Origins

"Every story has a beginning...and an end."

- "Origins" trailer

"Unleashed after the Germans unearthed the mysterious Element 115, this next chapter in the Zombies legacy will explore the saga’s origins as players reunite with an unlikely band of soldiers that come together to defeat the greatest evil the world has ever seen, using a period-specific arsenal that includes Wonder Weapons that harness supernatural powers, a diesel-drone and Mark IV tank, as well a new perk machine and power-ups – and that’s just the start. Players will need all the help they can get to succeed in defeating the undead, as well as evading an unprecedented 1,000-foot tall robot abomination."

- Origins release article

Origins is a Zombies map included in the upcoming Apocalypse downloadable content for Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It is the seventeenth (chronologically the first) Zombies level.

Overview
The "original characters" (Takeo, Nikolai, Richtofen and Dempsey) return as the four playable characters. The zombies have yellow eyes in this map. The map features Wonder Weapons that harness supernatural powers, a Diesel Drone and Mark IV tank, as well a new Perk-a-Cola machine and Power-Ups.

The zombies have yellow eyes in this map, suggesting that  the Demonic Announcer would be someone never seen before. However it is most likely not Samantha, due to her not even being born yet.

Trivia

 * This is the third time in Zombies history that a new starting weapon (the Mauser) is featured (the first being Dead Ops Arcade with the M60, and the second being the Black Ops DS maps with the Makarov PM).
 * This is the first time the original group has made a physical appearance in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
 * Origins marks the first ever Call of Duty feature to take place during the First World War.
 * This also makes the level the earliest-set feature in Call of Duty, with the previous earliest-set feature taking place in the 1930s.
 * This is the first time Tank, Nikolai, and Takeo are playable in Black Ops II, but also the first time Takeo is seen or referenced directly at all in Black Ops II.
 * Avenged Sevenfold's song "Shepherd of Fire" (from their  album) will be included in the opening cutscene.