Call of Duty:Black Ops Declassified Announced at Gamescom 2012

Sony announced a Call of Duty game for the PS Vita the other day at Gamescom.  Read on for details.

Sony announced Call of Duty®: Black Ops Declassified at Gamescon, a first person shooter for the Vita platform. Here is the summary of the game:

OVERVIEW:

Call of Duty®: Black Ops Declassified brings the classic Call of Duty-style gameplay to gamers on-the-go in the most intense handheld Call of Duty® experience only on PlayStation® Vita. The title features intense 4v4 multiplayer action across popular modes along with the hallmark Call of Duty gameplay, including Care Packages, Create-a-Class, Killstreaks, Perks, and even Prestiging. Delivering an original fiction set within the Call of Duty®: Black Ops universe, Declassified offers a complementary series of single player operations. With touchscreen and “Near” features, Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified puts the adrenaline-rush action of Call of Duty in the palm of your hands.

FEATURES:

• Play up to 4v4 multiplayer gameplay on Wi-Fi on franchise favorite modes including Free-For-All, Kill Confirmed, Team Deathmatch and Dropzone all tailored for Vita.
• Choose from lethal and tactical grenades, and a variety weapons and attachments.
• Utilize classic Call of Duty multiplayer features like Care Packages, Challenges, Create-a-Class, Killstreaks, Perks, Prestiging, XP and more.
• Complementary single player objective-based Operations, along with Survival and Time Trial Missions.
• Uncover the deniable operations that occurred between the original Call of Duty: Black Ops and this year’s upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
• Featuring Near technology for multiplayer load-outs that also allows gamers to send friends a boost; and Touchscreen support for cooking grenades and melee bring the power of Vita to gamers.

 

DEVELOPER: Nihilistic Software

PUBLISHER: Activision Publishing, Inc.

RELEASE DATE: November, 2012

PLATFORMS: PlayStation® Vita

ESRB Rating: RP

I have been waiting for a really solid FPS for the Vita, so I was pretty happy about this announcement.  And then I saw the trailer!

Here are some of the screenshots that were released:

Overall, this looks like a pretty solid release for the Vita and this is on my list of games to pick up.  Look for it to be released in November 2012.