Call of Duty: Black Ops developer Treyarch has severely dampened chances of World at War's extremely popular Zombies mode appearing in the new game, telling CVG "this is it" as far as major feature reveals go.
Speaking to CVG at the Black Ops multiplayer reveal event in LA this morning, Treyarch community man Josh Olin said the developer only has "little things" left to reveal on the multiplayer side. We can't talk for it, but we wouldn't class Zombies as a "little" feature.
"This is pretty much it," Olin told CVG. "There are still some other little things that we haven't talked about yet but will at a later date, but this is pretty much the whole caboodle."
Asked if that means Treyarch's shown all major features for Black Ops, Olin replied: "Yes, this is what we've been working on for the past two years,"
Last month a retailer listed Black Ops zombie maps as freebies included with the game's special edition. Bar miscommunication though, it looks like we could be disappointed.
Wow, I thought zombies was a no-brainer for this game. Looks like Activion know how popular it is so they are going to include it in DLC for 1200MSP - seems like the likely scenario.
Why do CVG keep saying that zombie maps have been confirmed for the Hardend edition. The actual poster doesn't mention zombies, it only says additional maps.
Aren't these kind of reveals meant to make people want to buy the game. So far all the negativity over no public beta and now Zombie mode is taking the headlines. What a Failure.
100% no zombie, no buy. The zombie mode is not DLC activision, it's the main reason WAW was worth buying. You can forget a purchase from me if your trying this one.
Im sorry but how dumb can you get Josh Olin stated in one of his tweets that this event was a MULTIPLAYER reveal since zombies is classed as co-op it is definitely not unconfirmed.
Josh also confirmed via Twitter that the 4 Zombie maps from WaW would be coming to the Hardened Edition of Black Ops. So I think it's safe to say there is a Zombie mode. However if this is a c**k up and the Zombie mode isn't bundled with the game, I won't be buying it. I won't be paying extra to get it as DLC either.
it'll be DLC, for £10. 100% sure. and people will say "its only a tenner" but MW2 had to "map packs" for £10, thats a £20 tax to carry on playing their game online so you end up buying a full priced £40 game, then buying half of it again(or half an old game if the mw2 map packs are a guide) just to carry on playing. jokes.
I hate the way developers can take content out of a product, so that they can sell you the remaining bit at ridiculous prices. It's becoming increasingly popular, with the most blatent case being Assassins Creed 2 and its 2 missing chapters... Although it's legal, it leaves a nasty taste knowing that the developers have hurt the overall quality of the final product, in order to scam the extremely loyal consumers at a later date. Activision really are squeezing the life out of this franchise.
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