Activision put out a new trailer for Black Ops 3’s Descent map pack today, showing off the four new locations included. Also, there are dragons. Why are there dragons? I guess I can’t complain about dragons.
Here’s the official word on the new maps:
- Empire: Treyarch adapts its Black Ops III movement system to the Call of Duty: Black Ops II fan favourite map Raid. The re-imagining of this classic, medium-sized map features an authentic Roman villa that has been “recreated by a modern-day eccentric billionaire,” where a classic map structure mixes with the new gameplay mechanics of Black Ops III.
- Cryogen: Located far off the coast in the Dead Sea, an isolated compound holds some of the world’s most dangerous criminals in frozen isolation. Sentry towers keep watch over the small map’s circular design as frenetic combat is funneled around the prison’s cryogenic tubes, where opportunities for wall running attacks abound.
- Berserk: Ancient sentinels from a lost civilisation guard the entrance to Berserk, a Viking village frozen in time. Players will fight through blizzards and control the centre bridge as they navigate this medium-sized map’s wooden buildings, deadly rocky outcroppings and tight chokepoints.
- Rumble: Gamers battle amongst larger-than-life mechanised warriors in Rumble, a stadium where giant robots battle to the roar of the crowd. This medium-sized map funnels high-speed combat to the central arena, where players battle their way through fallen mechs and pyrotechnics.
In addition to all that, the zombies mode is getting a new chapter featuring a rendition of Stalingrad torn apart by a war between giant robots and dragons. I’m going to have to watch some kind of lore video on this one.
Descent releases today on Playstation 4, but PC players will have to wait another month to get in on the action.
