Call of Duty: Black Ops - Escalation cover
FranchiseCall of DutySeriesCall of DutyCall of Duty: Black Ops

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Escalation

Call of Duty: Black Ops →

Critic score1 critic
Be the first to rate
First release
May 03, 2011
Developer
Treyarch
Publisher
Activision
Engine
IW Engine
Genres
Shooter · Warfare, Action, Horror, Survival, Historical
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 5

Escalation is a downloadable content pack (DLC) for the 2010 game Call of Duty: Black Ops. It includes four new multiplayer and one new zombie map: - Zoo (takes place at an abandoned Soviet zoo) - Convoy (takes place near an abandoned convoy containing a big missile) - Hotel (takes place in a resort in Cuba) - Stockpile (takes place in a small village in Russia, with one of the houses containing a stockpile of weapons) - Call of the Dead (the zombie map, taking place in an abandoned Siberian outpost near the coast)

Attributes

No Attributes added.

Details

Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Storyline
Escalation contains 5 all-new maps; featuring 4 Multiplayer maps and an epic, star-studded Zombies experience with new playable characters. Battle it out in 'Hotel' on the roof of a luxury hotel & casino in old Havana; 'Convoy' delivers close-quarters combat near an ambushed US military convoy; 'Zoo' takes you on a wild ride in an abandoned Soviet Russian Zoo; 'Stockpile' is set in a Russian farm town housing secret WMDs. For Zombies fans, “Call of the Dead” features a cast of iconic horror film stars battling zombies on a Siberian island.Read more

Escalation contains 5 all-new maps; featuring 4 Multiplayer maps and an epic, star-studded Zombies experience with new playable characters. Battle it out in 'Hotel' on the roof of a luxury hotel & casino in old Havana; 'Convoy' delivers close-quarters combat near an ambushed US military convoy; 'Zoo' takes you on a wild ride in an abandoned Soviet Russian Zoo; 'Stockpile' is set in a Russian farm town housing secret WMDs. For Zombies fans, “Call of the Dead” features a cast of iconic horror film stars battling zombies on a Siberian island.

Release dates
Xbox 360
May 03, 2011
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jun 02, 2011
PlayStation 3
Jun 09, 2011
All 5 release dates
PlayStation 4
Jul 09, 2026
PlayStation 5
Jul 09, 2026
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
2h
Main + Extras
4h
Completionist
6h
Age ratings
PEGI 18ESRB M
Game modes
Split screen, Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person
Keywords
zombies, shooting

At a Glance

Critic Score
40
Main Story (IGDB)
2h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
4h
Completionist (IGDB)
6h
OverviewHow it playsMediaCommunityBehind the gameRelated

Overview

Steam review summary

Steam users rate this Mixed, 181 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

Valve's summary of Steam user reviews. Valve counts only reviews from purchases on Steam, not key activations, and leaves out review periods it has marked as off-topic. It isn't part of the CritScore score.

Review summary: SteamSteam data provided via the Steam Web API (opens in a new tab)Not affiliated with Valve →

Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 23 Oct
  • Online co-opIGDB · 23 Oct
  • Local co-opIGDB · 23 Oct
  • Shared or split screenIGDB · 23 Oct
  • LAN co-opIGDB · 23 Oct
  • Drop-in, drop-out co-opIGDB · 23 Oct

Feature data: IGDB

About storefront and compatibility information

Compatibility, feature and availability information shown on this page is recorded from the storefronts and services named against each fact, on the dates shown. Steam and the Steam logo are trademarks of Valve Corporation; Steam data is provided via the Steam Web API. Other product and service names are trademarks of their respective owners. CritScore is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or certified by Valve Corporation or any other storefront or platform holder, and does not itself test or certify any game.