What's the difference between a Pakistani school and a terrorist camp? Jokes)submitted by I don't fucking know I'm just a drone pilot π Rendered by PID 94150 on app-791 at 2017-03-08 15:51:13.449267+00:00 running 9af7935 country code: SG.Activision is pushing things forward with its Call of Duty franchise. Treyarch’s Black Ops 2 is on display at E3 2012 with an epic campaign storyline that propels the action to 2025. Fans of the ‘80s will also be in for a treat with some playable levels during that period in American history, which should serve as a nice contrast to the drone and robot-controlled future warfare gameplay. Mark Lamia, studio head at Treyarch, talks about what’s in store in this November 13 release in this exclusive interview.Game On: What were your goals heading into Black Ops 2 after the success that we’ve seen, year after year, with each new Call of Duty game?Mark Lamia: The goals coming in to Black Ops 2 were quite simply to push the boundaries of the franchise.

Players have had a lot of great Call of Duty experiences leading up to this point and we were really excited about what we created with Black Ops, but that was our first time together as a studio. We felt like we had just really scratched the surface of what we could create. We felt we could do so much more, so we really wanted to introduce a lot of new elements to Call of Duty. It’s a difficult balancing act.What are the challenges of trying new things with your fan base?There are a lot of people who love their Call of Duty, but when you’re making a game for such a broad audience and you’re also making a game in a franchise that you’ve made a lot of like Treyarch has, we wanted to create new experiences for players. Black Ops characteristically had a lot of uniqueness to it and we wanted to use that as a launching point in creating Black Ops 2. That’s why we took not only the near-future fiction, but made it generation-spanning and had the characters from Black Ops 1 in the game.

We’re going to continue their story, but also introduce new characters, juxtaposing different kinds of warfare. The warfare that people are more familiar with in Call of Duty games will be there with a totally new kind of warfare.How does this near-future setting impact the historical aspect of past Treyarch games?We’re setting it in the way we tell our fiction by looking at history and trying to explore things. There’s no history that’s written yet in the future, but we’re working with people who are experts in what’s going on in the near future in warfare and trying to leverage that to come up with our fiction. We also have new kinds of gameplay that takes advantage of all the advancements in robotics and drones, technology, and everything that that offers us. While we’re only getting into the campaign today, that mindset is pervasive throughout the entire studio. Everyone was excited coming out of Black Ops and really wanted to push not only on the campaign by introducing all this new kind of gameplay and story branching and strike force levels with sandbox gameplay and nonlinear campaign structures.

That same mindset is what’s going on with the multiplayer team and on the Zombies team, as well.Can you talk a little bit about Strike Force and what that opens up to the campaign storyline?Strike Force was a goal that we had to create something that introduced nonlinear campaign structures and sandbox gameplay. storm drone 6 pdfWe wanted to have something that had a significant element of replayability, which does come out of some of the sandbox gameplay. black ops 2 helicopter droneIt also has an impact on the story. parrot ar drone onlineIn a nutshell, Strike Force levels are all about the proxy wars that are going on in the year 2025. parrot ar drone calibration

There’s this tension and this conflict that’s going on. Joint Special Operations Command, JSOC, comes to you in the middle of the campaign as the narrative is unfolding and tensions are rising. You’re given a choice of several global hot spots to bring your Black Ops team in and fight. It’s unlike anything we’ve ever done in a Call of Duty game because the player has a choice in the gameplay during the campaign.storm drone 6 instructionsWhat’s the experience like once you drop into one of these levels?ar drone 2 gps navigationYou have a choice of playing that level however you want because it’s sandbox gameplay. ar drone 2 aftermarket batteryThey’ll have unique objectives. You can take control of any of the soldiers on your squad.

You can take over any of the toys of the battlefield. The drones are a great example of how we’re able to leverage the fiction for entirely new gameplay. You can fly the drones and fight with them. You can play with robots on the ground. It also allows you a good demonstration of what it’s like to fight against some of that technology that’s on the battlefield. In gameplay terms, we spent a lot of time having you fight against humans, now there are these robots and drones which have different strategies to taking them out. And you get to explore that in the campaign and the Strike Force levels. To comment on this article and other PCWorld content, visit our Facebook page or our Twitter feed.Nintendo Switch Tech Tips Horizon: Zero Dawn Tips Best Nintendo Switch Accessories Call of Duty: Black Ops II: Supposed zombie campaign, supposed story and supposed multiplayer maps leaked. Anything else left to know? Remember how Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 had a huge amount of its content leaked six months before it launched?

It seems simlar might be happening with Black Ops II, if a set of purported beta files and a (now deleted) Amazon posting are to be believed. Fear not though, there will be no spoilers spoiled here.The gist of the report is that information from supposed beta files detailing campaign and multiplayer maps has found its way onto the internet. Originating at Se7ensins, the apparent leak details 11 of the former (with story synopsis details) and 14 of the latter.The MP selection is listed below (with certain now-known maps ommited due to this leak apparently coming from an early build). The campaign details can be found through the first link in the paragraph above.Above: The expanse of water surrounding this dock may or may not have been formed by leaksCarrier: "Chinese Supercarrier. Open engagements on the deck, with great close quarter fights through the hull."Cargo: "Port of Singapore. Good for close quarters engagements and verticality."Drone: "Hidden drone facility in the heart of the Mynamar jungles.

Great long engagements down the center, fun close quarter fights through the facility."Express: "Los Angeles bullet train station. Good long to medium engagements up and down the bullet train tracks."Hijacked: "Luxurious super yacht. Frantic, yet controlled close quarters engagements.Aftermath: "Set in a ruined downtown Los Angeles after an invasion."Meltdown: "Pakistan nuclear power plant. Battle for control of the nuclear cooling tower and the surrounding facilities."Nightclub: "Floating resort in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Tight corners and angles throughout."Great urban engagements in the flooded streets."Raid: "Fight through this hillside mansion, in the Hollywood Hills. Hectic close quarters engagements."Slums: "Run down section of Panama. Great close quarters engagements and tough chokes to fight over."Socotra: Update: Originally "Yemen" as seen in the Black Ops 2 Gamescom live streams. "Urban streets of Yemen. Tight alleys and close quarters engagements."Turbine: "Wind farm in the steep hills of Yemen.