In keeping with wanting to entice as many players as possible to their hugely popular multiplayer online component, Treyarch have introduced something that fans have been wanting for a while - Ranked matches, something the likes of Halo has been doing for years. While players can still jump right into a regular game, the option is here for the game to "size you up", so to speak, take a gander at how you perform in a few games and then start placing you in matches that are better attuned to your skill, and the better or worse you do will reflect that. Furthermore, there will be a seasonal ladder system, giving the game a far more competitive feel than it has now, which largely amounts to seeing how many kills you've got compared to a mate on the buggy regular leaderboard. All in all, this will help ease casual players into things - who until now have been at the mercy of whoever they're unlucky enough to meet - and make for a more challenging experience for skilled experts.