Escalation

Escalation is the second downloadable content pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops. It was released on May 3rd, 2011 for Xbox 360 for 1200 Microsoft Points, and June 3rd, 2011 for PC for $14.99 USD. It was later released for the PlayStation 3 on June 9th, 2011 for $14.99 USD.
==Official Synopsis==
"Escalation", the second Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack, contains 5 all-new exceptionally varied maps; featuring 4 Multiplayer maps and an epic Black Ops Zombies experience with all-new playable characters.
In Multiplayer, battle it out in "Hotel", on the roof of a Cuban luxury hotel and casino against the vivid backdrop of old Havana; "Convoy" delivers intense, close-quarters combat at the scene of an ambushed US military convoy; "Zoo" takes you on a wild ride in an abandoned Soviet Russian Zoo, with danger at every turn; "Stockpile" pits players in a remote Russian farm town housing secret WMD facilities.
For Zombies fans, "Escalation" features a unique Zombies experience: “Call of the Dead”. Play as the zombie-killing dream-team of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robert Englund, Michael Rooker, and Danny Trejo against a new and unnerving zombie menace. Set in a mysterious ice-covered remote Siberian island and inspired by legendary writer and director George A. Romero, a group of four fearless explorers fight for their lives amidst an army of bloodthirsty Russian zombies.
==Multiplayer Maps==
===Zoo===
Zoo is medium-large urban set terrain. The map is set in an abandoned Soviet zoo, with a large monorail that runs through the map. It has several vacant animal exhibits and cages, empty souvenir shops are given jungle-house like skins like in amusement parks and several dry fountains.
===Convoy===
The map was inspired by Cold War fears of Soviet invasion. Part of the road on this map has collapsed, allowing players to travel underground.
===Hotel===
Hotel takes place in Cuba and is based around a resort, including a pool, a casino, and Elevators. The elevator is a new utility for multiplayer maps that aids the team to hold both the second and first floors.
===Stockpile===
The map takes place in a suburban village in Russia that includes a stockpile of arms inside one of the buildings.
Stockpile also features a building with two large steel doors that can be opened and closed with switches located next to them on both the inside and outside of the building. When using the switch, a siren sounds and alerts the building's occupants.
==Zombies==
===Call of the Dead===
Call of the Dead is one of the largest Zombies map, with multiple areas. Players spawn on the shore with up to three other teammates, as soon as the players spawn George Romero spawns out of a lighting bolt in a nearby pool.
It features a new perk, Deadshot Daiquiri which causes the aim-assist when entering ADS to auto-focus on the head as well as having the effects of Steady Aim and its pro version. Also, when using a sniper rifle, there is no idle sway.
Two new Wonder Weapons are introduced, the V-R11, which has the ability to transform Zombies back into humans, and causes them to run away in fear and attract other zombies. The other new Wonder Weapon, the Scavenger, is a bolt-action sniper rifle that shoots explosive bolts with extremely high damage.
==Achievements/Trophies==
Name 	Description 	Points	Trophy level	Image
Stand-in 	In Call of the Dead, send the crew to Paradise in solo or co-op. 	35 	Bronze 	
Ensemble Cast 	In Call of the Dead, send the crew to Paradise in co-op. 	45 	Silver 	
Stuntman 	In Call of the Dead, make a zombie explode using the V-R11. 	20 	Bronze 	
Shooting on Location	In Call of the Dead, kill 10 zombies with one Scavenger shot from over 100 feet away.	20 	Bronze 	
Quiet on the Set 	In Call of the Dead, cut the lights on the Director. 	30 	Bronze 	
==Gallery==
Escalation.jpg|"Hamburgers" restaurant menu from "Taste of Escalation" featuring all the maps.
Escalation-pic.jpg|Escalation poster
==Video==
Call of Duty- Black Ops - Taste of Escalation -Official HD-
Call of Duty Black Ops Escalation Multiplayer Preview
Call of Duty- Black Ops Escalation - Call of the Dead -Official HD-
==Trivia==
*The "Taste of Escalation" trailer shares two of the actors from "There's a Soldier in All of Us" video, one of them being the restaurant owner and the other is the customer.
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