THE CALL OF DUTY BLOG

Treyarch announced last night that the Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation downloadable content pack will launch worldwide, first on Xbox Live on May 3, 2011.

• Hotel – set on the roof of a Cuban luxury hotel and casino against the vivid backdrop of old Havana.
• Convoy – delivers intense, close-quarters combat at the scene of an ambushed US military convoy.
• Zoo – takes you on a wild ride in an abandoned Soviet Russian Zoo, with danger at every turn.
• Stockpile – pits players in a remote Russian farm town housing secret WMD facilities.
• Call of the Dead – features a unique Zombies experience with all-new playable characters.

Treyarch Studio Head, Mark Lamia had this to say about Escalation:

“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. I don’t want to spoil any surprises for Zombies fans, but Call of the Dead takes it to a whole new level.”

Escalation map pack hits Xbox Live as a one-month timed exclusive on May 3rd. Expect a trailer soon.

The first details on Black Ops ‘Escalation’ map pack – the second instalment of Black Ops DLC – has been leaked via GAME Australia (which has since been pulled). As usual there are four multiplayer maps in the $15 DLC, and one zombie map. Zoo, Hotel, Convoy and Stockpile are the names of Escalation’s multiplayer maps, ‘Call of the Dead’ being the title of the new zombie map.

The eagle eyed among you may be able to make out some details from the promotional picture below, but what is for sure is that the Escalation map pack will be launching on the Xbox 360 in just under a month on  May 3rd.

In the coming days or weeks we should expecting the official word from Activision.