First things first, this is what you’ll see when you finally get your hands on it this November:

Great! What do we know so far!?
The first killstreak was revealed to be a Quadrotor. FPSRussia did a video to show off a prototype Quadrotor, which isn’t on the market until at least 10 to 20 years from now. What it does and how it controls are viewable below…

Before the game was revealed on live TV, websites got ahold of in-game images of the Quadrotor. Here they are: Black Ops 2 screenshot 1 and screenshot 2.

The game’s setting is obviously in the future. The game takes place in 2025, a 21st century Cold War has erupted. Black Ops 2 thursts you into a new world where technology and weapons creates a new generation of warfare. Black Ops 2 has robotic tanks that are now a heavy focus. [Image] Most likely to be one of Black Ops 2′s killstreaks. That’s not all, there are a lot of futuristic aircrafts shown in this reveal trailer. One of the scenes shows an interface where you’re actually inside the aircraft. It’s possibly another killstreak. Enjoy the trailer…

- Frank Woods was a Sergeant in the United States Marines.
- Mr. Woods is obviously highly decorated in the Marines.
- Mr. Woods is wrinkly and old now, and is talking to someone. [Update: Possibly his son.]
- Mr. Woods says he expected that technology would grow strong, and that we as people are weak.
- What happens if someone steals the keys to our unmanned weapons? That’s the question posed by Mr. Woods.
- The enemy can be anywhere, and it could be anyone. That’s the theme in Black Ops 2.
- The game also seems to take place on American soil, other scenes seems to take place in other countries.
- You ride a horse in the campaign, possibly to be safe from unmanned control.
- Black Ops 2′s marketing slogan is “The future is Black.”
- Quadrotor – Possible Killstreak
- Robotic Tanks [they're called CLAW tanks] – Possible Killstreak
- Futuristic Aircraft[s] – Possible Killstreak
- Compact, Mobile turrets – Possible Killstreak
- Futuristic Helicopters – Possible Killstreak
- Futuristic Predator Drones – Possible Killstreak
- Futuristic Drone Aircrafts – Possible Killstreak

What locations have been revealed?

- Africa, July 23, 1986
- Afghanistan, October 23, 1987
- Panama, December 19, 1989
- Yemen, October 23, 2022
- Africa, July 23, 2025
- A British Indian territory, July 25, 2025
- Los Angeles, California in the year 2025
- Hong Kong, China in the year 2025
Source: G4

- A new game mode has been revealed, and it’s called Strike Force.
- Strike Force will alter your story in Black Ops and vice versa.
- The goal of Strike Force is to make the game non-linear than previous games in the series.
- Strike Force is more or less a sandbox mode.
- You can control a squad or battalion.

What about Zombies?

- Zombies will make a return in Black Ops 2, but we have no idea which period it’s going to take place.
- Treyarch is being really ambitious with Zombies. There will be more zombies, and more modes.
- Zombies will be strapped onto the multiplayer engine.

…And Multiplayer?

- Treyarch is trying to take a “one size does not fit all” approach to multiplayer.
- The entire multiplayer experience will take place in 2025, none will take place in the 80′s.
- They’re changing a lot of things to shake up the Call of Duty formula.
Source: Kotaku

We’ll have more soon. Activision is holding an investor call next tuesday, May 9th.

Okay, so how did we get here?
Ever since Black Ops was released, a lot of people already finished the game. The ending for Call of Duty: Black Ops pits Mason at helm of killing Nikita Dragovich. President Kennedy authorized the assassination of Nikita Dragovich. At the time, Soviet Union created an uprising during the presidency of Kennedy in the Black Ops story. By the time Mason gets his hands on Dragovich, and attempts to kill him, Mason’s last words to Dragovich was “And you tried to kill Kennedy.” Shortly thereafter, Dragovich responds “I tried to?” Once Mason ascends to the surface of the ocean, Mason makes his way to his comrades and one of the colonels says “It’s over.” But Mason says “for now…” Question is, what did he mean? Did this mean that Dragovich wasn’t the real enemy in Black Ops? Surely this is a cliffhanger ending.

