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New Maps and Double XP!

As most everyone who cares about Black Ops knows, the Escalation Map Pack has officially been announced. The rumors from that Aussie website are true! Need confirmation other than my own word? Check out the post on Major Nelson’s blog…

Today Activision has announced Escalation, the next game add-on for Call of Duty: Black Ops and that it will be available first to Xbox LIVE members on Tuesday May 3rd. Escalation, the second downloadable content pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, contains 5 all-new maps; featuring 4 Multiplayer maps and an epic Zombies experience with all-new playable characters. In Multiplayer, battle it out in Hotel, on the roof of a Cuban luxury hotel and casino against the vivid backdrop of old Havana; Convoy delivers intense, close-quarters combat at the scene of an ambushed US military convoy; Zoo takes you on a wild ride in an abandoned Soviet Russian Zoo, with danger at every turn; Stockpile pits players in a remote Russian farm town housing secret WMD facilities.
For Zombies fans, “Escalation” features a unique Zombies experience.

As with the previous map pack, Treyarch is safe guarding the secrets of the new zombie map. So if you are into the zombie scene I would keep an eye on GKnova6.com for any hints and clues for the upcoming release.

Along with this announcement today fans were excited to hear that a double XP weekend will accompany the DLC release.  The maps, which drop on May 3th, will be followed by the x2 XP starting on the 6th. So get ready to hit up that prestige button and rake in the XP!!

 

 

Call of Duty Black Ops Achievements Leaked!

	NAME	DESCRIPTION	AMOUNT
1	Sacrifice	Ensure your squad escapes safely from Cuba	10
2	Death to Dictators	Use a single round to bring down Castro	15
3	Vehicular Slaughter	Destroy all enemies on vehicles during the prison break	25
4	Give me liberty, or give me death	Escape Vorkuta	10
5	Slingshot Kid	Destroy all slingshot targets in 3 attempts	15
6	VIP	Receive orders from Lancer	10
7	A safer place	Sabatoge the Soviet space program	10
8	Tough Economy	Use no more than 6 TOW guided missiles to destroy the tanks in the defense of Khe Sanh	15
9	Looks don’t count	Break the seige in the battle of Khe Sanh	10
10	SOG Rules	Retrieve the dossier and the defector from Hue City	10
11	Raining Pain	Rack up a bodycount of 20 NVA using air support in Hue City	15
12	The Dragon Within	Kill 10 NVA with Dragon’s Breath rounds	15
13	Heavy Hand	Use the Grim Reaper to destroy the MG emplacement	15
14	Up close and personal	Silently take out 3 VC	15
15	Double Trouble	Use only dual wield weapons to escape Kowloon	10
16	Broken English	Escape Kowloon	10
17	Lord Nelson	Destroy all targets and structures while making your way up the river	25
18	Never get off the boat	Find the Soviet connection in Laos	10
19	Pathfinder	Guide the squad through the Soviet outpost without them getting killed	50
20	Mr. Black OP	Enter the Soviet relay station undetected	50
21	With extreme prejudice	Get to the POW compound in the Hind using only rockets	25
22	Russian bar-b-q	Incinerate 10 enemies with the flamethrower attachment in the POW compound	15
23	Light Foot	Escape the ship with 2:15 left on the timer in Veteran.	30
24	Some wounds never heal	Escape the past	10
25	I hate monkeys	Kill 7 monkeys in under 10 seconds in the Rebirth labs	15
26	No Leaks	Make it through the NOVA 6 gas without dying on Rebirth Island	50
27	Clarity	Crack the code	10
28	Double Whammy	Destroy both helicopters with one TOW guided missile from the deck of the ship	15
29	BLACK OP MASTER	Complete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty	100
30	Stand Down	Complete the campaign on any difficulty	35
31	Frag Master	Kill 5 enemies with a single frag grenade	15
32	Sally Likes Blood	Demonstrate killer economic sensibilities by taking down 3 enemies with a single bullet	15
33	Unconventional Warfare	Use the explosive bolts to kill 30 enemies	15
34	Down and Dirty	Complete “SOG” and “The Defector” on Veteran difficulty	25
35	It’s your funeral	Complete “Numbers,” “Project Nova” and “Victor Charlie” on Veteran difficulty	25
36	Cold Warrior	Complete “Operation 40″, “Vorkuta”, and “Executive Order” on Veteran difficulty	25
37	Not Today	Complete “Crash Site,” “WMD” and “Payback” on Veteran difficulty	25
38	Burn Notice	Complete “Rebirth” and “Redemption” on Veteran difficulty	25
39	Closer Analysis	Find all the hidden intel	15
40	Matinee	Watch a film or clip with a friend	15
41	Gamblin’ Fool	Finish 5 Wager Matches “in the money”	20
42	You can do it	Reach rank 10 in Basic Training	15
43	The Collector	In Zombie mode, buy every weapon off the walls in a single game	20
44	CLASSIFIED	CLASSIFIED	15
45	Hands Off the Merchandise	Kill the Pentagon thief before it can steal your load-out	20
46	Sacrificial Lamb	Kill 6 zombies after getting shot by a Pack-a-Punched Crossbow bolt	15
47	“Insert Coin”	Access the terminal and battle the forces of the Cosmic Silverback in Dead Ops Arcade	10
48	Easy Rhino	In Dead Ops Arcade, use a Speed Boost to blast through 20 or more enemies at one time	5
49	CLASSIFIED	CLASSIFIED	15
50	CLASSIFIED	CLASSIFIED	15

 

From the man himself!

I know I already said it was official but in case you needed that little extra reassurance!