"The risen dead have overtaken a Soviet Cosmodrome and all Hell has broken loose. The countdown to the zombie apocalypse has begun." Ascension level description.

Ascension is the eighth Zombies map included in the First Strike downloadable content pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops. It was released on February 1, 2011 on the Xbox 360, March 3 on the PlayStation 3, and PC on March 25, 2011 for $14.99 USD.

Ascension takes place in an abandoned Soviet Cosmodrome. The map features Tank Dempsey, Nikolai Belinski, Takeo Masaki, and Edward Richtofen as playable characters.

Among the new additions are two Wonder Weapons, the Gersch Device and Matryoshka Dolls (replacing the Monkey Bombs).Double Tap Root Beer does not appear, but two new perks are introduced: PhD Flopper and Stamin-Up.

A new enemy, the Space Monkeys, also appear in this map, replacing the Hellhounds and Pentagon Thief. A new Power-Up, the Random Perk Bottle is also available.

Ascension features two new perks, both costing 2000 points. However, Double Tap Root Beer does not make an appearance. Each player can only have four perks at a time, with the exception of already having four and obtaining the Random Perk Bottle to obtain all five (now six) perks at once as viewed here.

PhD Flopper; located outside near the "D" Lunar Lander launch pad that has the Fragmentation Grenades. This perk makes the player create a small "nuke" when diving to prone. The "nuke" will only take effect if the dive-to-prone would normally hurt the player (almost anything above flat ground). In addition, landing directly on top of a zombie seems to neutralize the effect of the nuke. The nuke kills all nearby zombies up until the round 20s. In addition, the player cannot take any fall damage and is immune to any explosive damage done to the player, including the Ray Gun's splash damage, damage when a launcher or the Mustang & Sally is shot too close (such as the M72 LAW, or the China Lake), fragmentation grenades, and Matryoshka Dolls. The player can still take explosive damage after a space monkey tosses back a grenade. The player can also overcook their own grenade without being harmed.

Stamin-Up; located near the AK-74u, towards another Lunar Lander launch pad. This perk gives the player increased movement speed and sprint duration, similar to both Marathon and Lightweight. Since Ascension is a rather large map, it is more useful than one might think, especially during Space Monkey rounds where a player may have to get to a Perk-a-Cola machine that is being attacked. It can also benefit the player when running from Zombies. This is even more useful in Call of the Dead.

The man speaking at the beginning is Gersch and is actually giving the players a mission to complete the node puzzle to repair the Casimir Mechanism. Once the mechanism is repaired, the players will each get a Death Machine that lasts for 90 seconds. This serves as the map's major easter egg and requires four players to complete.

Chimp on the Barbie (35 / Bronze Trophy ) - Kill a space monkey with a Fire Pit.

The Eagle has Landers (35 / Bronze Trophy ) - Use all three lunar landers.

They are going THROUGH! (35 / Bronze Trophy ) - Kill at least 5 zombies with the Gersch Device.

Space Race (45 / Silver Trophy ) - Pack-a-Punch a weapon before round 8.

Ascension leak in the iTunes album.

Old Ascension thumbnail, used on PC.

New Ascension thumbnail, used on Consoles.

Zombies, note the two with gas masks in the front.

Loading screen for "Ascension" (Notice the 115 in the rocket's shadows).

"Ascension" on the numbers broadcast paper.

Another view of Ascension, similar to its thumbnail.

The rocket rising up in Black Ops Zombies.

Looking towards the rocket in Black Ops Zombies. Note the red reticles.

The rocket being destroyed in Black Ops Zombies.

Call of Duty- Black Ops - Ascension Trailer Official HD

Official Ascension trailer.

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Abracadavre, the Ascension music easter egg.

Ascension Game Over Song

Game Over song in Ascension & Call of The Dead.

Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies PhD Flopper Song

The jingle of PhD Flopper.

Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies Stamin-Up Song

The jingle of Stamin-Up.

Call of Duty Black Ops - Ascension - Destroying the Rocket

Destroying the rocket.

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Loading screen song.

Ascension Round 44 Full Gameplay - Black Ops Zombies

Gameplay.

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