Rumored 'Call of Duty: Vietnam' To Be More Story Heavy?
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While not official, there have been several rumblings about Treyarch's next installment in the white hot Call of Duty franchise. Specifically, the current rumor is that Treyarch's Winter 2010 entry into the series will be based around conflicts regarding the Vietnam War.
Speaking with reliable sources, PlanetXbox360 has been able to uncover some more interesting bits of information on the upcoming shooter. Like with the past few Call of Duty titles, Treyarch has relied heavily on technologies and ideas introduced by series creator and producer of the CoD: Modern Warfare series. So like CoD:MW and CoDMW2, CoD: Vietnam will focus heavily on the story, specifically the struggles of each individual person in your squadron.
According to our source, similar to how the original CoD titles modeled themselves after the direction and pacing of movies such as "Saving Private Ryan", CoD: Vietnam will borrow from notable war films such as "Platoon", "Apocalypse Now", and "Full Metal Jacket".
We will have more information on Treyarch's upcoming Call of Duty title.
Hopefully the rumours are turn out to be true, I'd love a COD Vietnam game, anyone else?
Good Lord.
I guess Treyarch is looking to get a piece of that 'controversy' buzz that Infinite Ward has been dominating. At least it's not another WWII game. (http://360fahrenheit.com/fahrenh1_forum1/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif)
Bloody Hell I have only just got over paying for the last one :P
Excellent. Just as long as they have "Paint it Black" as the theme tune, And a Russian roulette level.
Quote from: sambo on December 30, 2009, 06:31:12 PM
Excellent. Just as long as they have "Paint it Black" as the theme tune, And a Russian roulette level.
Oh yes, it would be the first COD game to feature Vietnam & it's always been a popular war in other media, movies especially of course, I know theres been other 'Nam games but none with the COD seal of approval stamped on it.
Call of Duty: Vietnam is scheduled for release in November, according to CVG.
"It's going to be November again - just as with World At War and Modern Warfare 2," a senior UK trade source told CVG.
"Activision believes that it can own Christmas again, just as it has in the last two years. Development is on course - and Treyarch have been told the game must be ready to hit shelves before the gifting season."
No real surprises there but it's as good as an official confirmation for now, while the same source also added that the game would indeed be set in Vietnam.
Nice, i'm already looking more forward to this than for MW2 and it's not even confirmed yet, love anything to do with 'Nam.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 07, 2010, 05:32:59 PM
Nice, i'm already looking more forward to this than for MW2 and it's not even confirmed yet, love anything to do with 'Nam.
Me too, 'Nam was so cool ;)
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 07, 2010, 05:32:59 PM
Nice, i'm already looking more forward to this than for MW2 and it's not even confirmed yet, love anything to do with 'Nam.
Me too, 'Nam was so cool ;)
unless you were actually there ofcourse, then it was sort of like hell on earth ;)
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Quote from: sambo on January 07, 2010, 05:44:56 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 07, 2010, 05:32:59 PM
Nice, i'm already looking more forward to this than for MW2 and it's not even confirmed yet, love anything to do with 'Nam.
Me too, 'Nam was so cool ;)
unless you were actually there ofcourse, then it was sort of like hell on earth ;)
One of my grade school science teachers was in the Vietnam War. He was an awesome & funny guy, but sometimes he had "bad days".
During the "bad days" we knew not to joke with him. He would usually go home early, but I always felt bad because I knew he showed up to work because he wanted to not sit at home all day.
I've been asking (sort of) for a decent Vietnam/Korean war game for ages. I hope they do venture down that route and not try and gloss it up at all.If they can depict the real horrors that they endured it would open even some sceptics eyes.
Also,we can see how our cousins over the Atlantic really fucked it up! :P
let's hope it's not as bad as Call of Duty WaW
Quote from: Failed on January 10, 2010, 12:30:54 PM
let's hope it's not as bad as Call of Duty WaW
Thats the worst in my opinion of all the CoD series
Quote from: Failed on January 10, 2010, 12:30:54 PM
let's hope it's not as bad as Call of Duty WaW
I prefer it to MW2, though to be fair, I also prefer Lifeforce Tenka on the PS1 to MW2 ;D
Modern Warfare 2 is a great game. I wil lnever trade it. Also smashed a ton of records so it cant be that bad
Call of Duty 7 - What We Know So Far
Let the speculation begin...
So Activision has confirmed it exists. Call of Duty 7 is currently in development.
But what else do we know about it? Not much as Activision has literally just confirmed its existence. No trailers. No screenshots. No news. Nothing.
However, there are enough clues and information doing the rounds that we can piece together the first tentative scraps of info. Don't expect any ground-shaking "MAKAROV IS BACK!" style announcements but consider these the first confirmed bits of information or near-confirmed rumours that we know thus far...
It Won't Be As Big As Modern Warfare 2
Not our words but the words of Activision. That oould be a result of Activision realising that the Call of Duty series has peaked with the gargantuan wave of hype that surrounded Modern Warfare 2, or perhaps wanting to scale back expectations knowing that Call of Duty doesn't generate the same mainstream interest without the Modern Warfare name attached.
It Will Be Released In November
Activision has already confirmed that Call of Duty 7 will be out before the end of the year, so the smart money is on November. World at War was in November. Modern Warfare 2 was in November. Why would Call of Duty 7 be any different? It gives Activision momentum going into Christmas while giving them enough time to build the hype during the quieter end of summer months. Don't look for this to change.
More Nazi Zombies
It was new for the series when introduced in World at War and no doubt, Activision saw it was a roaring success. DLC added more Nazi Zombie maps and achievements were flown in, Treyarch would port its mini-game to mobile phone and some fans even asked for a similar mode in Modern Warfare 2. If Treyarch is indeed at the helm for Call of Duty 7, expect a similar mode if the settings won't allow the zombies to be of the Nazi kind. Speaking of which...
Treyarch Will Be At The Helm
Surprisingly, this hasn't been officially confirmed, so it's still firmly lodged in 'rumour' territory. But the lack of alternative makes it a given for Activision - Infinity Ward won't be able to turn around a game in such a short space of time (and it's working on Modern Warfare 2 DLC) and Treyarch is the only other studio trusted with the franchise. The taking turns ritual between Treyarch and Infinity Ward is something of a famous one, and there has been no indication to date that this will change.
It Will Be Set In Vietnam
There have been various leaks suggesting the seventh Call of Duty will be set in Vietnam and Treyarch has already indicated it won't be returning to World War II. So really, beyond Vietnam, where else could it even be anyway? The lack of proven alternatives might force Activision's hand here...
It Will Pack In DLC
This has been a huge money-spinner for Activision. The map packs for World at War was something of a masterclass in how to do DLC - frequent bursts of quality DLC will keep fans shelling out again and again. Modern Warfare 2 has been slow off the mark, probably because Infinity Ward has had to keep returning to the main game itself to plug the leaks in the netcode, but you can bet Activision will be on the ball again for the next in the series.
This isn't really fair. I'm not generally a buy upon release kinda gamer, I'm getting MW2 this coming week. This and the other post already has me ready to pre-order whatever COD is on the horizon!!
Sounds all good as far as rumours go.
As for the nazi zombies......the only reservation I have is that I felt they really over did it after a while and it got boring hence it getting traded recently.
COD7 Vietnam rumours resurface
Speculation that the Treyarch-developed Call of Duty 7 is set during the Vietnam War has resurfaced following an Activision call for motion capture and voice-over actors
The casting sheet outlines the roles of four central characters, the leader of which - Frank Barnes - works for the Studies and Observation Group (SOG) that's based in Vietnam. That setting is backed by the post-WWII descriptions of the three other squad members, although Vietnam is not specifically mentioned.
Barnes is an "old warhorse" in his late forties who has a "gravelly" but "authoritative" voice. "A fiercely patriotic veteran of WWII, Frank is a solid leader, possessed with an excellent ability to assess and respond to any situation quickly and decisively. In other words - nothing fazes him," reads the description, spotted by VG247.
Barnes is joined by Joseph Lewis, Jason Hudson and Kristina Ivanova. Lewis, a black male in his late twenties, is something of an army prodigy - albeit a small, wiry and silent one. Hudson's a big lump in his mid-thirties who excels at the tactical side of warfare but can clearly pack a punch if needed, apparently.
Finally, Ivanova is a Russian who fled her homeland and wound up working for the CIA. She's in her late twenties, is an expert at martial arts and isn't trusted by her US colleagues.
Call of Duty 7, whatever it may be, will be developed by Treyarch and be released this year.
More Call of Duty 7 Details Revealed : Black Ops....
Call of Duty 7: Black Ops (CoD7) is the next game in the massive Call of Duty (CoD) franchise. In a recent report on Tek9, Activision shared some details about the new CoD game.
Black Ops is scheduled for release in November 2010 and sources indicate the game developed by Treyarch will be set in history, between World War II and present day. It is also hinted that some of the missions will take gamers to Cuba and South America which hints at a Cold War and Vietnam based game.
In true Modern Warfare style, gamers will reportedly get a chance to play as a member of the Special Air Service (SAS) in which players will be involved in close combat during a mission in the Iranian embassy during the 1980's.
The game is also hinted to feature the popular "zombie mode" where players will get to gun down forces of zombies which was made popular in Call of Duty: World at War.
For South African PC gamers and worldwide PC gamers alike, CoD7 is set to feature dedicated servers. Gamers across the world should put their hands together for Activision who seem to be weeding out the problems with previous titles by re-adding dedicated servers to the franchise.
"... With a scheduled release date of November 2010 the game is still in full development but undisclosed sources over at Activision have stated that "Call of Duty 7 will be set in recent history, between WWII and present day". Besides this information the sources have also confirmed that some missions will take us to Cuba and South America, hinting again in the direction of a Cold War / Vietnam based game.
Also revealed was that in certain missions the players are able to play as a member of SAS (the Special Air Service), the principle special forces unit of the British Army. One of these SAS missions pitches you in close combat during a mission in the Iranian embassy in London during the 1980's.
It has also been confirmed that Call of Duty 7: Black Ops will feature the popular zombie mode, in which players get to shoot down hordes of zombies, a feature that could not be seen in the Infinity Ward produced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
And last but not least, dedicated servers will also be part of the new Call of Duty game, much to the delight of PC gamers across the world. After Activision fired Vince Zampella and Jason West from Infinity Ward, it seems like they are taking yet another step back from the direction they had taken with Modern Warfare 2 by re-adding dedicated servers."
