Leo Tolstoy once said, “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” Ask any PlayStation gamer who missed out on the Call of Duty: Black Ops double XP weekend a few weeks ago, and they’ll tell you: Leo knew what he was talking about. While other platforms soaked up the extra experience points, PS3 gamers had to hang in there while PlayStation put everything in order behind the scenes. In cases like that, patience isn’t a virtue — patience is a pain in the butt.
As the double-XP date loomed nearer, more and more PlayStation gamers wondered if they’d be able to take part in the festivities, and Treyarch – developer of Black Ops – swore to fans that they would not be forgotten. This weekend, they’re quickly making good on that promise, with a double-XP period that lasts from this Friday, May 20th at 10am all the way through the weekend and beyond – the good stuff keeps coming until 10am on Tuesday the 24th. What’s more, that’s going to be even sweeter thanks to a Nuketown 24/7 playlist that’s being added just for the event. Nuketown is my favorite map because it’s small and chaotic – and the close confines often result in high kill counts, which can really push you to the next level of Prestige in a hurry during a bonus XP weekend. It’s a fast, intense map – but don’t let that stop you from uncovering some of Nuketown’s hidden secrets.
So if the two most powerful warriors are patience and time…well, you’ve been patient, and it took some time. This weekend, enjoy being the warrior.
O_O 1000
cannnnnt wait :) cant wait for escalation either :D
thanks for letting us know right when it was starting instead of a week or two in advanced
i dont get to check the blog everyday…so by the time i heard about it ,it was pretty much over….
it’d be nice if you guys could give an advanced notice.so that i can appreciate the welcome back program to its full extent.. dont just spring it on people! and then tell them its part of the welcome back program!!!!!!!
lets get it together sony and please dont consider this a complete complaint just information from a concerned
gamer………=>
Its funny ive been playn all day no dubble xp at all and friday night too so wats the deal
Does anyone knows when the PSN Store will be open
So wats the real deal iwas playn on friday and today and no dubble xp wats worse im just finding out now cauls i was checkn on our welcom back and psn store update to find this out wats more im not gettn dubble xp right now fix this and straitn up soldiers let us know a cupple days in advance on the game not on here alone some people dount even check out blogs put it in the the counter section of the game so every one knows
i like it
crappy maps they should take suggestions i been watching youtube of the xbox side. zombie maps only thing good.
For this i say.
I declare you fired for releasing stupid updates.
I’m enjoying the double XP though.
when the store gonna be up
having a ball aleady
Too bad all the hackers are on. The network is worse now then before the outage.
when is playstation store up??? and will it be up before the map pack for black ops comes out
Man, I had a fun weekend with Black Ops. I got pwned, and pwned. Good times. @1012 Tomorrow! :D
@2003
first off tryarch told gamers they would make up for ps3 gamers loss of the double xp weekend that they missed so we had about 3 weeks notice about this and furthermore this is not part of the welcome back package infact this double xp (4 day) weekend was provided by treyarch as they control the servers and what goes on with there game. you cant really blame them because you didnt read up on it.
I like turtles.
Im EXTREMELY annoyed at treyarch… I woke up one morning hoping to play a good game of black ops.. then BAM “This console has been permanently banned from the black ops servers”. I mean they haven’t even told me why!?
Well…. I can’t wait for Battlefield 3. :)
DOUBLE POINT WEEKEND HAS BEEN GREAT!!!! I want to thank sony for making sure we didnt miss out on anything due to the outage we had. I do wish we had some different options on the welcome back package sony is giving us. I dont play all that many diffrent games on my PS3. I usually stick to sport games such as Madden and the COD franchise. I’d give the whole package back in exchange for 15 dollars of PS store credit to purchase the next map pack for black ops. Either way though I appreciate what we are getting and once again thank you so much for all your had work sony. OH sorry Dan any news on when the new map back will be available on the PS3??????????
I’m already 15th prestige rank 50 last 6 months ago, so why double XP for weekend only? I just wonder..
Please Please Please Leave NukeTown 24/7 on FOREVER!!! WE LOVE IT!!!!!
I think that would seriously unbalance the universe.