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MCV can reveal that leading UK games retailer GAME will be selling Call of Duty: Black Ops on day one for 24.99. The price will be available to anyone who buys the game in conjunction with any other in-store chart title on either Xbox 360 or PS3. In addition, the …

Tuesday and Wednesday next week just might be the most lucrative two days in games retail history. On Tuesday, November 9th Activision will launch Call of Duty: Black Ops – the follow-up to the UK’s biggest selling game. The very next day Kinect for Xbox 360 hits shelves – complete …

With the industry waiting to see whether next week’s Call of Duty: Black Ops will spark off another round of supermarket price wars, HMV has become the first retailer to break cover and announce its headline-grabbing deal for the game. MCV understands that the chain will be selling either the …

Early footage of next week’s Call of Duty: Black Ops has revealed that the much heralded zombie mode has taken a surprising new turn, casting players as one of two former US presidents and one overseas leader. As can be seen in the picture below courtesy of Kotaku, gamers have …

German consumers hoping to get their hands on the PC version of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops will not be able to play PAL versions imported from other EU territories. The strict censorship laws in the country mean that many games – and particularly those with an historical …

Call of Duty: Black Ops will not outshine the record-breaking performance of its predecessor Modern Warfare 2, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. Last month Activision’s general manager for Call of Duty in Europe Michal Sportouch told MCV: We’ve a fantastic game and a fantastic marketing campaign so our …

In what is almost a given ahead of the release of any big title in the modern market, it has emerged that copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops are currently being distributed on the internet. The games industry has for years been trying various methods to try and prevent …

High Street retailer GAME has listed hundreds of stores that will open their doors at midnight on the night of Monday November 8th to usher in the global launch of Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. Most will welcome in shoppers around 11:45pm and stay open for at least an …

SCVNGR has announced it has signed a new partnership with US retail giant GameStop. The deal has been described as the biggest the company has made with a retailer to date, according to TechCrunch. It will see GameStop promoting the location-based mobile game at each of its 6,000 locations. Initially, …

American peripherals specialist Performance Designed Productshas announced the launch of a branded Wii headset ahead of the arrival of Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops on November 9th. Called the Headbanger headset (pictured), it allows for multiplayer online chat in the Wii version of the shooter. It will hit US …