User blog comment:Bovell/New Black Ops II screenshots bring us back to a familar locale/@comment-98.119.174.132-20120701062555/@comment-4233120-20120706161243

Those CoDs have nothing to do with middle-east, campaign or multiplayer. Just because maps are deserts, doesn't mean they are middle east. Those are maps in Africa (WWII-based games) or Veitnam (Black Ops.) The Middle-East contains Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, ect.