Hope this is true, an Iranian Embassy Siege level sounds bloody awesome :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 28, 2010, 04:42:47 PM
Hope this is true, an Iranian Embassy Siege level sounds bloody awesome :)
They should make a film about it and call it Who Dares Wins :P
Quote from: Failed on March 28, 2010, 05:00:06 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 28, 2010, 04:42:47 PM
Hope this is true, an Iranian Embassy Siege level sounds bloody awesome :)
They should make a film about it and call it Who Dares Wins :P
:)
This is the war the yanks lost right, but they claim as a draw? ???
Hmmm I wonder how they will butch up this piece of history :P
I am done with CoD games. They bring them out way to often. Although I have said that before. I will probarbly just follow the hype
Quote from: TaraJayne on March 29, 2010, 08:09:38 AM
I am done with CoD games. They bring them out way to often. Although I have said that before. I will probarbly just follow the hype
There won't be the massive overhype that MW2 got for this as it's a Treyarch game, all the IW fanboys will be hating on it as soon as it's been officially announced, without even seeing it or playing it (like with World at War) and then they'll continue to hate on it when it turns out to be a superior game to their beloved MW2, it's what they do, poor deluded fools.
Next Call of Duty to be announced on GameTrailers TV this week
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If you're looking for Call of Duty news that isn't related to the Infinity Ward fiasco, you're in luck. This week's GameTrailers TV will feature a brand new teaser trailer that promises to "put all the rumors to rest." We already know that the next iteration of Activision's FPS franchise will be developed by World at War's Treyarch, but this week's GTTV should finally confirm the long-rumored Vietnam setting.
GTTV will air on SpikeTV on Friday night at 12:40AM.
It's official: The new Call Of Duty will be called Black Ops.
The Activision website for the title - the seventh in the series - went live earlier today.
The confirmation of the Black Ops name seems to suggest that previous speculation about the title is true.
According to the original story that revealed the Black Ops name, the Treyarch-developed game will be set throughout the Cold War, and will feature key battles from across the period.
It will reportedly heavily feature segments from the Vietnam conflict - and culminate in the famous 1980 storming of the Iranian Embassy in London by the SAS.
So my post from about a month ago was spot on, cool. Should be good, i'm probably in the minority again here, but Treyarch are far better devs than IW. :)
Awesome! I will def get this cos the MP of COD is awesome 8)
Quote from: markav on April 30, 2010, 10:26:29 AMAccording to the original story that revealed the Black Ops name, the Treyarch-developed game will be set throughout the Cold War, and will feature key battles from across the period.
It will reportedly heavily feature segments from the Vietnam conflict - and culminate in the famous 1980 storming of the Iranian Embassy in London by the SAS.
Sounds awesome.
Black ops eh? I'm sure someone will go on about 'racist' overtones?
Teaser trailer
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-call-of/64933 (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-call-of/64933)
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on May 01, 2010, 06:53:46 AM
Black ops eh? I'm sure someone will go on about 'racist' overtones?
They should have used a more neutral colour like .... beige :-\
It seems that the over zealous retailers are keen to offer us more insight into Call of Duty before GameTrailers get their moment in the limelight.
According to GAME's website in the UK, Call of Duty: Black Ops will take you to Cuba, the Arctic and of course, the widely rumoured Vietnam.
According to the site...
"Now you will witness the birth of the Elite Special Forces and take part in off-the-record missions using unconventional weaponry to get the job done! From Cuba to the Arctic and the jungles of Vietnam, Call of Duty: Black Ops features stunning cinematic graphics and intense gameplay that puts you right at the heart of the action!"
Sounds like a well travelled affair this one.
The alert ones out there will also have noticed the price on the GAME site if you clicked through the link. Yes, an RRP of £54.99, with it selling for £45. Looks like they're taking no prisoners... again.
Quote from: markav on May 01, 2010, 12:29:19 PM
The alert ones out there will also have noticed the price on the GAME site if you clicked through the link. Yes, an RRP of £54.99, with it selling for £45. Looks like they're taking no prisoners... again.
£20 in all major Super Markets :P :P
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COD: Black Ops detailed in USA Today
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American newspaper USA Today has gained an exclusive look at a level of this year's Call of Duty: Black Ops, and has confirmed that the game's co-op mode will support four players.
The level, previewed in the paper (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2010-05-10-callofduty11_N.htm) and on its games blog (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2010/05/first-impressions-call-of-duty-black-ops/1), is called "WMD" and is set in Russia's Ural mountains in 1968.
Players begin by looking down on the action from an SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, directing a group of four black ops soldiers on the ground to guide them past a convoy of Russian troops. You won't be piloting the plane directly.
Then the action switches to the team on the ground as the four operatives infiltrate a Russian radar station. A scoped crossbow provides a stealthy sniping weapon, but by changing ammo on the fly - a new feature for the Call of Duty series - it's used to accurately place explosives.
Despite these touches, Treyarch's game isn't going to rewrite the series' rulebook. "The firefight that ensues is textbook Call of Duty," says USA Today, chaotic and intense, and cinematic moments include a dramatic rappelling scene and a cliff-hanging close.
Confirmation of four-player co-op comes in USA Today's interview with Treyarch head Mark Lamia (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2010/05/more-on-call-of-duty-black-ops-with-treyarch-studio-head-mark-lamia/1). The article, ambiguously, describes this mode as "beyond the single-player story".
The game's story will encompass "at least two main characters in multiple covert international conflicts" over quite a long period of time during the Cold War. "We are not getting into the exact period of time, because it is part of our story that we are going to reveal later, but it does cover a longer period during this era," said Lamia.
Lamia revealed that it has done extensive research into the secret warfare of the period, consulting with a veteran of the innocuous-sounding Studies and Observations Group, a CIA-led black operations unit that fought in the Vietnam War. A former Soviet special forces soldier also contributed to the game. The modified crossbow, and its use to place explosives, is an example of a gameplay element that came directly from their accounts.
"Variety of gameplay. Variety of setting," are Treyarch's watchwords for Black Ops, Lamia said.
Call of Duty: Black Ops is due for release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on 9th November.
Call of Duty: Black Ops: New gameplay details out
First look at new CoD in OXM and PC Zone
The first details on Call of Duty: Black Ops are in, via new issues of Official Xbox Magazine and PC Zone.
As reported, Black Ops is a Cold War-era deniable-ops shooter that tackles Vietnam, the frosty Russian Mountains, the Loation undergrounds and everything in between. Developer Treyarch hopes the locations will inject some much needed variety into the CoD series.
OXM describes Black Ops as "unbelievably gorgeous", with snazzier smoke and fire effects, better draw distance, more convincing character animation and "incredible" lighting in some scenes.
You play as a member of the Studies and Operations Group (SOG), a pocket of CIA-sanctioned forces whose methods are unconventional and actions deniable.
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SOG missions the mags saw include rappelling out of a helicopter into Hue City to verify that the Russians are setting up shady backroom deals, and a stealthy operation in the Ural Mountains called 'WMD' which has you repelling down the side of a ridge, Modern Warfare style.
Another level, which kicks off with a helicopter crash into the Huong River, has you swimming a diving through the murky waters - with only your knife for company.
New weapons include the Crossbow, which can be used for both stealthy kills and an explosive tip secondary fire shot, the M202 rocket launcher and an incendiary shotgun.
Of course as you'd have seen in the debut trailer that Black Ops also features pilotable vehicles, including the SR-71 Blackbird (which has you guiding troops on the ground past guard patrols - a bit like Modern Warfare's own air missions) and the helicopter, which OXM stresses is fully controllable - you even have helicopter-on-helicopter gun fights.
As far as multiplayer goes Treyarch is staying quiet, though vehicles will return (but "not the way you remember them"), some kind of co-op mode as well as increased character customisation.
For many, many more details - and the world's first screenshots - pick up issue 60 of Official Xbox Magazine and issue 221 of PC Zone magazine, on sale from today.
Treyarch has 'taken risks' with CoD: Black Ops
Lamia says it's time for change
Treyarch head Mark Lamia has said that the studio is stepping out into deeper waters when it comes to Call of Duty: Black Ops in order to make it stand out from World At War.
"We've taken some creative risks," Lamia told OXM. "We want to do something different than we've done before. We want the game to speak for itself."
Having had a good hard look at the next edition of the CoD series, OXM seem to think that Lamia's team have achieved what they set out to do:
"Without letting much slip about the single-player campaign plot, Treyarch demonstrated the sheer bredth of experiences you'll have in Black Ops," said the mag.
"Without mincing words this is guaranteed to be one of this year's very biggest and best Xbox offerings."
Treyarch reveals COD: Black Ops details
Developer Treyarch believes Call of Duty: Black Ops will finally put the studio on level pegging with IP pace-setter Infinity Ward.
"We've taken some creative risks," studio boss Mark Lamia told Official Xbox Magazine. "We want to do something different than we've done before.
"It's time," Lamia added. "We want the game to speak for itself."
Those creative risks Lamia mentioned included letting players pilot helicopters and empty rounds of missiles (the series has previously limited players to manning a mounted mini-gun).
Other vehicles will return but "not in the way you remember them from [World at War]," according to the preview.
In Black Ops, you're an elite soldier on a hush-hush mission with orders to get the job done under any circumstances. The magazine preview mentioned that you will come into contact with North Vietnamese troops at some point.
Another headline new feature is four-player co-operative play. Treyarch revealed that there will be dedicated co-operative servers to power this.
Multiplayer will of course return, and Treyarch appears keen to gain ground in this area. Internally multiplayer was up and running very early, and feedback from World at War has been fastidiously researched.
Matchmaking has apparently been altered to make playing with friends easier, and character creation will use kit and perks to offer more customisation than before.
Treyarch changed the subject when OXM asked about a wave-based Nazi zombie mode.
A multiplayer beta is being "considered".
Last week USA Today took us through a similar opening portion of Black Ops. Details spilled from that preview include the double-viewpoint storyline, revelation of a crossbow weapon and a spot of cliff-hanging.
Call of Duty: Black Ops is due for release on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on 9th November.
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SOLD! I will def check this one out, Although I don't want it to be MW2 but I want the controls to be the same :)
... and online like BC2
oh, and Vietcong Zombies!
