It would appear that the popular Zombies mode from Call of Duty: World at War is set to make a return in Black Ops, according to Best Buy.
The retailer has listed a set of four "Zombie Maps" that were "made famous in World at War" as part of the Call of Duty: Black Ops Hardened Edition. That pretty much confirms the return of Treyarch's undead spin-off.
This also represents the first bit of content revealed for the Black Ops special editions. Hardened and Prestige Edition were recently revealed, but no details had been given. If Best Buy is to be believed (and retailers are rarely wrong about their content), these limited versions will contain four maps for the wave-based challenge.
So there, looks like Black Ops is getting zombies. That's kind of cool.
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Zombies confirmed [CVG]
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8:40 AM on 08.13.2010
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Honestly, I think Treyarch should make an stand alone Zombies game. I know at least 5 people that would buy it, and I only know 5 people IRL that play the CoD games.
You have a point. I hated W@W except for Nazi Zombies.
"Gooks in the trees!!!"
It's just zombies. They still haven't really proven themselves. I've always found Treyarch's maps straightforward and flat, but maybe that's just me.
On a side note, are they really gonna continue butchering the cold war?
@PsychoticDust, I think that's exactly what they're trying to do. They're going to make people spend money on things they've bought already, personally I can't get behind that. Now if you haven't bought the maps in W@W I guess you'd be able to get them for a discount since the hardened edition comes with some crap and then the 4 maps which makes them less than $5.00.
Of course a Call of Duty game is worth $20 to me so buying any "edition" of the game would be a rip off to me.
Oh, wait...
Don't get me wrong, I hated Nazi Zombies with a passion, but that means that all of the 12 year old children and the people with the mental capacity like them will be off in the Zombie lobby while I get to play competitively with the grown-ups. Yay.
Did you play it with friends? My buddies and I raked up around 100+ hours on Nazi Zombies; it's not really a mini-game.
And what's with this "for hardened and prestige versions only" crap? I preordered the regular edition (hoping zombies would be inevitable) and now you're telling me that they're not included?!?! That will seriously piss me off.
That's not what it means. You get extra MAPS for Zombies mode through preordering, but the new ones will be in the game like everyone elses.
Thanks. Yeah, I was trying not to jump to conclusions before hearing more details. So that would probably mean that the maps that aren't included with the regular version would be possibly available as DLC? I dunno. I guess we'll see. I still think the zombie mode has a large enough fan base to warrant it's own dedicated game. Maybe that's still a possibility. ;)
Perhaps there's still hope of a standalone zombie game from Treyarch? I mean, I'm not genius.. but wouldn't they make a whole lot more money by creating a separate game? Since they would both be based on the same engine, it seems as though it would be just as easy to create both games at the same time. Don't they see the huge amount of demand?
I personally would like to see a full blown Night of the Living Dead style game. Where you can take shelter in a house, board up windows, and try to survive until the infantry shows up. They already have shown that they can do FPS zombies the right way.
Black Ops will have its own zombie mode with new maps shipped in EVERY copy of the game.
The preorder is to offer the old zombie maps from World At War to play along with the new ones that come with Black Ops.
They ARE NOT making a standalone game because most of the people who enjoy zombies happen to be under the age of 14 and thus their parents will only buy them so many games.
You kids are annoying.
Are you serious? A standalone zombie game wouldn't be successful? Tell that to all of the people who own L4D, L4D2, Dead Rising, and on and on and on. The only thing annoying is someone who thinks they're right contrary to reality. You could stand to be less of a troll next time.
CoD Zombies is and plays like an afterthought. People want to pay $60 for a MINI-GAME, fine. I'll continue to call them stupid for it.
money until I get details and reviews.
Direct from JD_2020 himself
Wow , troll much ?
you must be intrested , cause your still reading and replying to this article .
let people be happy with the game and the Nambies mode sheesh.
In the upcoming zombie apocolypse , i am using you as a meat shield .