Call of Duty has always treated the PC as a second tier system, giving priority to the Xbox 360 and the PS3. This time around, however, with Black Ops 2, Treyarch is giving equal attention to the PC. The dev has confirmed that the team is being made on the PC at the same time as the consoles, and by a different, dedicated team put together specifically for the system.

“PC version is developed by a dedicated pc team simultaneously with the other platforms,” Treyarch’s director of technology, Cesar Stastny said.

He went on to reassure fans that BlOps 2 on the PC will punish cheaters as much as it can. “BO2 built from the ground up to catch cheaters,” he said.

“Every popular pc title is hacked upon release,” he said via another Tweet. “We are improving our ability to detect and ban based on lessons learned on blackops.”

Black Ops 2 comes out this November for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Stay tuned for more updates.

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We certainly believe it will, with Blops 2. Given below are ten reasons that clearly support that assumption. Tell us what you think in your comments below!

Future warfare

Just as the first Modern Warfare was a significant jump, being the first game in the series to be set in modern times and not during the Second World War, Black Ops 2 might be the same, becoming the first game in the series to leap to the future, being set in 2025 (for most of the part), and not in modern times. The game will have two storylines- one set in 1985 near the end of the Cold War and the other in 2025, during the second Cold War between US and China. Both the storylines certainly sound very interesting, but I’m curious to see how Treyarch will handle a futuristic setting. We already know we’ll be using futuristic gadgets (like drones) and weapons and vehicles, but how much will the time leap affect the gameplay? That remains to be seen, but we certainly are very curious.

More complex storyline

Treyarch has always been very good at delivering complex storylines. World at War was a particularly good game, and Black Ops told a thrilling story with very interesting twists at the end. While fans may have sworn off CoD stories with Modern Warfare 2 and 3 and their Michael Bay-ish narratives, it looks like Treyarch is coming back with a bang. Black Ops 2 will follow the story of Alex Mason, protagonist of the first Black Ops (his story being set in 1985) and his son David Mason (2025), with both the timelines being narrated by Black Ops character Frank Woods. We will also learn more about the Reznov hallucinations Mason kept having throughout the first game, so that’s something we’re all looking forward to. The setting is certainly interesting (thankfully, we won’t be fighting Russians or Germans all the time) and the futuristic leap, as mentioned above, will certainly mix things up in an interesting way.

Strike Force

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is introducing a new mode called Strike Force. It isn’t exactly a mode, per se. It’s actually a part of the single player campaign itself, but it’s something players have never seen in the series before. Throughout the campaign, depending on how the story progresses (more on this later), you will be opening up side missions to tackle. You can do any of them in any order you want, and you will unlock different missions in each playthrough. Here’s how Activision describes the Strike Force missions- “You’re going to choose a mission and that’s a branch for the story. Say there’s three missions out there—you’re not going to go back and play all of them; the story goes on. If you die on a strike force mission, you die in the story.”

So… that sounds really good! Strike Force is more like RTS missions, with you giving commands to troops from an aerial view. It all sounds very unique and interesting, and we’re curious to see how it pans out.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was recently revealed with a fantastic trailer, and it was actually met with positive response. People actually think this might be the change that CoD needs. Not EA, however.

Electronic Arts global product manager Kevin O’Leary thinks it looks “tired” and that it should take a year off. “”Poor [Black Ops II], you look tired, you should take a year off and rest,” he said, taking a jab at CoD’s annual releases.

EA has been taking jabs at Activision’s CoD franchise ever since the rivalry between Battlefield and CoD/Medal of Honor and CoD became so heated (again). And with Medal of Honor: Warfighter coming out later this year, you can’t help but wonder what the actual purpose of such comments is.

Maybe it’d be better if EA just focussed on making their own game. I’m all for awesome rivalries, but this… meh.

What do you think? Tell us in your comments.