Quote from: Failed on May 18, 2010, 09:25:39 AM
... and online like BC2
oh, and Vietcong Zombies!
Would be awesome to Zombies in the game!!!
New Uncut Trailer, looks nice.
Hmmm sexy ! :-* :P
Impressions (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/28/call-of-duty-black-ops-preview-and-screenshots/)
Treyarch now "100 per cent" Call of Duty
Treyarch studio leader Mark Lamia has affirmed that his team is now completely focused on Call of Duty.
"Treyarch is a 100 per cent Call of Duty studio and it has been for a long time now, long before any of [the Infinity Ward] events occurred. We focused all of our efforts on creating the best Call of Duty game we possibly can and what that meant is not working on anything else," Lamia told CVG.
"We are a multiple team studio and focusing on Call of Duty and Call of Duty gameplay meant focusing all of our teams on that. One result of this has been the formation of a dedicated multiplayer team inside Treyarch, which is something the studio didn't have for their past Call of Duty games, Call of Duty 3 and Call of Duty: World at War."
Treyarch most recently spun-off to make James Bond game Quantum of Solace, which was a bit rubbish.
For Call of Duty fans, however, this news of blinkered studio devotion - plus a dedicated multiplayer team - is welcome. And the fruits of that labour will be tasted in Call of Duty: Black Ops this autumn.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 02, 2010, 10:13:42 AM
Treyarch now "100 per cent" Call of Duty
Quantum of Solace, which was a bit rubbish.
that's there opinion, i enjoyed it, especially online.
Quote from: Failed on June 02, 2010, 01:42:05 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 02, 2010, 10:13:42 AM
Treyarch now "100 per cent" Call of Duty
Quantum of Solace, which was a bit rubbish.
that's there opinion, i enjoyed it, especially online.
It's on my 'to play' list. Read that the SP is pretty good too.
Looking forward to Black Ops. At least Treyarch are committed to the community and dont just leave the game to hackorz and glitchers.
Quote from: Failed on June 02, 2010, 01:42:05 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 02, 2010, 10:13:42 AM
Treyarch now "100 per cent" Call of Duty
Quantum of Solace, which was a bit rubbish.
that's there opinion, i enjoyed it, especially online.
I enjoyed it too though I never tried the MP
No co-op for Call of Duty: Black Ops' campaign
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Though Call of Duty: Black Ops' Cold War setting is a new feature for the series, one element of the game will stay true to the franchise's norms: the game's campaign will only be a single-player experience. Speaking to MTV, Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia explained, "single-player is the epic, cinematic, seat-of-your-pants thrill ride that you star in," while the game's cooperative offerings will be packaged in completely separate "unique co-op modes."
Sounds fairly reminiscent of Modern Warfare 2's Spec Ops missions, though Lamia quickly clarified that Black Ops' co-op mode will be "different" from that of the last game in the series. Could we possibly see more zombies added to the mix? Hopefully, we'll find out more when we check out the game at E3.
that pic above is Ben Stiller off Tropic Thunder.
Also no splitscreen coop means i won't be buying this... maybe
I am definetly not buying any more CoD games.....I don't think
Quote from: TaraJayne on June 06, 2010, 02:06:18 PM
I am definetly not buying any more CoD games.....I don't think
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Eminem to feature in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Rapper to feature on game's soundtrack, making an appearance at this week's E3 party.
Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops will feature a track from Eminem's upcoming album 'Recovery'.
It's not clear in what capacity the track will feature - it could just appear during the closing credits for all we know - nor is it clear exactly how much involvement Eminem will have with the title, which is currently in development at Call of Duty: World at War studio Treyarch.
50 Cent famously voiced a character in last year's Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2. Could we see the same thing happen here?
Eminem also confirmed that he would be performing at Activision's E3 party later this week, which is reported to have cost the firm an estimated $6m to put on.
Of course, this isn't the first time Eminem has had anything to do with Call of Duty. The last Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was famously marketed using Eminem's 'Till I Collapse'.
Activision also announced that it had signed deals with other artists to appear in other titles due out this year, with Pharrell Williams' appearing on True Crime's soundtrack and David Guetta making an in-game appearance in DJ Hero 2.
Call of Duty: Black Ops launches worldwide on November 9th on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Wii.
looked a little cheesy to me.
Quote from: sambo on June 15, 2010, 03:30:35 PM
looked a little cheesy to me.
I like the fact you actually fly the Hind, no on rails crap here. Looks better than MW2 did this time last year.
It was more the Tunnel opener I was referring to.
Quote from: sambo on June 15, 2010, 03:35:05 PM
It was more the Tunnel opener I was referring to.
Ah right, yeah that was a bit cheesy especially looking at his dead mate.
Jimmy Fallon tries COD: Black Ops (http://kotaku.com/5570714/jimmy-fallon-jacks-the-hind-in-call-of-duty-black-ops)
Treyarch: Black Ops will be "best COD" (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/treyarch-black-ops-will-be-best-cod)
Now the best COD i had was the other day but I also had a battered Sausage as well so that took my meal to whole new level ;D
wow, you've killed this topic Rex :P
Quote from: Failed on June 29, 2010, 11:44:21 AM
wow, you've killed this topic Rex :P
Don't I always :D
Speaking of fish ...
I've been watching River Monsters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Monsters) lately. I'm surprisingly entertained by it. The host is somewhat of an idiot, but I do love seeing things like
(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0133ecc68ecf970b-300wi) ... awesome :o
ps. What are we talking about?
I'm glad to see that nobody cares about this game any more than I do.
Quote from: Handshakes on June 29, 2010, 06:46:34 PM
I'm glad to see that nobody cares about this game any more than I do.
I'm looking forward to it, looks a lot better than MW2 did at this stage last year, but then I prefer Treyarch to Infinity Ward so I would say that. :)
Way to ruin it, Gamerman.
Neato, seriously! watching shows about fishing is like giving out werthers originals to children :P
Quote from: Astrex on June 30, 2010, 08:28:59 AM
Neato, seriously! watching shows about fishing is like giving out werthers originals to children :P
... rewarding?
:D
Quote from: nCogNeato on June 30, 2010, 01:24:18 PM
Quote from: Astrex on June 30, 2010, 08:28:59 AM
Neato, seriously! watching shows about fishing is like giving out werthers originals to children :P
... rewarding?
:D
lol I could make a really bad joke there, but just can't do it :P
Quote from: Astrex on June 30, 2010, 01:42:58 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on June 30, 2010, 01:24:18 PM
Quote from: Astrex on June 30, 2010, 08:28:59 AM
Neato, seriously! watching shows about fishing is like giving out werthers originals to children :P
... rewarding?
:D
lol I could make a really bad joke there, but just can't do it :P
Some things are funnier in suggestion than description. The grasshopper is learning. 8)
Back on topic!
This game is going to rock! please bring back zombies that mode kicked ace! ;D
Quote from: Astrex on June 30, 2010, 02:44:44 PM
Back on topic!
This game is going to rock! please bring back zombies that mode kicked ace! ;D
Even better ... ZOMBIE FISH!!!
zombie zombies ... zombies that have died and come back as zombies. Everyone needs Zombie Zombies in there life.
i like the word zombie! hur-hur-hick
zombies
Quote from: nCogNeato on June 30, 2010, 03:21:46 PM
Quote from: Astrex on June 30, 2010, 02:44:44 PM
Back on topic!
This game is going to rock! please bring back zombies that mode kicked ace! ;D
Even better ... ZOMBIE FISH!!!
You know what I was thinking about earlier, isn't it funny how Zombies eat brains n stuff yet we never see em for a dump?
We need to see a Zombie going for a dump!
will we see a big line of zombie chicks outside the ladies all waiting nicely because the ones inside are all doing lines of cocbrain ... maybe that's just the trendy places!
Quote from: Failed on July 02, 2010, 09:01:46 AM
will we see a big line of zombie chicks outside the ladies all waiting nicely because the ones inside are all doing lines of cocbrain ... maybe that's just the trendy places!
LMAO very clever that i like it :D :D :D
Do zombies have sex?
Now that would be pretty funny ;D
Quote from: Astrex on July 02, 2010, 09:19:19 AM
Do zombies have sex?
Now that would be pretty funny ;D
Watch Dance of the Dead, theres kind of a zombie sex scene in that.
Search; Left 4 Head
Quote from: Failed on July 02, 2010, 09:29:25 AM
Search; Left 4 Head
LMFAO!! I love that!
Cheers DM will search the net for that scene ;D
Black Ops outperforming Modern Warfare 2
Preorders for the next title in the Call of Duty series ahead of MW2.
The pre-orders for Black Ops are already exceeding those for Modern Warfare 2, reports IndustryGamers.
Despite the strong performance months ahead of its release, Pacific Crest analyst Evan Wilson says that Black Ops won't be as successful at retail after its launch as Modern Warfare 2 was.
Wilson blames "competition, weaker marketing, and the Infinity Ward situation." However, past performance shows us competition doesn't matter much to Call of Duty, Activision markets the hell out of everything and the Infinity Ward situation isn't likely to matter outside of hardcore gamers. Still, we shall see!
Call of Duty: Black Ops Hardened and Prestige editions confirmed
Online retailer lets slip that bumper packages for the FPS will be on the way.
Call of Duty: Black Ops will be available in Hardened and Prestige editions, reports IGN (http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/110/1109466p1.html).
The packages were spotted as a pre-order item at Buy.com (http://www.buy.com/retail/usersearchresults.asp?store=5&qu=Call+of+Duty%3A+Black+Ops&loc=108&queryType=game&qxt=game&display=). Modern Warfare 2 was also available as a Hardened or Prestige edition.
There's no word on what to expect from these packages but given they're carrying price-tags of $79.99 for Hardened and $149.99 for Prestige, expect something substantial.
Activision spending more on Black Ops than MW2
Treyarch title represents publisher's 'biggest ever investment'
It might not be confident that Black Ops can outsell the record-breaking Modern Warfare 2 - but Activision is prepared to throw even more money at Treyarch's game.
According to Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, November's FPS will represent the publishers "biggest ever investment" in a single title.
And it's obvious why that faith exists - with Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime (working under the Acti-Blizzard banner these days, of course) calling the title "one of the best products that we've ever created".
Kotick said in Activision Blizzard's Q2 earnings call last night: "This [is] across the board, the biggest investment that we've ever made in a launch of a title. And I think when audiences see the product, they'll see why we're doing it this way.
