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Activision has announced the latest stars of the silver screen to appear in a Call of Duty game. Award-winning actors Gary Oldman and Ed Harris will lend their voices to the game, while David S. Goyer has signed on to provide script consultation and story development support. Oldman, known for …

It’s out on multiple formats, it’s got a record marketing spend behind it and it’s a fundamentally great game – those are the reasons why Activision thinks Call of Duty: Black Ops can better the record-breaking performance of Modern Warfare 2. Furthermore, Activision thinks the series can continue growing its …

Activision reckons it can break its own sales record when Black Ops arrives on November 9th. The publisher has dismissed analysts who say Call of Duty reached its peak last year with Modern Warfare 2, which is currently the UK’s biggest selling game according to Chart-Track. The publisher is breaking …

Consumers hoping to try out Call Of Duty: Black Ops before its release may not want to hold their breath over it. Treyarch, the development studio behind the eagerly awaited shooter, has said it has no plans for a public beta at this time – despite yesterday’s rumours than an …

Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia has declared online deathmatches are key to the strength to the Call Of Duty series. Speaking to MCV at Activision’s multiplayer reveal in Los Angeles, he claimed multiplayer is critical to [the franchise’s] success” and that Treyarch has never been more fired up” to deliver …

A leaked snapshot of a supposed Google ad has lead to speculation that the multiplayer beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops could be an Xbox 360 exclusive. Little-known site Leakerz.net claims to have screens of the beta signup page, which also reckons early access will go live tonight – …

Publisher Activision believes it has a big hit on its hands with the Prestige Edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops. The SKU will retail exclusively at HMV, GAME and Gamestation when it arrives on November 9th. The collector’s box set for Xbox 360 and PS3 features an RC-XD Surveillance …

Developer Treyarch has reinstated the practice of modding in the Call of Duty series via a planned post-launch update for the PC version of Black Ops. Speaking on the Black Ops web forum a Treyarch spokesperson confirmed: We plan to open the game up for modding sometime post-launch." When Modern …

Call of Duty: Black Ops update will see the return of player created content

Retailer GAME is already preparing itself for what should be one of the biggest weeks in 2010. On November 9th Activision will release Call of Duty: Black Ops, a shooter that has a very real chance of becoming the year’s best selling title. A day later Microsoft will launch its …