Competition
- Compete, Customize and Create is the slogan they are going with for Black Ops multiplayer
- Spy Plane killstreak reward
- Combat training, multiplayer training map with AI. Different rank progression. Aimed at players who don’t go online
- Character model shows up in menus, so you can see customization effects.
- Ghost guys = stealthy, Flak guy = armored
- Basic appearance determined by teir 1
- All things that are Lethal are on right bumper, all Tactical items go left bumper, and there’s now an equipment category for deploy-ables.
- Motion Sensors (a personal UAV) and a signal Jammer.
- you need in game currency to buy “things”
- batch of special weapons that players will get in Care Packages — including the Death machine and Grim Reaper (mini-gun and grenade launcher)
- Napalm Strike, Gunship, Mortar Team, the Radio Controlled Car, SAM Turret (it takes down a chopper)
- Every time you play, you earn money (COD points)
- What you used to unlock by level is now for sale — if you can afford it, you can buy it
- Contracts: time limited challenges that you purchase with COD Points (CP). Categories = Mercenaries, Operations, Specialist. Each is attached to certain play styles and in-game achievements.
- Gambling: Wager Match – you ante up and put your COD Points on the line and wager on matches. The top three players split the pot.
Gamemodes
- Four new game modes, separate from your standard rank progression in multiplayer competitive modes.
- Take CP, wager them, and bet whether you are in the top three in the scoreboard for the specific match…
- First mode: one in the chamber, and everyone just has a pistol with one bullet and three lives.
- Second mode: sticks and stones where yo have crossbows and ballistic knives plus a tomahawk.
- Third mode: Gun Game – A series of progressive weapons, from pistol to shotgun to sniper rifle, granted to the player after kills.
- Fourth: Sharpshooter is where everyone uses the same weapon and unlocks perks per kill. Unlock a better gun with each kill…and lose a “level” with death instead of starting from the beginning
Customization
- Players have a special attachment to their weapons — so they can place clan tags, decals and smiley red dots on their weapons.
- Flamethrowers, sniper rifles, shotguns… everything can be customized
- Emblem editor
Theater
- Trailer coming in a few days
- All recent games played on live can be tagged, edited, and searched with Theater.
All of this was taken from the Call of Duty Black Ops Blog
My thoughts: Sounds awesome, yet complicated and FUCKING crazy. Wager matches? What is this, Call of Duty: Poker? I like the customizable stuff and I guess the money (Cod points) sounds cool, since I get to pick what I unlock. Emblem editor sounds neat. The wager modes sound like a lot of fun. Theater sounds like it will work good.
So, I am really excited. Cant wait. I was on the fence, but this sounds way to cool. I was hoping for some Zombie announcements, though.
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