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With less than a month to go until Call of Duty: Black Ops is released worldwide on November 9th, Activision has confirmed that brand new trailer will be aired on British TV tomorrow night. It will be screened in the half time break of the England vs Montenegro European Championship …
Read More »Black Ops claims record pre-orders
Retailer GameStop has confirmed that it has received a record number of pre-orders for Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, which releases worldwide on November 9th. The news puts the game on-track to beat the industry records set by last year’s instalment in the series Modern Warfare 2 – putting …
Read More »COD: Black Ops goes 3D
Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops will support stereoscopic 3D on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. To take advantage of the tech uses must own a 3D-ready HD TV or a PC supporting 3D active shutter glasses. Development of stereoscopic 3D began as an R&D project, but …
Read More »Black Ops gets zombie mode
Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops will include a zombie mode when it arrives next month. The popular multiplayer game from 2008’s Call of Duty: World at War was a hit with gamers, and developer Treyarch is catering to them again with this year’s release. "Zombies have been such a …
Read More »Analyst concerned for Medal of Honor
Kaufman Bros analyst Todd Mitchell has voiced his doubt that EA’s Medal of Honor is creating the required level of excitement amongst consumers that is needed if it hopes to ruffle the FPS sector’s feathers. We are increasingly concerned about the prospects for Medal of Honor,” he told Gamasutra. The …
Read More »Treyarch: MOH controversy was unfair
Speaking of the media furore that has greeted EA’s Medal of Honor, the head of Call of Duty developer Treyarch has said that the treatment violent video games receive at the hands of the media is unjust. We cover the Cold War era [in Black Ops] and there are definitely …
Read More »EA takes aim at Activision
It might take a year or two to accomplish, but EA is intent on knocking Call of Duty from its perch. EA Europe SVP Jens Uwe Intat has told MCV that the firm wants the resurgent Medal of Honor to outgun Activision’s powerhouse series. The first Medal of Honor in three …
Read More »Halo success bodes well for Black Ops
Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops could stand to benefit the successful launch of Halo: Reach in the long run. That’s according to Lazard Capital’s Colin Sebastien. The analyst claims the early sales figures for Microsoft’s latest shooter suggest strength for the core market, which bodes well for similar titles …
Read More »Black Ops censored
Publisher Square Enix has revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops, a title it is publishing in Japan, will see some of the violence featured in the Western release cut out. More specifically, the game will omit the inclusion of any limbs being blown off characters, a feature that Japanese …
Read More »Can multiplayer stem pre-owned?
A strong multiplayer offering is all publishers need to discourage consumers from trading in their games. That’s according to Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia, who believes Black Ops’ multiplayer is an ideal alternative to the one-time download codes other publishers have introduced in an attempt to dissuade pre-owned sales. Speaking …
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