COD: Black Ops map pack announced

Microsoft's Major Nelson has announced the first Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack, dubbed First Strike, will be released first for the Xbox 360.

The First Strike map pack will be available for download on Xbox Live on 1 February 2011, at a cost of 1200 MS Points, or £10 GBP.

The First Strike map pack will include one co-operative map for the Zombies mode, plus four multiplayer maps detailed below.

• Discovery - An Antarctic research station based on a level in the singleplayer campaign
  
• Kowloon - A Hong Kong rooftop map based on a singleplayer level
  
• Berlin Wall - A map based around the well-known Checkpoint Charlie
  
• Stadium - A level built around an American ice-hock rink

First Strike hasn't yet been dated for either PlayStation 3 or PC, but a release on other platforms is expected to follow a month after the Xbox 360 release.

You can check out our Call of Duty: Black Ops review for more information on the game, or take a peek at our Top 10 Games of 2010 to see the four games from this year which our readers felt were better than it.

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