"But the market opportunity is bigger than it's ever been. The installed base of hardware is bigger than it's ever been. The product has incredibly broad appeal, but it also has a whole host of functions that are going to be unique to the core consumer.
"And from that perspective, we feel like it's the most appropriate Activision product to put these kinds of resources behind. And I think there's a lot of competition, not just from games but from a whole host of other things that you can do with your leisure times.
"And this is something that we think has the potential to break through and appeal to a much broader consumer base than ever before."
Matching Modern Warfare 2's stunning sales record will be tough for Treyarch's game - but it's made a good start: Pre-orders of Black Ops are already ahead of those for Infinity Ward's shooter.
Activision declares war on pre-owned
Publisher wants to 'limit supply' of content in second-hand games
Activision has added its voice to the chorus of major publishers looking to do damage to - or at least take a chunk of money out of - the second-hand games market.
2010 has already seen EA Sports launch its controversial Online Pass - which requires gamers to enter a one-time code for important in-game content.
The move seems to be a bid to deliberately devalue pre-owned titles - and has been emulated by THQ. Ubisoft, meanwhile, has publicly supported the idea.
Speaking in Activision Blizzard's Q2 investors call last night, COO Thomas Tippl said the firm was increasing the importance of its DLC to 'limit the supply' of content in pre-owned titles.
"We are still evaluating various possibilities for greater participation in the used-games business. What's been working the best so far is providing additional content and therefore limiting the supply to used games.
"So that's a proven strategy that we will continue. And any other initiatives, we will be talking about when we get closer to it."
He added: "Today [we have] more resources than ever dedicated to creating additional content for Call of Duty, whether that's map packs, whether that's game modes and the whole host of new [downloadable] features that we're going to talk about when we get close to the launch of Black Ops."
Looks like we can expect some weighty DLC for Black Ops, then - and perhaps even an 'online pass' all of Activision's own.
In related news: I won't be buying Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Quote from: Handshakes on August 06, 2010, 09:06:25 PM
In related news: I won't be buying Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Me either, can't keep up what with them being churned out every single year.
Quote from: Autarch Kade on August 06, 2010, 09:07:35 PM
Quote from: Handshakes on August 06, 2010, 09:06:25 PM
In related news: I won't be buying Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Me either, can't keep up what with them being churned out every single year.
I'll say here and now that I won't be buying it... but once everyone else buys it I'll probably cave ;)
I might get it, it depends how much in love with Reach i am
I'll get it, finish it & trade it in for a more superior title within a few weeks. Treyarch are behind this though so I might keep it for a bit longer as they are far better devs than IW. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 06, 2010, 11:06:08 PM
Treyarch are behind this though so I might keep it for a bit longer as they are far better devs than IW. :)
There was a time when I would agree, but the last couple showings from Treyarch were pretty bad. CoD3 and 5 (except for zombie mode) were rubbish.
yeah MW is just too dang repetitive in my book, same ol sh*t different skin. Tooo easy to cheat and hack on them
I will get one of either this or Medal of Honor, And to be honest it looks like Medal of Honor at the moment.
Looks like same old poop.
different skin is all it looks like lol, cept the lil remote car now that looks hella cool :)
Prestige Edition revealed
(http://thegamershub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/CODBO_360_PE_Spread-1024x457.jpg)
For the Prestige Edition, Treyarch and Activision created an entirely original remote controlled surveillance vehicle inspired by the RC-XD from Black Ops Multiplayer. With a range of up to 200 feet, the RC-XD Surveillance Vehicle has a fully-functioning remote camera that transmits both TFT color video and audio to its operator.
The Prestige Edition is inclusive of the Hardened Edition, which includes a custom Black Ops limited edition medal, exclusive Black Ops Avatar outfit, as well as four playable cooperative maps.
Wowsy pops.
Black Ops multiplayer trailer leading to scams (http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=21620)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 12, 2010, 05:50:34 PM
Black Ops multiplayer trailer leading to scams (http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=21620)
OXM UK seems to be down at the moment. Here's an alternate link: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-08-12-treyarch-warns-of-xbox-live-cod-scam.
ps. People are stupid.
anybody for some pwnsauce with those n00bcakes geeeeez how stupid
Pre-order the Prestige Edition at HMV for £129.99 (http://hmv.com/hmvweb/navigate.do?pPageID=4685&WT.mc_id=101780)
Do you know where i can buy that vehicle without buying a game i dont want?
Quote from: markav on August 13, 2010, 10:48:31 AM
Do you know where i can buy that vehicle without buying a game i dont want?
My mate builds them and sells them on ebay, not sure what his ebay shop name is though, you could also try any of these:
http://www.nitrotek.co.uk/
http://www.rc-hobbies.co.uk/index.php?gclid=CKXf-YyltqMCFVEA4wodFw7GZw
http://www.modelzone.co.uk/
http://www.storacingproducts.com/
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Zombies confirmed
(http://)
Call of Duty: Black Ops will see the return of the stupidly popular zombie mode from World at War, a retailer has seemingly confirmed.
Best Buy has revealed that the Hardened Edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops will feature 'Four Zombie Maps Pack made famous from COD: World at War'.
Activision recently detailed two Call of Duty: Black Ops Collector's Editions, a 'Hardened Edition' and the 'Prestige Edition', but it made no mention of zombies in its official listing.
The Prestige Edition one-ups the infamous night-vision goggles bonus included with Modern Warfare 2 by offering a remote control car with in-built camera.
If the zombie mode is real (and let's face it - it is), the maps are likely to also be included in the Prestige Edition too, since it engulfs the Hardened.
Treyarch has been showing absolute confidence in Call of Duty: Black Ops and recently described the game as "classic CoD" and "true to the script Infinity Ward originally wrote back in 2003".
However, Bizarre Creations producer Nick Davies doesn't share Treyarch's enthusiasm and has described the game as 'a thorn in everyone's side' (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=259337).
zombies was the best bit about CoD 5.... shame it only shipped with one map.
I liked WaW,really enjoy the MP.
I've always prefered the WW2 setting anyway-all them stupid gadgets etc.
Prestige edition costs over £100.00
Of course,Charlie wants one! >:(
buy him Gears of war 2 All Fronts instead
Quote from: Failed on August 14, 2010, 08:12:20 AM
buy him Gears of war 2 All Fronts instead
Got it.When I bought him Gears 2,I bought him a points card so he could download all the maps etc.Spoilt brat! ;D
Unusual Call of Duty: Black Ops Solo Campaign Hides Secrets
The line one of the makers of the next Call of Duty uses about the series is that these games are movies we can play. This one will be a war thriller that hides a mystery.
A few weeks ago in New York, Josh Olin, community manager fort team creating November's Call of Duty Black Ops showed me the game's Victor Charlie level and did his best to be cagey about the game's campaign. With Gamescom started in Germany, I'm now permitted by the game's creators to tell you what I saw, though I'd like to focus on the mysteriousness of the whole thing.
There was some stuff that Olin showed me, that I could see and believe because it was in front of me. And then there was the stuff about which he was coy.
In the confirmed category: The Victor Charlie occurs after your helicopter is shot down in or near Vietnam in the late 1960s. In Black Ops you are playing as elite cold war soldier (or soliders; it's unclear if you play as different protagonists.) Gunfire zips into your chopper. You get out and are in a jungle gunfight.
Olin's got some skills, so he aimed for a killshot... cue a new effect, the game's camera hitching a ride on the bullet from his in-game rifle and, in slow-mo, into the enemy. That's the moment that prompted Olin to use that "movie you can play" line.
Black Ops runs on the visually impressive tech that has powered recent Modern Warfare and Call of Duty games, so the jungle battle Olin showed me looked terrific. Combat moved to some thatched-roof buildings, where many explosions were caused.
I noticed that the game didn't include the signature yellow-star compass display that traditionally has pointed the player to their next goal in the series' more-or-less linear campaigns. Olin said that system didn't suit Black Ops, which is, more than other CoDs, a game about being part of a team. Instead of the star, I saw text on the screen doling out simple mission orders such as "clear area" or "follow" (the latter of which was pinned to an ally soldier).
Olin transitioned into a tunnel sequence that had been shown briefly at E3 in June. His character crept through the darkened underground, making shadows flicker with a flashlight, sneaking up on some enemies for the kill.
In the cagey category: The tunnel sequence, for some reason, made me think of how emotionally dark Treyarch's previous Call of Duty, 2008's World at War was. That game's campaign began with your American character facing torture at the hands of Japanese fighters in World War II and, in rare memorable instances, tested the player's moral compass. In one late level in Germany, for example, the player had the choice whether to slaughter German soldiers who had surrendered or to leave them captured.
Olin would not confirm that Treyarch is doing more of that dark player-testing stuff. At my mention of moral choices, he became cagey, promising that the single-player campaign will reward players who go through it, that pieces that may feel disconnected will click at its conclusion. He expects gamers to have an "oh wow" epiphany by the time they finish the game. Naturally, he wasn't going to say what it is. He said we shouldn't expect Treyarch to divulge much more and that it is is important to Treyarch that single-player gamers have a "gripping" experience. That's also part of the reason, he explained, that the new game's campaign is single-player only. (Co-op is a separate mode, supporting two players on the same system or four players online.) This is not the standard way a solo campaign in a Call of Duty is described, but it seems fitting in a game about Black Ops.
From CVG :)
CoD: Black Ops - Multiplayer revealed
Treyarch blows open online mode in LA
Activision's unveiling Call of Duty: Black Ops' multiplayer mode right now at a press-stuffed event in Los Angeles.
Details are still coming in (and we're about to play the game ourselves), but the publisher's already shown a trailer featuring surveillance camera killstreaks, crossbows and remote control buggies that explode on impact (and look awesome).
Playing the game on a giant IMAX screen, Treyarch revealed AI opponents in the game's new combat training mode, encouraged by the fact that 30% of CoD players apparently never go online. This mode can be played offline or with friends.
The new Create A Class features a screen showing your character model, because this time around how you look changes depending on which Tier 1 perk you choose (stealthy players will wear a relevant suit, for example).
Black Ops multi is also set to include rare weapons only found in supply packages. These include death machine and grim reaper, the first of which is an absolutely mental machine gun and the latter a giant, fast-firing rocket launcher. The aforementioned remote control buggy also falls under this category. There's even a gunship you can FLY YOURSELF and a sam launcher that will shoot it down.
