On the weekend of May 6, Black Ops players can earn double the amount of experience points in each match they play.If you're playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 on the PlayStation 3, then you'll be happy to know it will receive the Awakening Map Pack next week. So it’s clear that map packs are a big business, and video game publishers may want to avoid publishing rival games on May 3, since gamers will be a little busy. “And I don’t want to spoil any surprises for Zombies fans, but Call of the Dead takes it to a whole new level.”Īctivision Blizzard said some time ago that it had sold more than 20 million Call of Duty map packs, generating more than $300 million in sales. “In crafting the Escalation multiplayer maps - Zoo, Convoy, Hotel and Stockpile - the team developed them to be distinct experiences in their own right, giving players the variety they crave in both setting and gameplay,” said Treyarch Studio Head, Mark Lamia, in a statement. Instead of coming years later, though, these downloadable expansions to existing games keep players addicted to a recently released title. Activision Blizzard previously launched its First Strike map pack in February.Īs we noted before, if video games are the new Hollywood, map packs and downloadable content are smart ways to satisfy the insatiable thirst that some gamers have for sequels. First Strike sold more than 1.4 million copies on Xbox Live on its first day of sales.Ĭall of Duty Black Ops is one of the best-selling video games of all time, with sales of more than $1 billion since the launch in November.
(See the smack talk from EA’s chief executive about Call of Duty). The price wasn’t listed, but previous map pack First Strike was sold on Xbox Live for 1200 Microsoft Points, or $15. The new map pack will have five maps, entitled Zoo, Hotel, Convoy, Stockpile, and the zombie map Survive. I’m at the equivalent of level 88 (since you can get up to level 50 and then start over again). I’ve actually put more than 60 hours into the multiplayer combat version of the game, which is second to none, in my opinion.
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