Call of Duty: Black Ops II Revolution DLC Launches on Xbox 360

Activision and Treyarch have released the Call of Duty: Black Ops II Revolution DLC on Xbox 360, beginning the game’s four-pack post-launch content schedule.

Revolution costs 1,200 Microsoft Points or $14.99 and is included with the Black Ops II Season Pass. Xbox 360 players receive the content first, with PlayStation 3 and PC versions due to follow later.

The DLC adds four multiplayer maps: Downhill, Hydro, Mirage and Grind. Downhill is set at a ski resort in the French Alps, Hydro takes place around a hydroelectric dam in Pakistan, Mirage uses a sand-covered luxury resort in the Gobi Desert, and Grind turns a Venice Beach skate park into a multiplayer arena.

Revolution also introduces the Peacekeeper, a hybrid SMG and assault rifle. It is the first downloadable multiplayer weapon released for a Call of Duty game and includes its own weapon challenges.

Zombies players receive Die Rise, a new survival map set across damaged skyscrapers in China. The vertical layout uses lifts, collapsed floors and large drops to create a different structure from Black Ops II’s existing Zombies maps.

Turned is a separate Zombies mode built around competitive play. One player begins as the human while three others control zombies. The zombie that kills the human takes their place, and the winner is the player who survives as the human for the longest total time.

Revolution first surfaced through leaked promotional material in December 2012 before Activision officially confirmed the DLC, its maps, Peacekeeper and Turned mode in January.

The Xbox 360 launch began Black Ops II’s main DLC sequence. Treyarch later followed Revolution with Uprising, Vengeance and Apocalypse during 2013.

PlayStation 3 and PC players eventually received Revolution on 28 February 2013, one month after the Xbox 360 release.