Year: 2011

Call Of Duty Elite – Subscription Model Reveal

News emerged yesterday of Activision’s new subscription model for Call of Duty, to be called Call of Duty Elite.

The elite has a number of features: career, connect, compete and improve. A number of features, such as the Career section and groups, will be free. Details of what a subscription gives you has not been specified.

A public beta is planned for the summer

A few extra details can be seen in this video:

Black Ops DLC Map Pack 1 – First Strike

The new First Strike DLC comprises four competitive maps:

‘Discovery’ – set in the single-player’s abandoned Antarctic research facility.
‘Stadium’ – a hockey rink.
‘Kowloon’ – which takes place on the rooftops of Hong Kong.
‘Berlin Wall’ – set at Checkpoint Charlie.

Plus a new map named “Ascension” for the game’s Zombies mode will also be included.

The First Strike map pack will hit Xbox Live on 1st February and set you back 1200 MS Points, other platforms release date not yet announced.