Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Apocalypse DLC hits Xbox Live on August 27

Written by Brandon Hofer on August 26, 2013

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 News: The final piece of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 DLC will hit Xbox Live first tomorrow.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 releases it’s final piece of downloadable content tomorrow with the Apocalypse DLC. Available first on Xbox 360, the Apocalypse DLC offers two new multiplayer maps, two re-imagined fan favorite multiplayer classics and an alternate reality Dieselpunk Zombies experience that transports players to the undead infested trenches of a World War I battlefield. The four maps in the Apocalypse DLC include:

- Pod: A failed utopian community from the 70's has left stacks of dilapidated residential pods nestled into an abandoned cliff side. Its residents long gone, the modernist compound now hosts frenetic combat as players must run atop the pods and navigate their multi-tiered interiors for a strategic edge.

- Frost: Fresh snow meets explosive gunpowder in this snow-capped European city, where the bridge over a frozen canal separates it into two sides, requiring players to employ multi-level traversal strategies to outsmart and ultimately outshoot their enemies.

- Takeoff: Though marooned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, this remote launch site is all about the close-quarters combat, combining tight corners with open spaces for combat encounters reminiscent of the multiplayer map "Stadium" from Call of Duty: Black Ops "First Strike."

- Dig: Two archeological dig sites in Afghanistan have unearthed the perfect playground for combatants eager for hectic, unceasing battle, as this re-imagining of the fan-favorite Call of Duty: World at War map "Courtyard" delivers two major chokepoints, a wide open layout, and raised platforms.

- Origins: Players will be deployed to Dieselpunk-stylized World War I-era France where they will encounter the return of the four original heroes from the very first Zombies map, as well as hordes of zombies that have overrun trenches and fields, as well as the ruins of a mysterious and ancient location.

Check out the gameplay trailer below and tell us what you think. The Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Apocalypse DLC will hit Xbox Live on August 27 with it hitting other platforms approximately one month later.