New Details on Black Ops III DLC: Awakening

<p>Activision has released further details for <em>Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops III Awakening<&sol;em>&comma; the first DLC pack for <em>Black Ops III<&sol;em>&period; The DLC will feature four new multiplayer maps and a new Zombies experience set in a medieval Austrian castle during World War II&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>Since Black Ops III launched last month&comma; the response from our community has been incredible in every way<&sol;em>&comma;” said Mark Lamia&comma; Studio Head&comma; Treyarch&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>With Awakening&comma; the studio is focused on creating a wide variety of gameplay experiences for our fans in Multiplayer and Zombies that will keep players coming back for more&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"KmOpkce7C4Q" title&equals;"Official Call of Duty®&colon; Black Ops III - Awakening DLC Pack Preview Trailer &lbrack;UK&rsqb;"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;KmOpkce7C4Q"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;KmOpkce7C4Q&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Official Call of Duty®&colon; Black Ops III - Awakening DLC Pack Preview Trailer &lbrack;UK&rsqb;"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Der Eisendrache &lpar;the new Zombies experience&rpar; will feature Origin characters Richtofen&comma; Nicolai&comma; Takeo&comma; and Dempsey in &lpar;of course&rpar; an eerie castle that contains massive deposits of Element 115&comma; which will lead to plot twists and surprises galore&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The four multiplayer maps to be included in <em>Black Ops III<&sol;em> are&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Gauntlet&comma; which will integrate Treyarch’s classic three-lane map structure to create a variety of visuals and gameplay&period; Each of the three lanes will have its own unique environment&comma; including a sprawling jungle&comma; an arctic zone&comma; and an atmospheric&comma; rainy cityscape&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Splash&comma; which is set in an abandoned water theme park&period; The park will gives players a very different sort of terrain and environment&comma; complete with waterslides&comma; a wrecked pirate ship&comma; and a &OpenCurlyQuote;forgotten city&period;’ The map is meant to have an open flow of combat&comma; with many opportunities for underwater skirmishes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Rise&comma; which is a Coalescence Corporation construction project of a subterranean research campus tucked away in the snowy outskirts of Zurich&period; The design of this map is meant to mix the classic cover combat style with core movement opportunities&comma; with each section of the map presenting new obstacles to be overcome with strategy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; Skyjacked&comma; Skyjacked is the reimagined version of the popular map from <em>Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops II<&sol;em>&comma; Hijacked&period; In keeping with Hijacked&comma; the map will have the fast gameplay associated with its predecessor&comma; but it will also have a twist&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops III Awakening<&sol;em> will be released on the 2<sup>nd<&sol;sup> of February for the PlayStation 4 with other next-gen platform availability to follow&comma; and the DLC pack is available now at a discounted rate as part of the <em>Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops III<&sol;em> Season Pass&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For more information&comma; feel free to visit the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;activision&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">website<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; Activision Press Release<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trailer via Call of Duty&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;KmOpkce7C4Q" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">YouTube<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;