Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 'Zombies' terrorize an open world

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Treyarch's bonus zombie mode was meant as a special, throwaway time destroyer when it was injected into Call of Duty: World at War. "It's born out of the passion of the team," Treyarch boss Mark Lamia says at a recent preview event showcasing more multiplayer content and teasing the co-operative zombie killing mode.

Though its popularity has grown with each Call of Duty release tasked to Treyarch – the team behind this fall's Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – the developer has never attempted to attach a fiction to the mode. As Lamia tells us, the fervent zombie mode fan community has taken on that job for itself.

"The story is kind of crowd-sourced. It's this phenomenon. It was amazing, when we put it out, people wanted to attach a story to it and you saw them start to do it." Fans began to link elements from the zombies mode, Lamia notes – including everything from textures used in the mode to weapons strewn about – in order to connect it to the franchise's established narrative.

With its most aggressive fans busy thrusting themselves into the role of fan fiction auteur, Treyarch continues to expand the zombie play space. So much has its concept for the mode grown, it's hard to imagine we won't one day see zombies as its own standalone game in the future. Until then, the latest iteration of the zombies mode is peppered with the same ambition we've seen scattered throughout the rest of Black Ops 2.



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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/26/call-of-duty-black-ops-2-zombies-terrorize-an-open-world/#comments

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DvarPosted:

Finally, can not wait it is the only thing that keeps cod alive.

StarePosted:

i can't wait for this finally the trailer came out

IIIIPosted:

Im going to pre order this game November 1st so what ever new stuff comes out i will have it when the game actually comes out

AR15Posted:

I'm so exited to play Blops 2 for the new zombie experience :)

tportPosted:

I wish treyarch would have started with trailers of zombies because now i have to go pre order it again

MrShyCityPosted:

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MrShyCity sweet zombie campaign

is there gonna be 8-player zombie coops or is it just a false rumors?


It's true. Although if you don't like it, you can go back to the normal one team of 4 players game mode.


I think 4 players will be more fun as 8 players you wouldn't get as many kills I just think it's funner with 4 players


okay so its been confirmed.
we dont know yet until we play ;) , 8-player coop might increase the number of zombie though.

TKLDubstepPosted:

ReapzUK Wow just wow this looks so good really cannot wait for Black Ops 2 that's the only reason I'm buying the game is for the zombies.


i bet......

TreyarchedPosted:

looks awesome
lets just hope treyarch dont screw it up

DecoyPosted:

Looks AWESOME!
i can't freaking wait!

King-Posted:

Looks great