Some revolutionary changes have been made to the Call of Duty
multiplayer formula. The most notable addition is currency: earned by
playing multiplayer matches, you can use it to buy weapons, uniforms
and accessories for your player. Some more additions below.

Customization
Customization will also play a huge part in the new Call of Duty. You
can create a tag and etch it onto your weapons, so theyre stamped as
yours. The option is also there to alter your sights and clip on
attachtments such as flame-throwers. These attachments, sights and tags
can be bought with in-game cash and will help to make your character
unique.

Wager Match
Another new addition is a Team Tactical gametype called Wager Match.
When you choose to play Wager Match, you'll be randomly placed in one
of four modes: One in the Chamber, which sees players given one bullet
to kill other players: miss, and they're forced to use the knife,
Sharpshooter, which sees players given a random weapon, Sticks and
Stones, which involves the crossbow, ballistic knife and Tomahawk, and
Gun Game (formerly a mod for Call of Duty 4), which sees players vying
to get kills with 20 different weapons: knife someone, and they move
down a level.

"You gamble with your own currency, and the fear of loss is so
incredibly great that it intensifies the action."

Team Deathmatch, the popular and ever-present gametype which pits teams
of 6 against each other, will return in Black Ops. However, points for
headshots and other bonuses will apparently add to the team score,
encouraging players to be as accurate as possible.

Maps!
Three maps were confirmed in the magazine extract: Launch and Summit
have already been seen in the Multiplayer Teaser Trailer, but
Radiation, set in a power station, is brand new. It was also confirmed
that the rocket seen on the map Launch will indeed lift off during
gameplay and 'fry anyone underneath it'. full story in read more


Just a few hours until the Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer event kicks off but before that some multiplayer info has crawled out from nowhere.

We're just a few hours away from the full multiplayer reveal of Call of Duty: Black Ops but who said we had to wait that long to get some information? The latest edition of Shortlist magazine » has just gone live and Black Ops multiplayer was featured.

It appears that they are the first magazine to go inside Treyarch
studios and to preview the multiplayer portion of the game. It's not
clear if this is "leaked" information and if they breached their NDA or
embargo and some may say that it's "fake", but judging from the new
screenshots and the professionalism of the magazine, it looks very real.

In the magazine they interview lead multiplayer designer David "Vahn"
Vonderhaar. He began by talking about how a lot of inspiration went
into the game and that Major Josh Plaster (SOG group member) influenced
a lot of additions. The SOG created a lot of their own equipment which
includes a "Nightingale" device, this device consists of a bunch of
firecrackers bundled together and then thrown into the jungle to create
gunfire sounds as it goes off. This is a good decoy to draw out the
enemy and to then ambush him, they decided to put this in the game.

The "Full Metal Jacket" film is another thing that influenced them as
they took the "This is my weapon. This is my gun" line as you can now
create a tag and etch it onto your weapons, hence stamping them as your
own. This is one of the first things that people noticed in the teaser
trailer, along with the smiley sight which Vahn has now confirmed that
sights can be altered. You can also clip on attachments such as
flame-throwers!

Probably one of the most intriguing new features is the introduction of
currency. That's right, can you can earn in-game cash for your success!
With this cash you can spend it on unlocking weapons, uniforms and
accessories to make your character unique.

But that's not all, the money has also introduced a new intense
addictive game mode called "Wager Mode". This mode features 4 games
that you can choose and you gamble with your own currency while the
feat of loss is incredibly great that it intensifies the action.

"One in the chamber" sees you having one bullet and if you have to
shoot and kill then you receive your dead enemy's bullet so that you
can reload. If you shoot and miss then your only option is to sneak up
on an enemy to knife them. "Sharpshooter" gives you a random generated
weapon so you can either be dangerously overpowered or woefully
under-prepared. "Sticks and Stones" sees you armed with just three
basic weapons, killing an enemy with the crossbow or the ballistic
knife gets you big points where the tomahawk doesn't but in a tactical
move it resets the dead enemy to zero. "Gun Game" sees you trying to
get a kill with 20 different weapons and the first that manages win but
if you're knifed to death then you're humiliated and have to go back
and perform another kill with the last weapon you used.

As expected, the classic team deathmatch returns. They also revealed
the names and descriptions of 3 maps which are based around the 60's
and 70's Cold War era. "Radiation" is based in an abandoned power
station, "Summit" is in a snowbound mountain base and "Launch" is
staged around a rocket which lifts off during gameplay, hence frying
anyone underneath it. It's worth noting that Summit and Launch were
both seen in the teaser trailer.

The last feature that is mentioned is the "Theater" mode that got many
excited at the end of the teaser trailer. With this feature you can
revisit every game you play that is stored and you can view it from
different angles. You can also recut the clips to create you own
highlights reels and movies, then you can upload it. Vahn acknowledges
that there will be a lot of storage needed to be able to cope with the
amount of uploads and that they're trying to make the back-end as
strong as possible.


Posted: Sep 01, 2010 6:24 pm