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Trejo, Gellar, more star in Black Ops Escalation DLC

Machete actor and Buffy joined by Robert Englund, Michael Rooker, George A. Romero in Call of Duty's horror-themed Call of the Dead add-on.

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Activision revealed plans to bring Escalation to Call of Duty: Black Ops' online experience earlier this month, saying the downloadable add-on would feature four new maps and a mode called "Call of the Dead." The publisher has since been mysterious about what gamers can expect from the zombie-themed mode, and the reason for that secrecy is apparently because it contains a big surprise.

Today, Activision shined a light on the Call of the Dead mode, revealing that it will feature a storyline inspired by famed horror director George A. Romero. As seen in a trailer for Call of the Dead (below), the zombie-slaughtering co-op level features a '70s movie aesthetic that sees the four action stars fending off hordes of zombies on and around a ghost ship.

Trejo and Rooker know a thing or two about mutilating zombies.
Trejo and Rooker know a thing or two about mutilating zombies.

Dipping into the game's sizable budget, Activision and Treyarch have pulled out the stops with Call of the Dead's presentation, saying that action stars Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead), Danny Trejo (Machete), and Romero (Night of the Living Dead) himself have lent their voices and likenesses for use in the mode.

As with other Call of Duty map packs, the Escalation add-on will debut on Xbox Live, arriving for Microsoft's platform on May 3. Activision has not yet announced when the DLC will be released for other platforms.

For more information, check out GameSpot's review of Call of Duty: Black Ops.

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Wow. Who would have thought anything but more of the same would come from Acitvision and CoD? Even if that preview is an unapologetic rip off of the Machete trailer that spawned...well...a Machete movie. But hey, I'm buying.

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I'm a big fan of the first DLC pack, since it wasn't like the crap Infinity Ward crammed down our throats with MW2. So this is a day one buy for me, plus the new zombie map looks excellent.

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Looks interesting. I strongly dislike black ops but i may have to be a sucker and buy the dlc anyway.

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Come this November with MW3, Kotick will charge you $30 to unlock the campaign mode on day one :P

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Guess many people like cod bo more for zombies than anything else .. Would be cool if finally there's a campaign and ending in zombies this time although i had no problem with the old one either hehehe .. just love to kill some freakbags .w8 does this mean we won't get to hear dempsy ..I m gonna miss that crazy sob .

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looks awesome!!!

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Seriously its just so random I mean how much drugs and other mind altering substances were used before they said "... I got man... we take Buffy...Freddy Kruger... Machete.... and that one armed guy from Walking dead...(puffs his joint) then put them on a boat in the arctic full of Russian/ German/ British Zombies and have them fight the almighty avatar of George FRAKING ROMERO...."

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I'm interested in this one, but I don't have Black Ops so oh well. Too bad CoD games come out so frequently that a GOTY thing would be worth it. Oh well.

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Now this is more like DLC should be. I'm actually interested now.

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Looks cool. I'd buy it.15$- How many maps does that get you besides the Zombie one? Also it'd be super cool if you could get access to the "Freddy Kruger" claw if you play as Robert Englund

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ok if this is like a "story" type of mode instead of another zombie map then I'm def. sold! I've always thought it would be cool to play a zombie campaign. but i guess we'd have to wait a few more days to find out just what this is. i love romero's movies so hopefully it will be along the same lines of his movies! he looks like he may be some sort of boss zombie by the way he appears in game

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I love CoD zombies. They're always so much fun. If only Treyarch would make it where all of the downloadable zombie maps came in a package instead for like $15. I would buy it.

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I don't give am effin' rat's a**, this will be completely useless if Sony doesn't give us PSN back

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More Zombies. Yayyyyyyyyyy? COD Blackops Zombie mode, Left for dead 1 and 2, Dead Rising 1 and 2, RDR: Undead Nightmare, The entire Resident Evil series, am I missing some? I'm bored with Zombies.

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What do you all think Georges Romero's role will be?

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Looks cool. If it really has a nice story it'll be the first CoD DLC I'll buy.

