And so, footage of Call of Duty: Black Ops’ new Content Pack dubbed “Annihilation” is making rounds on the internet:

Remember, the map pack is available on Xbox Live only for now. The PS3 and PC versions will arrive at least a month from now. Late July the latest.

Funny video of Black Ops with LEGO. Enjoy!

An official release from Treyarch, the map pack is out now on Xbox Live:

Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation is now available for download on Xbox LIVE.

It’s packed with four brand new multiplayer maps and a new zombie map. Take on the opposition in a deserted Zoo. Battle through the casino in Hotel. Use the landscape to your advantage in Convoy. Take the battle into the Soviet heartland in Stockpile. And when you’re done… get ready to take on the zombies in the frozen wasteland of Siberia with an all-star cast of characters in Call of the Dead.

On top of all of that, this weekend is going to offer Double XP to everyone who plays. Get Escalation, hop online, and start rocketing up the ranks.

You can get the map pack for 1200 MS Points, or $15.

If you want to know how each map looks, check out the trailers below:

Stockpile Gameplay:

Convoy Gameplay:

Zoo Gameplay:

Hotel Gameplay:

Black Ops Escalation will head to PlayStation Network and the Steam service a month from now.

As the release of Escalation draws closer and closer, gameplay footage of the maps has been making rounds on the internet.

First up is a gameplay trailer of Zoo and Hotel:

Second up is a gameplay trailer of Convoy and Stockpile:

This month’s issue of Official PlayStation Magazine asked Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia if we’d be seeing Zombie Mode returning Black Ops, he responded:

“We really like the Zombie Mode, and as I mentioned I can’t talk about the co-op mode other than to say one of the reasons we love it so much is that it feels like it was a fan adopted mode, made out of passion of a lot of the team members here.”

OPM  then mentioned that they wanted to see the Zombie Mode in the final game and he replied:

“Well all I can tell you is we listen to the fanbase. Those are our consumers, so…”

Great news for all you PC gamers out there, Treyarch’s studio head Mark Lamia has confirmed in an article in PC Zone magazine that we will be seeing dedicated servers for PC in Call of Duty: Black Ops

“I think dedicated servers are excellent. I don’t see any reason not to see them unless… well, I just don’t see any reason not to. It seems people like them and we’re excited about what we’re doing right now.”

He explains further: “We do work very hard to reconcile the desire to manipulate and modify those dedicated servers with offering them the persistent experience and benefits that the console system provides.

“We’re working very hard to marry those two things, so people can run dedicated servers and also participate in the communal experience the console players get to have, given they’re all on first-party servers.”

Call of Duty returns this November, but this is a Call of Duty like no other, this is Black Ops.

Now you will witness the birth of the Elite Special Forces and take part in off-the-record missions using unconventional weaponry to get the job done! From Cuba to the Arctic and the jungles of Vietnam, Call of Duty: Black Ops features stunning cinematic graphics and intense gameplay that puts you right at the heart of the action!

Activision is yet to confirm a concrete release date for the game, but looking at the history of the Call of Duty series and their past release dates over the last 5 years, we estimate the game will hit shelves sometime during the week starting November 8th, 2010.