Another massive change sees the introduction of Cod Points (or CD), which you'll rack up while you play and can use to purchase abilities usually gained with XP.
CD can also be spent on Contracts; time-limited challenges that you can purchase.
Four new game modes separate from standard XP modes have been added called Wager Matches, in which you put your Cod Points on the line during a match and the top three players reap the rewards. The first is One in the Chamber; pistols only, three lives and you lose your ammo if you miss a shot. The second is Sticks and Stones, in which you've got a tomahawk and cross bow - but the former bankrupts your target. The third is Gun Game, in which a kill puts you up a level in terms of gun power. The last is Sharp Shooter with Random weapons and perks.
In Black Ops you can customise your gun with your own camo, iron sight and emblems. You can also edit together your own emblem on a screen not dissimilar to something found in Forza Motorsport.
And FINALLY Treyarch's adding a Halo-style Theatre mode, which looks almost identical to Bungie's version. All recent Live games can be opened up an viewed, the developer says. A video's going on Xbox Live tomorrow.
And that's it. We're off to play it now, look out for our impressions shortly...
New Currency System Shakes Up Multiplayer (http://gameinformer.com/games/call_of_duty_black_ops/b/xbox360/archive/2010/09/01/black-ops-currency-system.aspx)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 02, 2010, 12:19:40 PM
New Currency System Shakes Up Multiplayer (http://gameinformer.com/games/call_of_duty_black_ops/b/xbox360/archive/2010/09/01/black-ops-currency-system.aspx)
'Currency' - just something else for hackers to boost!
Quote from: Lukehi on September 02, 2010, 12:21:20 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 02, 2010, 12:19:40 PM
New Currency System Shakes Up Multiplayer (http://gameinformer.com/games/call_of_duty_black_ops/b/xbox360/archive/2010/09/01/black-ops-currency-system.aspx)
'Currency' - just something else for hackers to boost!
More than likely
sounds awesome, when i level up i won't have to look forward to unlocking some sh*t shotgun i'll never use, instead the 'currency' i get from levelling up i can spend it all on the SCAR (or the cold war equivelant). Medium Range SCAR Warrior strikes again!! PEW PEW!
Kotaku MP Hands-On (http://kotaku.com/5628193/call-of-duty-black-ops-multiplayer-hands+on)
I am going to read all the reviews, confirm that this is exactly the sort of game I don't want to buy, buy it hoping it will be the sort of game I want to play, and then fill this forum with a tirade of bile and abuse because it is *exactly* the same as every COD before.
Have preordered from play together with new thesaurus to be used to support my self righteous anti COD campaign.
Stop press: Have cancelled preorder, burnt forty quid and eaten a kilogramme of salt. Am poorer and have record blood pressure and am ready to start my anti-COD campaign today!
>:( Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Call of Duty: Black Ops developer, Treyarch "hasn't even thought" about the game's DLC plans, the developer's said.
Speaking to CVG in Los Angeles yesterday, community man Josh Olin said the development team's currently 100% focused on getting Black Ops out the door, though he did suggest that CoD Points - the game's new in-game currency - could carry over to the next instalment.
"We've really only thought as far as where we're going on vacation come December once we've shipped this game," he said. "The team is working so hard on this. We haven't even thought ahead to DLC plans."
On Black Ops' CoD points carrying over to the next Call of Duty game, Olin said: "It's definitely a possibility. We're of course honed in and focused on making Black Ops the best we can."
In the same interview the Treyarch man dismissed rumours of a pending multiplayer beta, telling us that the console trial is "internal only" for the moment.
Seeing as microsoft announced a timed exclusive at E3 for black ops DLC on 360 i smell some bullshit here
im sure they have....
i love your pre-release anti-cod rant MV !!!
is call of duty: black ops going to have the game play as bfbc2 or like mw2 i hope not mw2 it s#cks.the last time i have play call of duty is 4 years ago.if this game is going to be alright then i will pick it up.i hope we can get a game night for black ops.and is it true if you buy this call of duty black ops you will get a free bfbc3 demo?????info?????? later guys
Quote from: Failed on September 03, 2010, 05:45:44 PM
im sure they have....
i love your pre-release anti-cod rant MV !!!
I try my best!
Quote from: HOT ROD on September 03, 2010, 06:39:09 PM
is call of duty: black ops going to have the game play as bfbc2 or like mw2 i hope not mw2 it s#cks.the last time i have play call of duty is 4 years ago.if this game is going to be alright then i will pick it up.i hope we can get a game night for black ops.and is it true if you buy this call of duty black ops you will get a free bfbc3 demo?????info?????? later guys
no, medal of honor will play like bf and have bf3 demo
Quote from: markav on September 03, 2010, 06:43:59 PM
Quote from: HOT ROD on September 03, 2010, 06:39:09 PM
is call of duty: black ops going to have the game play as bfbc2 or like mw2 i hope not mw2 it s#cks.the last time i have play call of duty is 4 years ago.if this game is going to be alright then i will pick it up.i hope we can get a game night for black ops.and is it true if you buy this call of duty black ops you will get a free bfbc3 demo?????info?????? later guys
no, medal of honor will play like bf and have bf3 demo
yes, it will be a battlefield 3 demo NOT a Bad Company 3 demo
thanks
i'd better start readin all this stuff now im gettin my own xbox, you can help recommend games for me, cos i aint got a clue ;D
Quote from: fizz on September 05, 2010, 12:46:04 PM
i'd better start readin all this stuff now im gettin my own xbox, you can help recommend games for me, cos i aint got a clue ;D
stay clear all cod games apart from 2 and 3 and you'll be fine ;D
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on September 05, 2010, 02:29:05 PM
Quote from: fizz on September 05, 2010, 12:46:04 PM
i'd better start readin all this stuff now im gettin my own xbox, you can help recommend games for me, cos i aint got a clue ;D
stay clear all cod games apart from 2 and 3 and you'll be fine ;D
The first Modern Warfare game is quality too, but 2 & 3 are the best in the series for me, Black Ops looks pretty tasty so far and you'll be able to get it super cheap as there'll no doubt be a big price war again like with MW2.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 05, 2010, 05:13:47 PM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on September 05, 2010, 02:29:05 PM
Quote from: fizz on September 05, 2010, 12:46:04 PM
i'd better start readin all this stuff now im gettin my own xbox, you can help recommend games for me, cos i aint got a clue ;D
stay clear all cod games apart from 2 and 3 and you'll be fine ;D
The first Modern Warfare game is quality too, but 2 & 3 are the best in the series for me, Black Ops looks pretty tasty so far and you'll be able to get it super cheap as there'll no doubt be a big price war again like with MW2.
Tenner says you trade it in after a few weeks or don't buy it at all
I'm gonna buy it if I can get it cheap on release, we'll soon see, as for trading it after a few weeks, yeah most likely. ;D
Gary Oldman and Ed Harris in Black Ops
Hollywood actors Gary Oldman and Ed Harris have done voice over work for upcoming shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops, Activision's confirmed.
Gary "the bad guy out of Leon" Oldman reprises his role as Viktor Reznov from Call of Duty: World at War.
Ed "the bad guy out of The Rock" Harris plays one of the game's main characters, CIA operative Jason Hudson.
The duo are joined by Batman: Dark Knight and Batman Begins writer David S. Goyer, who's come on board to provide script consultation and story development support.
"Oldman, Harris and Goyer are considered some of Hollywood's finest talents and they perfectly complement Call of Duty: Black Ops' ambitious and immersive single player experience," said Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia.
"Their contributions have helped us to push the boundaries of our story telling and character development far beyond anything we have ever attempted before in the franchise."
Call of Duty: Black Ops is due out on 9th November. It'll probably be a big deal.
Call of Duty: Black Ops proving tricky to balance
Earn rate, spend rate, XP, weapons, perks... Treyarch has its hands full.
Treyarch's community man, Josh Olin, has told CVG that Call of Duty: Black Ops is a 'much more difficult game to balance'.
"It has been a much more difficult game to balance but the team really stepped up to the plate," Olin admits.
"This has been the most difficult to balance and there are a lot of things that contribute to that such as the earn rate and spend rate of CoD points, plus XP is always a tough thing to balance out.
"With all these things we're adding to purchase you have to balance not only the weapons and perks against each other but also when you consider how much they're going to cost."
However, Olin says that the recent restructing of Treyarch has allowed them to have a dedicated multiplayer team to ensure they can pull off the tricky balancing job.
"Almost two years ago now they refocused all their efforts on retooling the studio and on the development process. One of those was having every developer focusing on Call of Duty when we were working on World at War," Olin explains.
"Now it has allowed us to have a dedicated single-player and multi-player team since day one. They haven't been distracted by other things so it has allowed out MP team to use their resources to make more than we've ever made before, but also really polish and balance it to the degree that we felt was necessary."
CVG Interview (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=263375)
Treyarch: "Wager Matches are this year's Nazi Zombies"
Developer talks Call of Duty: Black Ops co-op on OXM Report
Ever since the release of World at War, much of the internet chatter about upcoming Call of Duty titles (including Modern Warfare 2) has surrounded whether Nazi Zombies would be returning in some form or other.
Naturally Infinity Ward went in its own direction with Spec Ops, so when we got hold of Daniel Suarez, Executive Producer on Call of Duty: Black Ops at the recent multiplayer event, we thought we'd ask him whether the new co-op mode, Combat Training, was this year's Nazi Zombies.
"I would say the Wager Match is this year's Nazi Zombies," Suarez told us on today's OXM Report. "That's not to downgrade what we're [saying] about Combat Training, and I'll give you the example. When we saw Nazi Zombies two years ago it was the one thing that we were like 'Wow this has really done something cool, new and different.'"
"The first time we saw [Wager Match], I saw it with one game mode first, which is One in the Chamber. It's a very, very intense game mode. There's six people on the map, there's no perks, there's no killstreaks, it's evenly matched and it's free for all. I played that when it was early in development and, I gotta tell you, we were just screaming."
"For us, we think wager match is going to be the thing that people are just going to go crazy over."
So it's not looking tremendously good for the return of the shambling hordes. We wouldn't totally rule it out, though - after all, developers are well known (and well trained) for keeping secrets about games tightly under wraps until they're ready to announce them.
For the full interview, check out the OXM Report on Xbox Live now.
Black Ops Weapons List (http://www.codblackopsblog.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-weapons-list/) for anyone interested.
