Black Ops 2 multiplayer 'stripped back to the core'

by Gaetano Prestia Featured 6 Comments 8 Votes 1015 Views 21/05/2012 Back to News

Black Ops 2 developer, Treyarch, says it plans to bring multiplayer back to basics, with its popular "Zombies" mode taking on a bigger and more competitive approach.

The developer says it plans to innovate the multiplayer, even though the current "formula" has been so successful with the Call of Duty community.

Treyarch is keen on "challenging some long held assumptions" regarding Call of Duty multiplayer, with it being "stripped back to the core". That can only mean a competitive component built from the ground up, rather than using the same engine and adding new things.

The game will also feature an overhauled Zombies mode, as well as new game modes and a fascinating 8-player co-op. Zombies looks set to get bigger maps and perhaps even a competitive element, maybe similar to the "Infection" community mode in Modern Warfare 3. Gamers can expect a full game mode, rather than a mini-game Zombies add-on.

Source: Official Xbox Magazine

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Morgan_H

I really love the Treyarch games and I'm happy there trying new things off rather than keep adding small bits every game :D

21/05/2012

W.A, Perth

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Mirage

Really damn excited about Treyarch's cod!

I wonder how far they can differ from the cod formula before Activision steps in though :/

21/05/2012

Oppai-suki.

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capt_oats

This is good to hear. :)

21/05/2012

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Daseti

Will not be buying this installment. I'll rent it and give it a whack. I got CoD MW3 Hardened on release and only put about 20 hours into multiplayer and 2 minutes into single. Would be nice to see an original CoD game though.

22/05/2012

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gdmatt

Daseti said: Will not be buying this installment. I'll rent it and give it a whack. I got CoD MW3 Hardened on release and only put about 20 hours into multiplayer and 2 minutes into single. Would be nice to see an original CoD game though.

MW3 was simply MW2. Having played a lot of MW3, it just feels so cheap and rushed. Black Ops on the other hand actually felt like Treyarch took some care in their work and added creativity that Infinity Ward CoDs are missing. Ala zombies, easter eggs, top-down arcade game etc

22/05/2012

Melbourne, Victoria

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GreenThumb

Mirage said: Really damn excited about Treyarch's cod!
I wonder how far they can differ from the cod formula before Activision steps in though :/

Yeah it's going to be good to see how far they can get into mixing things up. But with that said, Maybe Activision will give them a bit more freedom now since Infinity Ward is basically gone.

22/05/2012

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