Black Ops 'Escalation' DLC confirmed, detailed
The Call of Duty: Black Ops "Escalation" downloadable content that was leaked last week has unsurprisingly been confirmed.
The Call of Duty: Black Ops "Escalation" downloadable content that was leaked last week has unsurprisingly been confirmed. Microsoft's Larry Hryb (aka "Major Nelson") posted the announcement on his blog, detailing what we can expect from the pack when it hits the Xbox Live Marketplace on May 3.
The stages from the leaked flyer were accurate, but now we have a bit more info for them. The Hotel is a Cuban luxury hotel in Havana, Convoy takes place at an ambushed US military convoy, Zoo is in an abandoned Soviet zoo, and Stockpile is set in a Russian farm town with WMDs. The new Zombie level also promises new playable characters.
The May 3 launch is a timed exclusive for the Xbox 360, thanks to Activision's deal with Microsoft. The first piece of Black Ops DLC, First Strike, hit PS3 about one month after its 360 release, with the PC following a few weeks later. We'll probably see Escalation come to PS3 and PC sometime in June.
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replyComment on Black Ops 'Escalation' DLC confirmed, detailed, by Steve Watts.
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Summary: The Call of Duty: Black Ops "Escalation" downloadable content that was leaked last week has unsurprisingly been confirmed.
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Because your 'friend' is not the only person who plays this game. Plenty of people will buy this, including me.
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I don't necessarily think DLC content should be free, as long as it isn't finished before the discs are pressed.
I also don't like the assertion we hear a lot that DLC "continues to support your purchased game". While I love DLC and don't mind paying for it, it's not "supporting my game" if I have to pay more on top of what I already have.
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That's my issue. I like the idea of new content, but not when they are holding back on it to be able to sell it at a higher price than it's valued. I still love the disc based expansions of past where you got a better value for the quality and quantity of the content as oppose to the overpriced DLC we see now.
Mysteries of the Sith, Opposing Force, and Dawn of War Winter Assault are examples of how expansions should be. Meaty and more bang for your buck. Unlike MW2's overpriced expansions. 15 bucks for 3 maps and 2 recycled ones. I bet they just dragged and drop those recycled files from one folder to the other.
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"why bother" applies to the friend, who only plays nuketown. You know, the one who "has shown zero interest in the first pack". It is presumed to apply to anyone else who only plays nuketown. Congrats for demonstrating that there are people to whom that doesn't apply
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quality of the map doesn't = the most popular.
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Its decent for a SMALL number of players (2 to say...6 or so) but it doesn't work when you cram it full of people...then its just too cessy/spammy. I can enjoy a meatgrinder occasionally (I used to frequent 24+ player Q2 servers back in the day)...but its not high quality gameplay.
It really doesn't work with DOM very well (I play HC DOM almost exclusively)...so I'm not really happy when it pops up.
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Average call of duty player's expense in 1 year:
$60 game
$50 XBL
$30 of map packs
Thats $140 a year. Why do people think it's a bad thing to insert a subscription fee for those that JUST play call of duty?-
Actually, XBL subs are 60 bucks now.
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How many people have a 360, BLOPS, XBL and ONLY play that? Seriously?
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F..bomb on xbox 360. Dislike it on Facebook. PS3 > xbox 360.
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good stuff
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