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Well... This is definately one of the more... unique things that has happened to a Call of Duty game! But, it looks cool, and I can already tell that it will be awesome and it will be pretty funny, like in the trailer, the Trejo guy said something like "You messed with the wrong Mexican!" or something along those lines. I lol'd.

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CoD every year, and I have to say this amazed me, the zombies are the ones keeping CoD at the top! I wonder if you can use machetes in this one, that would be AWESOME!!!

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I really hope that Romero doesn't turn out to be another pentagin thief-like game ruiner

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This is probably the best thing to happen to Call Of Duty since Modern Warfare. Unfortunate that this is DLC for Black Ops and not a standalone package...

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This is definitely going to happen. Really dig the zombie DLC (since WaW), so it was day 1 anyways. PLEASE make the zombie maps SEPARATE. And for the love of Romero make the maps from WaW I've already paid for available for FREE download.

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i don't know

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interesting. Challenge accepted!

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I know while CoD Zombies has a formula all its own, I do kind of with that it had a mode similar to the game Killing Floor where you fight of wave after wave of zombies and then battle a boss so that you can actually 'beat' the level.

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The zombies maps always fool me into buying the map packs lol Its my only reason for gettin' the black ops DLC's :P

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OMG!! i cant wait to start sticking zombies like pigs with that pitchfork! and to all the cod haters(obviously your a cod hater if you dont see the potential from this trailer lol) You dont have to play or buy this, so why hate? I know lots of other people will buy it, and enjoy it as well.

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Trejo was the guy who was your personal trainer in The Fight: Lights Out. He's an awesome guy :)

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Thanks, Treyarch. :D I'm sure some will enjoy this. Especially if PSN pops up again.

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This actually looks potentially excellent.I never thought I'd say that about anything CoD related ever again.Of course just because there's some potential doesn't automatically mean it'll be utilized, but hey, at least it is there.

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its still CoD soo... i still dont like it...

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This has got to be the most expensive DLC ever produced, or at least top 3. Have fun you crazy CoD fans.

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That's pretty awesome and most people that don't think so obviously are just blind COD haters.

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I OWN A DIRTY OLD BUFFY T-SHIRT I GOT FOR 5 DOLLARS BRAND NEW I MUST GET DLC!!!!!

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Freddy's in it so it's a must buy!

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I hope we get to stab the vampires from Twilight with a wooden stake over and over and over and over Ok, maybe one time is enough

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yay something a bit different

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Are they serious??? No this is not...

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I might actually buy this one... if PSN is up by then anyways...

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Now I wish I had not sold BO after two weeks.

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For once a Call of Duty DLC that looks interesting, plus I have to admit that having Buffy and Freddy in it is pretty awesome.

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I seriously hope Call of the Dead gets a iPod port or a standalone download, for those of us who don't have Black Ops/want to buy the whole map pack.

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This looks interesting

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I guess this is a slight upgrade to zombie mode with castro and jfk!! I gotta wii so no worries here! To people who love it, you'll be looking foward to funny catch phrases and the new story mode for zombies. For people who hate it, you'll probably say ohh " to verify a 15 dollar purchase you gotta bring in guest stars like the slut from cruel intentions" lmao anyway how ever you guys feel, if you like it buy it, if you don't hate on it here and buy battlefield, lmao

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Damn Buffy! Use your freakin' stakes!!

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Usually I'm against everything COD but I'm not going to lie this map looks pretty badass.

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Stop teasing us Michelle! You refused to come back for more Buffy episodes, but you did this? Come on girl? You know you almost out of Buffy money - time to come on back and continue the saga - and this time do it for real, not just to give that big head Charisma Carpenter chick a paycheck...

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at least they trying something different this time. instead of just trotting recycled maps with different themes. Can't hurt to try something new and spicy to differ from other DLC cod has released before

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Why all the hate? I think it looks kind of cool.

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I totally hate Activision, and this looks eerily familiar to Killing Floor/Left 4 Dead... but to be fair, having Danny Trejo in it is pretty damn awesome.

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