It's unknown if the zombies will be voiced by Nolan North or have jet packs.
Activision and Treyarch have confirmed another one of those "worst kept secrets" earlier this morning by announcing that Call of Duty: Black Ops will indeed feature our favorite undead friends in the shooter's co-op component. Specifically, Black Ops' zombie mode, much like the one in World at War's before it, will have you and up to four other dudes beating back waves of moaning, brain-hungry hordes.
The omission of the word "Nazi" is making us think that Treyarch probably has something up its sleeves in regards to what kind of zombie we'll be squaring off against in the Cold War-set game, but the studio has yet to drop that (admittedly dull) bit of information. A recent Brady Games official guide leak did, however, peg the zombies as Nazis, which should keep most fans happy.
Speaking of fans, Treyarch hopes to make them happy by dropping in something a little extra special into the mode. At least, that's what we think this tease is getting at: "We've taken extra special care to retain the essential ingredients of our zombie game," Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia said in a statement, "and have also crafted a nice surprise for the fans [of the mode]."
As the Hardened and Prestige editions of the games leaked prior to today's confirmation, Treyarch is recreating four bundle-exclusive World at War maps for use with Black Ops' zombies co-op mode. It is still unknown if these maps will ever become available for owners with peasant editions of the game (or at what price they'll presumably be offered at), but, hey, zombies! How could you get possibly get mad about an audience-splitting experience from the get-go when it involves zombies, right?
They seem to be doing a good job at making black ops a good value. Lots of game modes.. I'm stoked. Zombies was always fun with a group of friends.. lots of yelling And screaming
This is awesome, I kept going back and forth on whether I wanted Black Ops after all the investment in MW2 and because of Reach, but this kind of variance in the gameplay modes makes this a must-buy. And I have a lot of faith in Treyarch--they're a great developer.
It seems like zombie content embodies the very nature of what it means to be a zombie. Infect and spread uncontrollably. Of course its not like we didn't see this one coming though. Just a notion anyways...
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