Gamescom 2010: Black Ops Co-op 'Like Zombie Mode'
Treyarch has hinted further at details for the four-player co-op mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops was always set to include a four-player co-op mode, but details were thin on the ground.
Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia said at an Activision press event a couple of months back:"The game will feature distinct multiplayer and co-op modes, and though specifics regarding our co-op mode have not yet been revealed I can tell you that we'll be delivering a unique online co-op mode for up to four players, with local split-screen for two."
Treyarch community manager Josh Olin remianed coy when NowGamer asked if the mode would be similar to Modern
Warefare 2's Spec Ops.
When asked if it would resemble the popular zombie mode in Treyarch's last game, Call of Duty: World at War, Olin said: "a little closer to that."
He also confirmed that the campaign could feature locations relevant to the story. "Anything that happened during the cold war is fair game," Olin said.
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Gamescom 2010: Black Ops 'Uses Avatar Movie
Tech'
Call Of Duty team working with Cameron's capture technology
Call Of Duty: Black Ops developer Treyarch has revealed that the latest game in the Call Of Duty franchise uses technology developed by James Cameron for his hit movie Avatar.
Black Ops Community Manager Josh Olin told us that Treyarch has employed Cameron’s Full Performance Capture for creating Call Of Duty: Black Ops’s cut scenes in order to create a more ‘cinematic feel’. Treyarch even used Cameron’s purpose built studios for the work.
Full Performance Capture is unique in the motion capture world as it captures face, body and motion all at the same time, resulting in a more accurate recreation of the actors’ performance.
Black Ops is the first videogame to utilise Cameron’s tech.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops will be released 9 November on, well, every format known to man.
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Gamescom 2010: Black Ops Has Local Matchmaking
Treyarch reveals exclusively to NowGamer that local matchmaking is finally in!
Hot off the press from NowGamer’s one-on-one interview with Treyarch community manager Josh Olin at this year’s gamescom in Cologne, comes the world-shattering revelation that for the first time in the series, multiplayer matchmaking “will enable matchmaking with people in the local area.”
Those particularly attuned to Modern Warfare news may remember that Robert Bowling, creative strategist at Infinity Ward disappointed a lot of people when he tweeted back in September of last year that “There isn’t an option to search specific regions/ countries when matchmaking, but there is improved matchmaking to auto-assist.”
Will this see an end to transatlantic sponginess? We can only hope. We love our American friends dearly, but playing against them with transatlantic lag can be a real trial and vice-versa. This could see an end to it. To be fair the Modern Warfare franchise is perhaps the only game big enough to make sufficiently populated local communities a real possibility.
Hats off to Treyarch!
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Treyarch has hinted further at details for the four-player co-op mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops was always set to include a four-player co-op mode, but details were thin on the ground.
Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia said at an Activision press event a couple of months back:"The game will feature distinct multiplayer and co-op modes, and though specifics regarding our co-op mode have not yet been revealed I can tell you that we'll be delivering a unique online co-op mode for up to four players, with local split-screen for two."
Treyarch community manager Josh Olin remianed coy when NowGamer asked if the mode would be similar to Modern
Warefare 2's Spec Ops.
When asked if it would resemble the popular zombie mode in Treyarch's last game, Call of Duty: World at War, Olin said: "a little closer to that."
He also confirmed that the campaign could feature locations relevant to the story. "Anything that happened during the cold war is fair game," Olin said.
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Gamescom 2010: Black Ops 'Uses Avatar Movie
Tech'
Call Of Duty team working with Cameron's capture technology
Call Of Duty: Black Ops developer Treyarch has revealed that the latest game in the Call Of Duty franchise uses technology developed by James Cameron for his hit movie Avatar.
Black Ops Community Manager Josh Olin told us that Treyarch has employed Cameron’s Full Performance Capture for creating Call Of Duty: Black Ops’s cut scenes in order to create a more ‘cinematic feel’. Treyarch even used Cameron’s purpose built studios for the work.
Full Performance Capture is unique in the motion capture world as it captures face, body and motion all at the same time, resulting in a more accurate recreation of the actors’ performance.
Black Ops is the first videogame to utilise Cameron’s tech.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops will be released 9 November on, well, every format known to man.
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Gamescom 2010: Black Ops Has Local Matchmaking
Treyarch reveals exclusively to NowGamer that local matchmaking is finally in!
Hot off the press from NowGamer’s one-on-one interview with Treyarch community manager Josh Olin at this year’s gamescom in Cologne, comes the world-shattering revelation that for the first time in the series, multiplayer matchmaking “will enable matchmaking with people in the local area.”
Those particularly attuned to Modern Warfare news may remember that Robert Bowling, creative strategist at Infinity Ward disappointed a lot of people when he tweeted back in September of last year that “There isn’t an option to search specific regions/ countries when matchmaking, but there is improved matchmaking to auto-assist.”
Will this see an end to transatlantic sponginess? We can only hope. We love our American friends dearly, but playing against them with transatlantic lag can be a real trial and vice-versa. This could see an end to it. To be fair the Modern Warfare franchise is perhaps the only game big enough to make sufficiently populated local communities a real possibility.
Hats off to Treyarch!
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