Call of Duty: Black Ops II, also known as BO2 or BLOPS II, is a first-person shooter developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. This is the ninth main installment for the Call of Duty franchise, and was released on November 13, 2012. It is the direct sequel to Call of Duty: Black Ops and was announced on May 1, 2012, during an NBA playoff game. It is the first game made by Treyarch to be set in the future, and also the first direct sequel produced for the series by the studio.The game is also the first Call of Duty game for Nintendo’s Wii U console, and it was available for the Wii U’s launch day in North America, Europe, and Australia, whilst it was released on December 20, 2012 in Japan, which was 12 days after the console’s Japanese launch day, albeit the console received the Japanese dub version simultaneously with the other platforms on the same day.
PLOT
In the year 2025, U.S. Special Forces operatives led by David Mason and his partner, Mike Harper, arrive at “The Vault”, a top-security location home to an ageing Frank Woods, whom they suspect possess vital information on the whereabouts of Raul Menendez. Woods concedes that Menendez has recently visited him, and shows them a locket that the latter had left behind. Frank then narrates several covert missions undertaken during his military career which span their previous encounters.