Underplayed Gems

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Escalation (2011)

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Escalation cover
Developer
Treyarch
Publisher
Activision
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Genres
Shooter
Rating
3.7 of 5, 5 player ratings
Main story
about 4.0 hours
Completionist
about 6.0 hours
Where to get it
Website

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How it feels

A varied, combat-dense expansion pack mixing tense multiplayer warfare with frantic zombie horror.

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About

Escalation is a downloadable content pack (DLC) for the 2010 game Call of Duty: Black Ops. It includes four new multiplayer and one new zombie map: - Zoo (takes place at an abandoned Soviet zoo) - Convoy (takes place near an abandoned convoy containing a big missile) - Hotel (takes place in a resort in Cuba) - Stockpile (takes place in a small village in Russia, with one of the houses containing a stockpile of weapons) - Call of the Dead (the zombie map, taking place in an abandoned Siberian outpost near the coast)

Screenshots

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