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Read More »Mad Catz making Black Ops accessories
Call of Duty: Black Ops will get its own line of branded peripherals after Mad Catz announced a deal with Activision today. The gaming accessories manufacturer gets global rights to a range of Black Ops products, following its range of Modern Warfare 2 controllers last year. We are honoured to …
Read More »Treyarch: Bungie is our competition
But the Black Ops studio insists it wonâ??t be distracted by rivals
Read More »Treyarch: Activisionâ??s new war machine
Develop interviews the studio now at the centre of the Call of Duty battleplan
Read More »GAME clarifies Blur stock rumours
UK retailer GAME has rubbished speculation that it has fallen out with publisher Activision. Talk of a rift was rife over the weekend following multiple reports of various GAME and Gamestation outlets either not carrying stock of new racer Blur or only stocking the title in limited quantities. We have …
Read More »Treyarch: Pre-owned is a problem
With multiplayer a key selling point for Black Ops, Treyarch community manager Josh Olin has told MCV that Activision and Treyarch would not be employing a similar system to that of THQ’s UFC Undisputed 2010 and EA’s recently announced Online Pass. However, the practise of supplying a one-time code to …
Read More »Natal and Move interest Treyarch
Call of Duty developer Treyarch has stated that the idea of integrating the likes of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Natal and Sony’s PlayStation Move in future instalments of the series is one that interests it. Perhaps not for Black Ops, but Natal and Move is definitely something that we would want …
Read More »Treyarch: Black Ops is our deepest, richest multiplayer yet
With multiplayer playing such as important part in the long-term success of both Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2, developer Treyarch has told MCV that it has placed more focus on the online aspects of Call of Duty: Black Ops than it ever has before. The multiplayer is going to …
Read More »Black Ops to sell 10.7m in year one
Call of Duty Black Ops will put in a sales performance far closer to Modern Warfare 2 than anyone has previously predicted, according to one analyst. Gamasutra reports that Cowen and Company’s Doug Creutz believes the FPS could sell as many as 10.7m copies in its first year, a number …
Read More »Treyarch ‘not distracted’ by Infinity Ward row
Though the Call of Duty: Black Ops studio admits the situation at Activision is 'unfortunate'
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