Express

Express is a Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer map, one of the maps included with the base game at launch, released on November 13, 2012. It is set in California High-Speed Rail terminal, Los Angeles, USA. Medium-to-long-range fights around a Los Angeles bullet-train terminal centered on an open trackside area.

How Express plays

On the ground, Express is defined by dynamic high-speed train hazard that instantly kills players on the tracks (gates lower to warn of approach), central open area and tight flanking corridors. Those are the features to read first — they decide where fights open up, which angles are safe to hold, and how you rotate between objectives. The close, broken-up terrain favours mobile weapons — submachine guns and shotguns — and perks like Lightweight and Dexterity that keep you quick through its lanes.

Hazards & features to learn:

• Dynamic high-speed train hazard that instantly kills players on the tracks (gates lower to warn of approach)
• Central open area
• Tight flanking corridors

Build a class for it with the Pick-10 system, and browse the full weapon list to match a gun to its ranges.

Release and the launch line-up

Express was on the disc when Call of Duty: Black Ops II launched on November 13, 2012, part of the base multiplayer map rotation.

Maps that shipped alongside it: Aftermath, Cargo, Carrier, Drone, Hijacked, Meltdown.

Map details