<P> Following their battles in Shanghai, Russman leads the group across the continents to a large hole in the ground known as The Rift in Africa, hoping to find answers about the unseen forces commanding them . Richtofen commands Samuel to "mend the rift". The four gain a new ally in the form of a mute giant (real name later known as Arthur) in a Western town warped underground by temporal displacement, and are hampered by a ghostly woman in a massive mansion . In the canonical ending, the group aids Maxis, allowing him to use the power from the towers to enter the Aether and assume ultimate control, trapping Richtofen in a zombie's body . However, the Earth begins shaking, and Maxis explains to the four that he is beginning the process of the destruction of the Earth and humanity to reach Agartha, where he believes Samantha is; in the non-canon ending, the group aids Richtofen, letting him gain unlimited power over the Aether and the Earth, allowing him to kill Maxis and condemn Samantha's soul to eternal damnation . </P> <P> Following the canonical ending, Maxis then plucks Samantha's soul from Richtofen's body on the Moon and forces her to join him in Agartha . Realizing her father has been corrupted by the Aether, Samantha reaches out to an alternate version of him, who resides in Dimension 63 . She ends up in 1918 in France during World War I, where Group 935 was formed much earlier, with Maxis as one of its leaders, operating to secure German victory in the war . Group 935 created mechanical robots, as well as staffs that control the powers of the elements . Stumbling upon an ancient tomb believed to be of Vril origin, they accidentally unleash the first known zombie outbreak in history . Aiming to stop Germany, Japan, Russia and the United States of America send Takeo, Nikolai and Dempsey to capture Richtofen, the mastermind behind the advanced technology . By this time, Group 935's operatives have been wiped out, and Maxis himself was lobotomized when he began to turn into a zombie . The group are contacted by Samantha, who begs them to free her from Agartha . Richtofen puts Maxis' brain in a flying drone, and he joins the fight against the zombies and to free Samantha . The group is eventually successful, and while Maxis meets his daughter, they enter Agartha to be rewarded . A cutscene is played, showing Samantha with a boy named Eddie inside a house playing with toys of the characters who have appeared in the Zombies game mode throughout all three games . Air raid sirens are heard and the two children retreat to the basement with Maxis, with Samantha noting her father has a plan to make the heroes of their games real . </P> <P> A separate story, "Mob of the Dead", taking place also in Dimension 63, focuses on four mobsters: Salvatore "Sal" DeLuca, Billy Handsome, Michael "Finn" O'Leary, and Albert "The Weasel" Arlington, who are incarcerated at Alcatraz Island . On New Year's Eve 1933, the four attempt to escape the prison, using Weasel's plan to build a makeshift airplane called Icarus . However, the prison becomes infested with zombies, and they are forced to fight their way out . They succeed in building the airplane, but crash - land at the Golden Gate Bridge . They are then teleported back to the prison, with no memories of their previous attempt (except Weasel, who keeps a journal of the ongoing events). They continuously try to escape, but the result remains the same . After many failures, they discover that they were actually stuck in Purgatory, constantly repeating a cycle as punishment for their past sins . In reality, the escape plan never came to fruition, and Weasel was killed by the other three on New Year's Eve, while the rest were given the death penalty weeks later . Having remembered the truth, Sal, Billy and Finn set out to kill Weasel once again . Two possible endings can occur: if Weasel is killed, the cycle repeats once again; if Weasel lives and the other three are killed, the cycle is broken, and he is finally freed of his punishment . </P> <P> Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick stated on November 8, 2011, that a new Call of Duty game was in development for a 2012 release and will be the newest installment in the franchise . The game was officially confirmed by Activision during its fourth - quarter earnings call on February 9, 2012, and promised that it will feature "meaningful innovation" for the series . Oliver North, who was involved in the Iran--Contra affair was a consultant on the 1980s portion and helped promote the game . The author and defense expert Peter W. Singer served as a consultant on the 2025 storyline of the game . </P>

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