Tue, Oct 16, 2012 | 11:06 BST

Black Ops 2: Call of Duty Elite now free to all, gets new trailer

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be integrated into a revamped edition of Call of Duty: Elite which will be entirely free at the game’s launch. The service has been given a new trailer. Watch the clip and get the details below.

Treyarch studio manager Mark Lamia confirmed that clan support and Black Ops 2 zombies would be supported on Call of Duty: Elite. best of all, the full house of features is entirely free to all.

You can also copy other the custom class load-outs on Call of Duty: Elite and paste it on to your character if you see a cocktail of guns and gear that you like.

The news follows word that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be receiving a season pass. it’s rumoured to be £34.99 and gets subscribers four DLC packs. Here’s the details:

Black Ops 2 season pass outed, £34.99 for 4 map packs

Activision Publishing CEO, Eric Hirshberg said of the switch to Call of Duty: Elite free, “We’ve learned a lot in our first year of Call of Duty Elite, and we’re very proud that we over delivered on our commitment of playable content to our premium members.”

“What we have realised is that several of the Call of Duty Elite services which are currently only available to our premium members for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are things that would further unite, engage and delight our player community. So we are going to make them free for Call of Duty: Black Ops II.”

Here’s the trailer:

7 comments

hives
15/10/12, 4:31 pm

Um… So Elite will launch on PC finally? Or it’s just free and fun but still only for console versions of the game?

Mike W
15/10/12, 5:20 pm

Did it not have enough subscribers? So they said fuck it, let’s just give it to them free? I know the guys that paid for that shit are extremely piss now.

Hunam
15/10/12, 5:39 pm

I doubt the map packs/game modes/weapons etc will be free for everyone, just the features in the elite thing itself.

AHA-Lambda
15/10/12, 8:55 pm

so what happens to the people who bought subscriptions more recently and still have a few months left on it?

ps3fanboy
15/10/12, 10:03 pm

when it run on tablet and mobile phones.. so why isn’t this made as an app for the psvita???… JEEEZZUS!!

Mineral4r7s
15/10/12, 10:24 pm

Why do people even buy mappacks? Does noone remeber that those were free once until everyone started “buying” them?

hives
16/10/12, 8:40 am

@6 – Well, it wasn’t so long ago… All maps for World at War were free. People just want to play more of the game, that’s why they buy maps. Simply.

Personally, I’ve never bought any mappack in any game ;p