COD: Black Ops Nazi zombies sighted
Treyarch's signature Nazi zombie co-op may have been secretly stuffed into Call of Duty: Black Ops.
The popular game mode is mentioned in two separate retailer listings for the official Bradygames Black Ops guide - one on GameStop (http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=84139) and the other on Play-Asia (http://www.play-asia.com/Call_of_Duty_Black_Ops_Strategy_Guide/paOS-13-71-ly-49-en-70-3z2z.html).
Both list "Nazi zombie coverage" as one of the product's features.
Neither Activision or Bradygames were available for comment, but we'll let you know when they are.
This isn't the first we've heard of Nazi zombies' inclusion in Black Ops: in August, retailer listings for the Hardened Edition of the game boasted about including "four Zombie Map Packs made famous from COD: World at War".
Nazi zombie mode is based around a team of human players fending off wave after wave of undead fascists - each swarm more powerful than the last. It debuted in Treyarch's last Call of Duty game, World at War.
More details of the campaign in Call of Duty: Black Ops have been revealed, via CVG.
"The story is being told from the moment you put in your disc, to the end of the campaign," explained Treyarch chief Mark Lamia.
"You do play some different characters along the way, but it's literally... it's going to challenge you to figure out what's going on."
"It's so immersive, the story is so tied to everything you're doing. You won't be saying: 'I don't see how the story and the gameplay are connected', but you may be saying: 'how do all the pieces fit together?'"
"You'll need to make sense of it all - because this is black ops. We embraced everything that was going on in that era in a very big way".
So multiple characters and a potentially confusing, potentially challenging, potentially awesome storyline. We also know it's going to tie in with World at War given Reznov is back but how?
CoD: Black Ops Zombies are OFFICIAL
Activision officially announces new Zombie mode
Activision's just announced the much-rumoured Zombie mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Act surprised.
Treyarch studio head, Mark Lamia said in the announce: "Zombies have been such a hit with our community that we were committed to bringing brand new zombie experiences to Call of Duty: Black Ops.
"We've taken extra special care to retain the essential ingredients of our Zombie game, and have also crafted a nice surprise for the fans."
That's pretty much it for details (i.e. there are none) but Activision's also confirmed that four updated maps from World at War will be included with Black Ops' Prestige and Hardened Editions.
Activision launched a teaser site for Black Ops Zombies earlier this week.
The achievement list for Call of Duty: Black Ops has been revealed at http://www.1up.com/news/call-duty-black-ops-achievements (http://www.1up.com/news/call-duty-black-ops-achievements)
The achievements are mostly focused on the campaign but there are also multiplayer achievements (a first for the Call of Duty series) and achievements for Nazi Zombies, which is presumably why Treyarch has kept the achievements under wraps until now.
There are a few secret achievements in there too. It looks like standard Call of Duty fare besides the few multiplayer achievements sprinkled in. Let's see how tough Veteran is this time round...
Quote from: sambo on October 01, 2010, 05:14:40 PM
The achievement list for Call of Duty: Black Ops has been revealed at http://www.1up.com/news/call-duty-black-ops-achievements (http://www.1up.com/news/call-duty-black-ops-achievements)
The achievements are mostly focused on the campaign but there are also multiplayer achievements (a first for the Call of Duty series) and achievements for Nazi Zombies, which is presumably why Treyarch has kept the achievements under wraps until now.
There are a few secret achievements in there too. It looks like standard Call of Duty fare besides the few multiplayer achievements sprinkled in. Let's see how tough Veteran is this time round...
Hopefully a lot harder than MW2's awfully easy Veteran difficulty.
Call of Duty: Black Ops goes 3D
In a surprise announcement, Activision has just revealed that the Call of Duty franchise will be going 3D for the first time. If you've blown an enormous wad of cash on a fancy 3D telly you'll be able to mow down your Cold War foes in an extra dimension.
"Development of stereoscopic 3D began as an R&D project, but once we saw what the technology brought to the Call of Duty experience, what a great fit and how immersive it was, we knew that we had to develop it for Black Ops," said Mark Lamia, Studio Head of Treyarch in the press release.
"Aiming down the sights of your weapons, flying in helicopters, rappelling down mountains, and moving through highly detailed environments are just some of the awesome experiences you will have in 3D with Black Ops."
"We made sure the experience is seamless for gamers to use with a simple menu option to enable stereoscopic 3D or disable it at any time whether playing in the single player campaign, multiplayer or Zombies" added Lamia.
Apparently, the 3D mode has only a tiny effect on the frame rate of the game as well, suggesting this is an impressive technical feat rather than just a bolted on extra. We were fully expecting Treyarch to use the added legroom that 60 frames per second allows as an excuse to drop the game to a more standard 30 when 3D is switched on.
The only potential problem with this announcement? There's a possibility that online players who have an added third dimension are going to gain a competitive advantage in multiplayer. If it's easier to pick out those bad guys from the background, those of us stuck with 2D may find ourselves getting well and truly massacred.
With Call of Duty multiplayer as serious as business gets on Xbox Live, we can see a storm brewing on the forums and comment threads. Still, with many players apathetic so far, this could be the kick up the bum that 3D gaming needs.
A new video exposing Call of Duty: Black Ops' multiplayer mode has been revealed.
The video covers all aspects of the multiplayer mode from the Theater Mode that allows you to create, edit and save replays right through to how the Wager Matches work, and how they allow you to gamble in-game currency.
There's a lot to get through, so best get cracking straight on with it!
Call of Duty: Black Ops will block party chat in some (but fewer) modes
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Xbox Live socialistas were upset by Modern Warfare 2's policy of prohibiting players from taking part in certain online multiplayer modes while in a Live Party. In a recent interview with Videogamer.com, Treyarch's online director Dan Hunting explained that this policy returns in Call of Duty: Black Ops, reminding players that "we have that same restriction in certain playlists where they can use party chat to exploit the game mode." The hardcore Search and Destroy gametype is used as an example of where this would be appropriate.
However, the restriction won't be applied to as many playlists as it was in last year's Duty, including Team Deathmatch and "any game mode where it doesn't make sense to have it." So, yes, certain game modes will still require you to converse with the hoi polloi, but isn't that part of the magic of online shooters?
CoD: Black Ops Prestige Edition RC car requires twelve batteries
Black Ops RC XD car is battery powered, batteries all sold separately
Picking up the Prestige Edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops for that exclusive RC XD car? Well, it looks like you'll need to stock up on the batteries as well if you want to use it.
According to HMV, the RC XD car requires a total of twelve batteries to operate, six for the actual car, and another six for the remote control, though the retailer hasn't specified which type of battery they are, nor how long the battery life lasts.
But the worst bit? The batteries aren't included.
Would it have been too much to ask for a few batteries, Activision? It's not as if, you know, we haven't already put down the best part of £130.
At least the car's fairly sizeable though, coming in at 21cm (l) x 18cm (w) x 10cm (h).
Besides the RC XD car, the Prestige Edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops features all the gubbins included with the Hardened Edition, including steelbook packaging, bonus co-op maps and an avatar outfit based on one of Black Ops' lead characters.
Call of Duty: Black Ops launches worldwide on November 9th on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii and DS. Expect plenty of fireworks.
Activision has released the campaign trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops.
The trailer involves guns being fired, important looking men in suits, slow-motion running, choppers flying overhead, explosions, people being hit on the back of the head with rifles, motorbike sections and...
just seen the ad for this- im actually quite excited, its nice knowing i can go an buy these games now knowing i have a chance of playing them without having to fight for control of the xbox
The single player looks excellent on this, i think i will rent it for that alone and maybe try the multiplayer to see if i like it, if i do i will probably buy it.
I'll be buying this years Treyarch edition and they better wow me or theres gonna be trouble ;D
Black Ops may be "biggest game ever"
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the UK's best selling game ever, but retailer HMV has reason to believe new instalment Call of Duty: Black Ops will beat it.
"We're seeing some exceptional interest for this title across its different formats," HMV's senior buyer James Brooks revealed to Eurogamer. "Particularly our co-exclusive on the Prestige Edition on HMV.com, where stock is nearly sold-through now and very little is left.
"Based on all this initial demand and the huge excitement that's clearly being generated, I'd say this title has every chance of being the biggest game release ever, and it's certainly shaping up to become the largest pre-order that we've seen in-store and online on HMV.com."
A pre-order chart on fellow retailer Play.com echoes the sentiment; Black Ops is top on Xbox 360, second on PS3 and the Hardened Edition 10th on Xbox 360. However, a spokesperson for Play.com said "no comment" could be made about whether the game will "break any existing opening week sales". "[Play.com is] still in a wait and see scenario," we were told.
Glance around and the story is the same. GAME couldn't tell Eurogamer anything, but Call of Duty: Black Ops sits merrily atop its pre-order chart on Xbox 360 (the PS3 version is second, PC ninth). And Amazon lists Call of Duty: Black Ops on Xbox 360 as its second best seller behind FIFA 11.
But there's one retailer going against the grain: ShopTo. Marketing manager Phil Driver told Eurogamer "COD will be in our all-time top 10 sellers", but added Activision's game "won't be top".
"We are expecting Gran Turismo 5 to be our greatest ever seller," he said, citing a low price and a ShopTo-exclusive deal as the reason why.
Earlier this month, US mega-retailer GameStop touted record pre-orders for Call of Duty: Black Ops. "We are ahead of where we were with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 last year, which previously set the industry standard," bigwig Bob McKenzie commented.
Call of Duty: Black Ops, developed by Treyarch, will be released on 9th November.
Last month Xbox 360-exclusive Halo: Reach became Microsoft's "biggest" game release ever, beating all previous Halo games.
Reach took $200 million in 24 hours, making it 2010's biggest entertainment release so far - even bigger than the three-day opening weekends of films Iron Man 2, Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3.
A bullish Microsoft predicted, pre-release, that Halo: Reach would outsell Call of Duty: Black Ops, although analysts went on to challenge these claims.
Activision's previous Call of Duty game, Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2, was crowned the UK's best-selling game of all time in August this year. The shooter took 41 weeks to accomplish the task, and lifted the crown from previous leader Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training on DS.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is also the fastest-selling UK game ever, after shifting over 1.7 million copies in just five days. By the end of 2009, Modern Warfare 2 had amassed 11.86 million sales - 8.82 million of which were done in the US.
