painter\/Illustrator Alex Ross Lend Their Talent in support of \u00a0Call of Duty\u00ae: Black Ops II: Apocalypse\u00a0 Sydney, Australia<\/p>\n\n