'Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare' DLC release date, features: what to expect

Activision and Sledgehammer Games, developer and publisher of the action-packed first person shooter "Call of Duty," announced a new downloadable content pack for their "Advanced Warfare" title. 

Called "Ascendance," the new DLC will contain new maps and will add a considerable arsenal of weapons. It will also lay out the next chapter in the icon-filled Exo Zombies mode. 

The DLC pack is part of the $50 "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" DLC pass. It can also be bought separately for $15. 

As part of the new contents for the title, the "Ascendance" DLC pack will open four new maps for multiplayers, which are: the Chop Shop, a black market industrial complex; Climate, a man-made, climate-controlled enclosure; Perplex, a five-storey apartment complex; and Site 244, a medium to large three-lane alien spaceship map located in the outskirts of Mt. Rushmore. There will also be new weapons available for shooters to choose from. Two new weapons are the Ohm directed energy light machine gun/shotgun hybrid and the OHM Werewolf custom variant. 

The second DLC for the "Advanced Warfare" title will also feature Exo Grapple. This is an option exclusive for players on "Ascendance" play maps and will give them advantage over strategic points and an effective secondary weapon. 

The second chapter for the Exo Zombies mode is also available on the second DLC pack. The gameplay introduces a much larger co-op map with a crowd favorite Burgertown franchise in the map itself. There will be numerous new traps, as well as a Magnetron Microwave Gun to give players a chance against hordes of different zombies like the Acid Drippers, giant Goliath Exo zombies, and many more. 

No gameplay footage has been released for the new DLC, but fans will be thrilled to watch the world premiere of how "Ascendance" will be played at the 2015 Call of Duty Championship on March 29. 

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