Modern Warfare 2 game sales were glorious, then, but DLC also did well: Activision noted that there had been 20 million DLC sales (at 1200 MSP/£11 a pop) by the end of June 2010.
Black Ops violence 'went too far' - Treyarch
New facial capture meant some kills were too realistic
Call of Duty: Black Ops makes use of a new facial animation capture system so realistic that it had to be toned down for some kills.
"We've completely changed the way we do facial animation," director Dave Anthony told OPM.
"Some of the stuff we've done with Gary Oldman's character is amazing."
But animation director Dominique Drozdz said that the animation was a little too good in places.
"There were situations going too far," he added.
"It was a a contextual kill where you were twisting the neck. It was too much. The throat cutting [is] nasty, but that was worse."
So there you have it people, we've reached the point where killing in games is too realistic.
It's all downhill from here.
If you're itching to get your hands on Black Ops all the details for midnight launches up and down the country (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=270941) were released yesterday.
this is the first time treyarch has been given a decent amount of time to develop a COD game so it should be good and preorders are greater than MW2 so it will probably be the biggest entertainment launch in history
Trade in Medal of Honor, get Black Ops for £7.99
HMV knocking £47 off RRP if punters cash in EA's shooter
HMV's set to offer a pretty attractive trade in deal for Medal of Honor owners ready to move on to the next big FPS, Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Trade in EA's shooter and the retailer will knock £47 off Black Ops' £54.99 RRP, allowing you to pick up the game for just £7.99, according to MCV.
Covering both the PS3 and 360 versions of Medal of Honor, the deal's due to run from Black Ops' November 9 launch until November 15.
Hmv for me on tuesday then
Black Ops gets UK age rating (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-03-cod-black-ops-gets-uk-age-rating)
In the Shadow of Black Ops (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-02-in-the-shadow-of-black-ops-article)
'Everybody knows' 360 is best for CoD: Black Ops - Microsoft
War of words over Activision shooter begins
Xbox's director of entertainment and marketing, Stephen McGill, has said that Xbox 360 is the best place to play Call of Duty: Black Ops and "everyone knows" it.
McGill was speaking to MCV about the upcoming back-to-back releases of Kinect and Call of Duty: Black Ops - and dropped in the fighting words seemingly unprompted.
"With Kinect and Call of Duty it's an incredible week for retail; they are going to be so busy," said McGill.
"Obviously everyone knows the best place to play Black Ops is on Xbox 360. But there are so many great games still to come out. For Q4 there hasn't been a better line-up for years." he added.
Don't mince your words Mr. McGill.
At E3, Microsoft announced a multi-year deal with Activision that will see all Call Of Duty add-ons debut first on Xbox 360.
Activision previously omitted (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=262805) PlayStation's logo from a print run of Call Of Duty: Black Ops ads in the UK.
GAME selling Black Ops for £24.99...
... when purchased with any other chart title on Xbox 360 or PS3; Rumours of £25 price at Sainsbury's and Morrisons
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 game will also be available to purchase for £24.99 outright if any of the following titles are traded in – Halo: Reach, Dead Rising 2, F1 2010 or FIFA 11.
In Gamestation an extra £5 of store credit will be given to anyone who trades two titles against a purchase of Black Ops. That means any consumers swapping two recent triple-A games will likely be getting the game for nothing, and possibly receive some store credit on top.
In an extra deal, Black Ops will cost just £20 when bought alongside an Xbox 360 4GB console.
All three deals will run until Sunday November 14th.
"We've got more games, and specifically more copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops, than anyone else and we're also offering the biggest range of deals offering fantastic value," trading director for GAME and Gamestation Adam Davis stated.
"We know our customers are dedicated to gaming and we are reflecting that passion in our deals for this amazing title."
GAME's Oxford Street store will be one of over 400 to hold a midnight opening for the game's release on Monday night. Signed posters from the Treyarch development team will be up for grabs, as well as 500 goodie bags for those who buy the game.
Yesterday MCV confirmed that HMV will be selling the game for just £7.99 when punters trade in EA's Medal of Honor.
There are also rumours doing the rounds (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=277352) that Sainsbury's and Morrisons will be selling the game on day one for £25, though MCV has not been able to confirm this as of yet.
CoD: Black Ops launch to beat Modern Warfare 2 - Kotick
Activision CEO expects the "biggest entertainment launch of all time"
Activision boss Bobby Kotick expects Call of Duty: Black Ops to surpass Modern Warfare 2's record breaking debut and become the biggest entertainment launch of all time.
Speaking during an investor call in which the company announced plans to support the franchise with more downloadable content than ever before in 2011, the exec said:
"Our latest instalment, Black Ops, launches next week and is likely to be the biggest entertainment launch of all time.
"In the landscape where many entertainment providers are trying to figure out how to manage lower audience engagement and rapid obsolescence, our core franchises are posting record engagement levels and seeing adoption curves that are longer... than ever before."
Activision CFO Thomas Tippl added: "... We believe that the growth opportunity in Call of Duty has never been stronger than what it is today for us, particularly given the strength of our development teams and the consumer excitement and the equity behind the brand... So we are very bullish about it."
He may actually be right this time and we'll never hear the end of it either. ;D
people just aren't talking about it like they were MW2, i won't be turning up at Tesco at 7am to get my copy, i will be going after work about 6pm instead.
Quote from: Failed on November 05, 2010, 08:20:04 PM
people just aren't talking about it like they were MW2, i won't be turning up at Tesco at 7am to get my copy, i will be going after work about 6pm instead.
Mine was dispatched today, hoping for tomorrow but will probably be monday, although they're usually pretty good had fifa 2 days before release.
Quote from: Failed on November 05, 2010, 08:20:04 PM
people just aren't talking about it like they were MW2, i won't be turning up at Tesco at 7am to get my copy, i will be going after work about 6pm instead.
Far more pre-orders worldwide though, whether it eventually sells more than MW2 remains to be seen though, I doubt it will, more than likely have a bigger launch due to the pre-orders though.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 05, 2010, 10:20:32 PM
Quote from: Failed on November 05, 2010, 08:20:04 PM
people just aren't talking about it like they were MW2, i won't be turning up at Tesco at 7am to get my copy, i will be going after work about 6pm instead.
Far more pre-orders worldwide though, whether it eventually sells more than MW2 remains to be seen though, I doubt it will, more than likely have a bigger launch due to the pre-orders though.
I'm pretty psyched for it tbh, i'm feeling the love for all the customisation and ofcourse zombie horde. What really got me though was offline MP with bots (possibly splitscreen [tis defo coop]). If it is splitscreen offline MP with bots, count me sold.
EDIT: just checked and Treyarch say that it will be splitscreen MP, including taking a Guest profile Online (like Halo, Gears et al). Will be getting mine Tue
I'm thinking about getting it along with another chart title from Game/Gamestation, just can't decide on the other chart title.
Went to HMV to ask about there medal of honor trade deal. He said the only catch was the game had to scan at a retail price of £34.99 on the till and i could have £34.99 off the price of Black Ops knocking it down from £42.99 to £7.99. It scanned ok so i traded it today handing over a paltry eight quid for my pre order. £34.99 for medal of honor second hand. I feel like i have robbed the store 8)
Quote from: markav on November 07, 2010, 06:55:56 PM
Went to HMV to ask about there medal of honor trade deal. He said the only catch was the game had to scan at a retail price of £34.99 on the till and i could have £34.99 off the price of Black Ops knocking it down from £42.99 to £7.99. It scanned ok so i traded it today handing over a paltry eight quid for my pre order. £34.99 for medal of honor second hand. I feel like i have robbed the store 8)
I wouldn't worry about it mate ;D
Black Ops for only £4.97 (http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/11/07/call-of-duty-black-ops-only-4-97-at-asda/)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 07, 2010, 08:33:02 PM
Black Ops for only £4.97 (http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/11/07/call-of-duty-black-ops-only-4-97-at-asda/)
You have to trade in Fable 3, Star Wars:TFU2 or Fallout:NV though
Quote from: Failed on November 07, 2010, 09:41:55 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 07, 2010, 08:33:02 PM
Black Ops for only £4.97 (http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/11/07/call-of-duty-black-ops-only-4-97-at-asda/)
You have to trade in Fable 3, Star Wars:TFU2 or Fallout:NV though
Yeah I know, I just couldn't be bothered pasting all the info ;D
as news mod i find that disgraceful and bloody lazy, we all depend on you for this info :P
you should have double spammed it gm and put it in UK Bargains too :P
Quote from: fizz on November 07, 2010, 11:40:27 PM
as news mod i find that disgraceful and bloody lazy, we all depend on you for this info :P
I was watching football when I posted it, was easier to just post a link or something!
Quote from: Failed on November 07, 2010, 11:41:51 PM
you should have double spammed it gm and put it in UK Bargains too :P
Forgot about the bargain thread, dammit!! ;D
Confirmed UK Prices
Asda
£4.97 When you trade in Fallout New Vegas or Fable 3 or Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2. £36.97 on it's own.
Sainsburys
£27.97 when you spend £30 or more in-store. £37.97 on it's own.
Tesco
£25 when you also purchase 2100 Xbox Live Points Card, 3 Months Xbox Live Gold Membership, £20 PS3 PSN Card. £39.90 on it's own.
Morrisons
£29.99 when you buy any other chart game, £39.99 on it's own
Game
£24.99 when bought with any other Xbox 360 or PS3 Chart title. Also £24.99 when traded in with selected games
Gamestation
£24.99 when bought with any other Xbox 360 or PS3 Chart title.
HMV
£42.99 or £7.99 when you trade in Medal of Honour
Blockbuster
£44.99 or £0.99 when you trade in two of these games : Medal of Honour, Fable 3, Fallout New Vegas, MMA, F1 2010, Star Wars The Force Unleashed
Details
All prices where confirmed in the national newspapers on 8th November 2010. Prices may be subject to stock levels and terms and conditions. Check in-store for exact details. The relevant adverts can be seen in The Sun, The Mirror and The Daily Star.
Credit for this info goes to Ipswich772 at HotUKDeals
makes me wonder , they seem desperate to flog this game hmmm....
I was gonna go with the Game/Gamestation offer but that Tesco offer looks pretty good too, decisions decisions. :)
Quote from: fizz on November 08, 2010, 09:48:35 AM
makes me wonder , they seem desperate to flog this game hmmm....
