Activision and Treyarch released details about the multiplayer mode at gamescom 2012.
Treyarch announced that the multiplayer portion will not be set in the ’80s era. It is only set in 2025, according to game design director David Vonderhaar from Treyarch. He explained that the focus on the future setting gave his team a bigger sandbox to play with, so the devleopment team created 100 pieces of kit, new Score Streak rewards and several gadgets. You can read more over here at vg247.com: Black Ops 2 multiplayer doesn’t include the ’80s era
There won't be Call of Duty points in the multiplayer mode like the ones in the first Black Ops game but there will be medals. But there will be a prestige system as well as a levelling system with 55 standard character levels/ranks and ten prestige ranks.
If the player levels up he gets one unlock token. 100 items to be unlocked but players won’t get them all because the player can choose from a range of options which fit to the players playstyle. If you wan to unlock everything you need multiple prestige levels. Unlockable items are score streaks, wildcards, weapons and equipment.
Read this multiplayer hands-on from vg247.com: Black Ops 2 multiplayer hands-on: the future starts here
You can also check out the new score streaks: Black Ops 2 replaces killstreaks with “score streaks”
And here is some general information for the online mode of the shooter: Black Ops 2: Official perks and gun list revealed, new Create-a-class explained
Check out the new create-a-class model of the shooter: Black Ops 2 multiplayer: New create-a-class model is ‘empowering’ – Treyarch
Activision has released screenshots which show the maps Aftermath, Turbine, Cargo, Yemen which are featured in the multiplayer mode of the new shooter. Check them out below the gameplay video from vg247.com.
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