COD Ghosts Extinction - Official Trailer Breakdown

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After a long wait - Infinity Ward have finally released an official Extinction trailer for COD Ghosts. The Extinction trailer reveals a lot about the new survival mode including using the drill, how to destroy the Hives, the mini-gun, BOSS alien and even the new traps.

First, here's the Official Extinction Trailer



Let's break down the interesting parts..

How to destroy a Hive

Extinction is the new horde mode in COD Ghosts and the primary end game is to destroy the Hives and escape the map. Players must work together to hold off the aliens while each hive is systematically destroyed.

The key is in the use of the Drill - an essential piece of collectible equipment. Only one player can carry the drill at a time. Once acquired, the Drill can be deployed near a Hive to commence drilling. It will take some time to drill down into the Hive, where the nuke will be placed and ultimately destroy the nest.

There's a little Drill progress bar which shows you % completion. Therefore, you'll know when the drilling is complete. During the drilling operation, Aliens will try and attack the drill so it's up to you to protect it - it must not be interrupted or destroyed at all costs!

Once drilling is complete on a particular Hive, it's destroyed and you can pick up the Drill to move onto the next Hive. You'll move from Hive to Hive as you work your way through the map.

Buying equipment - I.M.S, Missile Strike, Minigun

As we mentioned in our previous post, players have the chance to purchase equipment during the game depending on their class. For example, you can buy a sentry or an I.M.S using your D-PAD. It'll cost X amount of $'s but will give you that added firepower when under strain.



The mini-gun is a bit of a mystery, it doesn't look like a purchasable weapon but it could be part of the Tank class. We haven't seen much from this class so far so it's possible that the Tank character will be able to access this awesome weapon.

Aliens types

There were several types of aliens shown in the trailer:

1. Red aliens



These are the smaller, crawling aliens. They're quick but easier to kill than the others.

You'll see them appearing from the red meteors.

2. Yellow aliens



These guys have bright colours on their backs, they can also shoot down air support such as helicopters by firing plasma balls. Think Starship Troopers and you've got a pretty good idea.

Featuring long tails, they're capable of jumping greater distances and scaling walls to get closer to you.

3. BOSS alien



Towards the end of the trailer we saw a giant alien - the BOSS! He's huge, at least 3 times larger than the red ones. This alien also smashes its arms on the floor causing a shockwave pulse.

More to follow on this guy in due course..

Traps - Electric and Fire Traps

The electric trap is basically an electric fence - when aliens try and climb the fence they're shocked, and sent flying backwards. The mechanism to activate the trap is on the floor - it's a red control box:



That's pretty much everything from the trailer, we'll have much more when the game comes out next week..