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First Strike Map Pack for Call of Duty Black Ops available Feb. 1, 2011
Four original multiplayer maps and one zombie map are making their way to Call of Duty: Black Ops in 2011 and will be available for download on February 1. An article on IGN’s website has the details.
The pack is called “First Strike” and includes four original multiplayer maps and one zombie map for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15) on Feb. 1, 2011.
Here are a few details from Treyarch’s Dan Bunting:
Discovery - Antarctic German research station, abandoned from World War II.
Kowloon – Inspired from the single-player campaign based off of Kowloon city in China. It’s a rooftop map.
Stadium – Hockey rink in northeastern United States.
Berlin Wall – Takes place at Checkpoint Charlie. Is a battle between East and West Berlin.
Ascension – Zombie map.
Read more about the First Strike Map pack and listen to the podcast with Microsoft’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb.
Halo Movie still in the works, says Microsoft
“There will be a Halo movie.”
That line came straight out of the mouth Halo franchise development director Frank O’Connor during a conversation with Harold Goldberg of the New York Videogame Critics Circle.
Read more about Halo’s journey to the big screen.
