New Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack named and dated

Escalation coming at the beginning of May

Activision has announced the details of the next map pack they will be releasing for Call of Duty Black Ops through Microsoft.

Escalation will feature another five maps including one "unique Zombies experience" according to Xbox Live's Major Nelson.

The multiplayer maps include from the rooftop of a Cuban luxury hotel, the site of an ambushed US military convoy, an abandoned Russian street zoo and a Russian farm town concealing a WMD facility.

The map pack will be available on Xbox Live from the 3rd of May although curiously they didn't mention a price for the pack as yet.

By Ewan Aiton