Black Ops 2 customization and 'League Play' brings Call of Duty to the future

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The most important shift for the Call of Duty franchise was when developer Infinity Ward transformed the World War II series into a modern era military shooter. Infinity Ward changed what it meant to be a Call of Duty game: it became a game focused on action and not the war itself. Treyarch, the developer that brought the series to the Vietnam war in 2010, pushed beyond the timeline boundary set by the original developer and rests much of its next game – Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – firmly within the year of 2025.

For its multiplayer experience, Black Ops 2 takes place exclusively in this near-future time period.

Despite going to "the future," the setting of Treyarch's latest effort isn't as drastic a change as it was when Infinity Ward made the period shift in 2007, but many of the features found in Black Ops 2 are just as crucial as the franchise's modern era setting change. Based on these new features, Treyarch – once thought of as the series "B" team – may be the studio dictating the future of Activison's annualized Call of Duty franchise going forward. And the new position suits them.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/14/black-ops-2-customization-and-league-play-brings-call-of-duty/#comments

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PeetzuhPosted:

Scanty
Mazda3 I'm still not to sure about this game.

From the trailers it looks like a pretty game.

But trailers can be deceiving


The trailers made MW3 sound good but look how that turned out.


What's wrong with MW3?

It's a really good game.

MazurPosted:

Scanty
Mazda3 I'm still not to sure about this game.

From the trailers it looks like a pretty game.

But trailers can be deceiving


The trailers made MW3 sound good but look how that turned out.


lol yeah, the trailers make black ops 2 look decent, but it's probably going to turn out to be really good

MazurPosted:

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Bleach How is this news? lol All they basically said was "Black Ops 2 takes place in 2025. It's bringing something new to Call of Duty." .-. k.


It's showing new badges and stuff how is this not news ?


where are the badges and stuff and what is stuff lol.


lol where are these said badges


Wow calm no need for the double quote i saw the first quote jeez and i thought this was the other topic with the badges


what are you talking about Permanent?

yayPosted:

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Scanty
Mazda3 I'm still not to sure about this game.

From the trailers it looks like a pretty game.

But trailers can be deceiving


The trailers made MW3 sound good but look how that turned out.


Thats why i dont want to get to attached and say it looks amazing but it could be released and suck


Yeah but this game just looks amazing. From all of the interview's that I have watched it looks like it will be the game of the year.


But that's what we said about all the newer cod's and they all sucked!

Android_Posted:

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Scanty
Mazda3 I'm still not to sure about this game.

From the trailers it looks like a pretty game.

But trailers can be deceiving


The trailers made MW3 sound good but look how that turned out.


Thats why i dont want to get to attached and say it looks amazing but it could be released and suck


Yeah but this game just looks amazing. From all of the interview's that I have watched it looks like it will be the game of the year.

griff321Posted:

If your unsure just get halo 4 like everyone else over the age of 12.

CearnsyPosted:

Scanty
Mazda3 I'm still not to sure about this game.

From the trailers it looks like a pretty game.

But trailers can be deceiving


The trailers made MW3 sound good but look how that turned out.


Thats why i dont want to get to attached and say it looks amazing but it could be released and suck

yayPosted:

Mazda3 I'm still not to sure about this game.

From the trailers it looks like a pretty game.

But trailers can be deceiving


The trailers made MW3 sound good but look how that turned out.

iJarH3adPosted:

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Emmanuel-Yousif i wanna play this game, after watching and reading it looks pretty amazing.


That's what I'm thinking.

It's looking really good.



That's what every call of duty games do.

CearnsyPosted:

ItsrealCJ I cant wait for this game its going to be completely different from all the other COD's
Its not gonna be an exact copy of BlackOps!!


Yeah like Mw3 is nearly the same as Mw2 but BOPS and BOPS2 look completely different


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