News!

I've got some interesting news that will be popping up on here so keep an eye out for it soon-ish!

Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC, "Escalation" Announced

Treyarch announced the release of the next map pack, "Escalation," first on Xbox 360 on May 3, 2011. Arriving in this map pack are four new multiplayer maps: Zoo, Convoy, Hotel, and Stockpile as well as a new addition to zombies entitled Call of the Dead.

To celebrate the release of Escalation, there will be a double XP weekend starting Friday, May 6th. At this time there is no set release date for PlayStation 3.

Duke Nukem Forever: Delayed

Last week Gearbox announced a delay in the release of the latest game in the Duke Nukem series: Duke Nukem Forever. Originally set to be released in North America on May 3rd, fans will now be waiting until June 14th to get this game. Gamers have been waiting about 14 years for this game, so, what's another month, right?

Duke Nukem Forever will be releasing on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 on June 10th internationally and June 14th in North America.

Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC Announced

Last night majornelson tweeted out that Treyarch's very own Dan Bunting aka danskdansk would be announcing details on the upcoming DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Arriving in February 1st to Xbox Live, First Strike will contain 4 multiplayer maps and 1 Zombies map. Berlin Wall is set at Checkpoint Charlie, the well known crossing point between East and West Berlin. Discovery is a German research station in Antarctica, abandoned from World War II. Kowloon is inspired from the campaign and is a ray rooftop map. Last but not least is Stadium, an athletic complex/hockey rink set in Northeastern United States.

Dan Bunting was tight-lipped about the new Zombies map, Ascension. Definitely looking forward to this map what with the air of mystery surrounding it.

Remember, First Strike drops on February 1st for 1200 Microsoft Points.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Water Pistol Giveaway Details

Alright boys and girls, here it is. One of you lucky followers will win one of these water pistols. Sorry, you can't have both, I've gotta have one too!

The rules:

This is an emblem creating contest. Some of you may know that my gamertag is KillaMonkey 713. I have yet to be able to create an awesome emblem that fits my gamertag. That being said, it doesn't have to be a killer monkey (that's what the name means, by the way) but something that fits the gamertag. Be creative, make sure you take a photo, screenshot, upload it, do whatever you have to to let me see it. You can enter multiple submissions. Racist emblems and sexually themed emblems will cause you to be disqualified, so keep it clean. The contest ends Friday at 4pm PST and I will choose a winner by 6pm PST.

To enter submissions @ reply me with the submission and the hashtag #KillaMonkey.

Good luck! Happy creating!

Camouflages

These are the camouflages. Sorry there are no descriptions but it was hard to get everything written down when everyone there is wanting a chance to play.

Dusty

Ice

Red

Olive

Nevada

Sahara

ERDL

Tiger

Berlin

Warsaw

Siberia

Yukon

Woodland

Flora

Create-A-Class Info

Create-a-class has seriously gotten a makeover. The perks you choose in the Perk 1 slot determine what your character is going to look like. You can fully rotate your character to see what their outfit and gear combination look like. It is pretty sweet.

But let's get down to the good stuff.

Like always you have your two types of grenades, but this time they're not simply primary grenade/secondary grenade. Nah, they made it interesting. They're now called Lethal and Tactical. Lethal are your primary grenades--frag grenade, Semtex and a Tomahawk. Now, I realize a Tomahawk is not a grenade, this is most likely why the name change came about. And let me tell you, that Tomahawk is badass. Tactical grenades are your Willy Pete (a smoke grenade), Nova Gas (like Tabun from World at War), Flashbang, Concussion and Decoy, a new addition. Decoy simulates gunfire and radar indicators. I didn't try that one out but I wish I had to see how that one works.

There is some new equipment that you can use as well as some other favorites that are making a return. We now have the option of using a Camera Spike which we saw in the MP trailer we've all watched a hundred times, C4, tactical insertion, jammer, motion sensor and claymores. Motion sensor is a pretty cool perk as is the camera spike. I'm looking forward to using those.

Perks--

A lot of people have said they didn't want to see OMA, Juggernaut, Commando etc make a return. Well, here's what you get to see that made it into the game.

Perk Slot 1--

Lightweight, Scavenger, Ghost (invisible to spy planes etc), Flak Jacket and Hardline (same perk as in MW2)

Perk Slot 2--

Hardened (bullet penetration), Scout (hold your breath longer), Steady Aim, Sleight of Hand, and Warlord (basically the same as Bling from MW2)

Perk Slot 3--

Marathon, Ninja (dead silence), Second Chance, Hacker (detect enemy equipment and explosives) and Tactical Mask (like gas mask)