The past era has CIA operative Alex Mason continuing his top-secret work for the United States, and witnessing the actions of the CIA inadvertently creating the powerful terrorist leader Raul Menendez. The singleplayer story continues from Call of Duty: Black Ops and is set over two time periods, the final years of the Cold War from 1986 to 1989, and the technologically advanced future of 2025, during a Second Cold War between the United States and China.
The game features a singleplayer campaign, a multiplayer mode, and a co-op zombie mode. Developed by Treyarch, with assistance from Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software, it was published by Activision in 2012 for the PC, PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (also known as CoD:Blops 2) is the ninth installment in the Call of Duty series, and the third main entry in the Black Ops sub-franchise (the first being World at War).
