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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s second DLC pack ‘Ascendance’ will release on Xbox One and Xbox 360 on March 31, Activision has announced. Expect the DLC to follow around 4 weeks later on PS3, PS4 and PC.
Ascendance introduces four new multiplayer maps – Perplex, Site 244, Climate and Chop Shop – along with a new directed energy light machine gun/shotgun hybrid weapon and the next chapter in Exo Zombies.
The DLC will also include access to a new ‘Exo Grapple’ ability playlist allowing players to use the ability exclusively in the new Ascendance maps. Activision says that the Exo Grapple “gives players a faster way to reach strategic vantage points or a brutal secondary weapon to take down the competition”.
- Perplex: Get vertical in Sydney as you fight to dominate this five-story modular apartment complex. Take the high ground or blast through the close-quarters interior in this small to medium sized map. Adapt your strategy mid-match when construction drones shift apartment modules, creating new routes and cover positions.
- Site 244: An alien spacecraft has crash landed, spilling its mysterious cargo under the shadow of Mt. Rushmore, USA. This medium to large three-lane map allows for any style of gameplay, focusing combat through the space ship’s fuselage and around the debris-littered landscape. Use the map-based scorestreak to crack open an alien spore and instantly enhance your perks and exo abilities.
- Climate: Fight your way through a futuristic man-made utopia in this lush, climate-controlled enclosure. In this small to medium sized circular map, land and water routes channel frenetic combat around the central island structure. Watch your step when the river water changes from an asset into a deadly bubbling obstacle.
- Chop Shop: Think fast as you make your way through the black market exoskeleton industrial complex and engage in fast-paced shootouts in this medium sized, symmetrical map. Activate the map-based scorestreak to take control of an Advanced Repulsion Turret that radiates a deadly microwave EMP to help lock down key areas.
“The community response to Advanced Warfare continues to inspire us, and we’re pushing ourselves every day across all the teams to deliver our best,” said Sledgehammer studio head Glen Schofield. “Havoc was a great start for DLC and we think Ascendance delivers even more of the nonstop action fans love.”
The first gameplay footage of Ascendance will be revealed during the 2015 Call of Duty Championship two days before release on Sunday, March 29.
Source: Activision