That was 1961…
Yeap. On May 25th, 1961, President Kennedy proposed sending men to the moon. Going by the period in which Black Ops takes place. In Black Ops, zombies were a heavy, and I mean, a heavy theme. In fact, once you finished Black Ops and plowed through Mason’s appearance on the famous Kennedy video. You skipped the credits, lo’ and behold the game drops you in the White House where the Zombies invades it. As if the zombies inclusion in World at War wasn’t enough influence.

It wasn’t until Treyarch released a bunch of Black Ops DLC’s that they wanted to send you and the zombies to space. One of them sent you to the moon. Why am I bringing this up? Well, it was in 1969, when an Apollo mission was accomplished. By this time, Kennedy was assassinated already. A new president prevailed. Since the zombies [DLC] map takes place in the moon; What’s with Call of Duty: Eclipse? Well, as you know, eclipses happen when a planet is currently covering the sun, or vice versa. In many cases, the Moon is the one that’s covering the sun. In one of the DLC’s released for Black Ops called Shangri La, an eclipse happens.

That’s two strikes. This rumor about Call of Duty: Eclipse has been leaked to the internet. [source] And has cause a great amount of speculation as to which is the next name of the next Call of Duty title. Few days later, yet another leak points to the next Call of Duty title being on a day of a total eclipse on tuesday, November 13th. [source]

Sooo, what’s Call of Duty: Eclipse then?
If you haven’t been paying attention… The clues have been staring at you for quite some time now. Treyarch has been a huge fan of Zombies, it’s evident not just through World at War, and Black Ops. Treyarch has been releasing a lot of Zombies-based downloable content over the years. Call of Duty Elite was deployed last year, and there’s no doubt that Activision will want to capitalize on this.

I have a feeling based on when Black Ops takes place – John F Kennedy’s presidency, the deployment of astronauts to the moon. Black Ops 2 might take place during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. As you recall, before Black Ops was even revealed, there were rumors that Black Ops would take place in Vietnam. Johnson’s presidency features an escalation of the Vietnam War. How is that a coincidence? News Flash: It’s not. You see, the United States was still doing experiments with the Apollo program.

The last Apollo mission was Apollo 17, on 1972. I think that Call of Duty Eclipse’s 15 “Multi” spots are either multiplayer maps with a strong eclipse theme, like Shangri La was, or zombie maps with a heavy moon theme. Two things that weren’t explored fully in zombies so far: The Apollo missions – one thing that’s consistent in these missions were the speculation – rumors and speculation that there’s another life form than humans.

These “Multi” spots may also refer to 15 Elite Drops since, after all, the contract between Activision and Microsoft ends this year. [press release]

I would also like to point out that, one of the things talked about with regards to zombies on Black Ops or Modern Warfare 2/3 was universal among Call of Duty fans – the next type of species: The aliens. The other un-explored theme in zombies is Mars.

Either that, or Call of Duty: Eclipse replaces Call of Duty: Zombies in name.

That said, I’m sorry but the next Call of Duty title is Black Ops 2. [source] We’ll know more starting April 28th [source], May 1st or 2nd, and that’s not all, there’s an Activision investor call on May 9th. Next week is going to be a crazy week.

Don’t get excited though, this was just a pitch video, it does not mean that the game is going to see the light of day in retail. Even though that it shows “Call of Duty: Police Warfare,” it does not mean the game is officially backed by Activision. It’s just a concept they’ve thrown at Activision.

Elastic Games started a KickStarter project asking fans or would-be investors to pledge support for the project. James Wearing, the lead developer on the Police Warfare project says that the team has been hard at work for 6 months in pre-production of the game. His new pitch is below…

Elastic Games has made a budget of $325,000 goal for Police Warfare. The deadline is May 18, a few weeks before E3 opens it’s doors.

I have made a poll over at CODForums to see how receptive this game is.