Not that desperate, those deals are sh*t! Whose gonna be able to trade in Fallout: New Vegas or Fable III, nobody would have finished them yet, well not properly anyway.
No Black Ops for me then! But go I care, no I don't!
I know a few people that have completely finished both Fable III & Fallout New Vegas so no doubt the Asda deal is an awesome one for them, I might just go with the Tesco one, I could do with some MS points and I get a brand new game for £25, sounds good to me. :)
hmm still unconvinced
If your going to buy it may aswell avail of the offers because if its anything like the other games in the series it will be full price a year later
RRP is £55 like MW2 so looking at it that way all of those deals are pretty good.
Plus im sure you could pick up any of those games you trade in for a 1/3 of the price in the sales so you save money either way, Happy shopping
If anyone is interested in the Tesco deal, the link below shows all the stores taking part in midnight launches.
http://www.tescoentertainment.com/store/browse/games/codmidnightstores/
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nope
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 08, 2010, 12:16:12 PM
If anyone is interested in the Tesco deal, the link below shows all the stores taking part in midnight launches.
http://www.tescoentertainment.com/store/browse/games/codmidnightstores/
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I didn't actually spot the Tesco deal, that actually may be the one to get, hmmm, midnight tonight???
I might actually walk the 2 miles to my local Tesco tonight just to get it at midnight, i'll see if Lee fancies a mooch too, I can use the points for the maps, if I actually like the online this time of course ;D
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 08, 2010, 11:44:06 AM
I know a few people that have completely finished both Fable III & Fallout New Vegas so no doubt the Asda deal is an awesome one for them, I might just go with the Tesco one, I could do with some MS points and I get a brand new game for £25, sounds good to me. :)
Rock band 3 mate ;)
if you dont fancy the walk try here (http://www.tescoentertainment.com/store/browse/games/codblackopslaunchoffer2010/)
Quote from: markav on November 08, 2010, 12:49:34 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 08, 2010, 11:44:06 AM
I know a few people that have completely finished both Fable III & Fallout New Vegas so no doubt the Asda deal is an awesome one for them, I might just go with the Tesco one, I could do with some MS points and I get a brand new game for £25, sounds good to me. :)
Rock band 3 mate ;)
The chart deal at Game/Gamestation is appealing as Rock Band 3 is in the Top 10 instore but not in the games listed online, not sure if the games insore will be the same, if not then i'd go for Rock Band 3 or maybe F1 as that's still in the instore chart too.
Well someone needs to get rock band 3 before the next music night cos i will be playing on my own :-\
Quote from: Lukehi on November 08, 2010, 12:50:54 PM
if you dont fancy the walk try here (http://www.tescoentertainment.com/store/browse/games/codblackopslaunchoffer2010/)
I saw that earlier, no money in the bank at the moment, it's all in my bloody wallet! I don't mind the walk as long as it's not raining heavily, theres a couple of pubs on the way so I could go earlier, have a few pints then off to Tesco. :)
Quote from: markav on November 08, 2010, 12:53:58 PM
Well someone needs to get rock band 3 before the next music night cos i will be playing on my own :-\
I'll definitely get it at some point mate, love my music games, might even pick up The Beatles one as it's super cheap, only rented it last time.
CoD: Black Ops to sell 20% less than Modern Warfare 2 - Activision guidance
Analyst says publisher is taking a conservative stance in its forecast
The latest financial guidance released by Activision indicates that that the company expects Call of Duty: Black Ops to sell 20 per cent fewer copies than last year's series entry, Modern Warfare 2.
That's according to Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz. He said in a research note that the company's Q3 results include "an assumption that the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops comps negatively against last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, despite the fact that on several pre-release metrics cited by management Black Ops is tracking ahead of MW2".
Creutz believes Black Ops' sales will be down ten per cent on Modern Warfare 2's, but he says Activision is being more cautious.
"... We think management is taking a more conservative stance for guidance purposes," he said. "We think management's guidance implies Black Ops units down roughly 20% vs. MW2."
While Black Ops might not surpass Modern Warfare 2's lifetime sales, Activision boss Bobby Kotick expects it to beat the Infinity Ward title's record breaking debut and become the biggest entertainment launch of all time.
Activision's live streaming the game's UK launch extravaganza from 6:30pm this evening (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=274398).
Black Ops hits a million XBL users
Call of Duty: Black Ops' servers have had a busy day, with nearly one million Xbox 360 users logging on to check out Treyarch's highly anticipated shooter during its first 24 hours in the wild.
The developer's community manager Josh Olin tweeted, "Am I getting solid intel? Is there really almost 1,000,000 players on Xbox Live right now??"
Impressive figures when you factor in all the PC, PlayStation 3 and Wii gamers no doubt getting stuck in too.
Perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised though. Yesterday, a GameStop exec told Eurogamer that it had taken more pre-orders for the game than any other title in the store's history.
Black Ops - how to unlock Zork
Dead Ops Arcade isn't the only secret game to be buried in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
It's now been discovered that old school text adventure Zork is hidden in Black Ops too.
By mashing the left and right triggers to break free from the chair in the main menu, you then have to unlock Dead Ops Arcade by entering DOA in the computer terminal. You then have to repeat the process, this time entering zork.
Not particularly complicated but in the era of everything being on YouTube, so is this. So here you go!
Free CoD: Black Ops. avatar outfits - see here (http://360fahrenheit.com/fahrenh1_forum1/index.php?topic=223.0)
Another COD game and another flukey kill, enjoy!
Black Ops sets new sales records
Call of Duty: Black Ops sold 5.6 million copies in the US and UK combined - in one day. That's more than Modern Warfare 2's opening record of 4.7 million copies.
Those sales generated $360 million for Activision. Modern Warfare 2 only made $310 million, scoff.
"There has never been another entertainment franchise that has set opening day records for two consecutive years and we are on track to outperform last year's five-day global sales record of $550 million," commented Activision's Bobby Kotick.
"The game's success underscores the pop culture appeal of the brand. Call of Duty: Black Ops is the finest game that Treyarch has ever made and raises the bar for online gameplay by delivering the deepest and most intense Call of Duty experience yet.
"The Call of Duty franchise has over 25 million players around the world that are engaged in billions of hours of online gameplay, and we are committed to supporting them with new content and features on a more frequent and regular basis."
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 11, 2010, 01:36:19 PM
Another COD game and another flukey kill, enjoy!
amazing fluke!!
I saw this yesterday and someone claims that there is a final killcam of someone throwing a sticky grenade and it stick to some fellas nuts and blows up but i still can't find it yet i hope it exsists :-\
This one still makes me laugh. I know, I'm childish ;D
childish i love it
Is that COD's new cum cam?
Black Ops obliterates UK sales record
Call of Duty: Black Ops sold a whopping 1.4 million copies in its first day on sale in the UK.
That's the biggest UK day one performance ever – it sold 14 per cent more units than Modern Warfare 2 did during its first day on sale.
Let's put that day one sales figure into perspective. Namco Bandai's Enslaved has sold 800,000 units worldwide. MTV Games' Rock Band 3 sold 7386 units for the week ending 30th October in the UK. Microsoft's Xbox 360 exclusive Fable III sold 129,000 units in the UK during its first week on sale.
Figures released by UKIE/GfK Chart-Track to MCV (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41776/Black-Ops-sets-new-UK-day-1-record) reveal revenues of £58 million.
Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 sold 1.23 million units on day one, generating £47.7 million.
Treyarch's Black Ops enjoyed the biggest entertainment launch of all time across the US and UK, according to Activision, selling 5.6 million units combined day one and generating $360 million.
Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption, one of 2010's biggest hits, sold in 6.9 million units worldwide during its first three months on sale.
When Activision's financial year ends, how many Black Ops units will have been sold?
OBLITERATES!!
your all sheep!
and
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon will OBLITERATE CoD sales come Easter!
Quote from: Failed on November 12, 2010, 06:13:09 PM
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon will OBLITERATE CoD sales come Easter!
Only in Japan and your house :)
Treyarch have announced that they are aware of issues with the multiplayer for Call of Duty: Black Ops. In a post on the official Call of Duty: Black Ops forums, they listed the fixes that had already gone live, and fixes that are still in progress:
Quote from: Someone Important from Treyarch
We are listening to you and we've been busy working on updates based on feedback from the community. We have already deployed a number of updates, and there will be many more to come. Stay tuned right here for all the latest info.
LIVE FIXES
- Villa: User can clip into rock at west edge of grid zone B2 and see through to the other side
- Crisis: User can clip into LVT between grid zone A3 and B3 and see through to the other side
- User can get an infinite number of 'Sam Turret', 'Care Package' and 'Sentry Gun' killstreaks (commonly referred to as the "care package glitch")
- Radar sweep when there are only 2 players left in One in the Chamber will stop functioning if the 2 players have multiple lives when the sweep starts
- Crash when viewing content (films, clips, etc) in the Community & Recent Games menu
- Users' rank and stats can get wiped under very specific conditions
- Online number counts were not updating properly; these are now reporting exact online numbers
- Parties getting disbanded when host did not find a match quickly
IN PROGRESS
- Improved matchmaking to find matches faster
- Improved match and host selection; will result in much better networking conditions for all games (a.k.a., decreased lag)
- Weekly and Monthly leaderboards stats reporting incorrectly for kills, deaths and assists (All Time leaderboard not affected by this)
- Additional improvements to party system
As of yet, there is not a release date for the remaining fixes. It is good to see that Treyarch are reacting to the input of the COD: Black Ops community though.
What actually is Dead Ops and Zorc??? not kept up on this one......
Dead Ops is a topdown twinstick shooter (a lot like the XBLA release Zombie Apocalypse)
Zork is a ye olde text based adventure.
Both have achieves, Dead Ops has a few infact. You break out your chair on the main menu using LT and RT to wiggle your arms free, head to the computer terminal behind you and enter DOA for Dead Ops and Zork for Zork...
Also once you've unlocked Dead Ops you can access it from the Zombie Menu.
Black Ops sold how many this week?
In one week, Call of Duty: Black Ops has sold an unprecedented two million copies in UK shops.
GfK Chart-Track totted earnings from those sales at £81.9 million.
Black Ops sales were 13 per cent higher than those of Modern Warfare 2 (1.8 million) and the new game made 21 per cent more money (£67.4 million).
To put things into perspective, that £81.9 million figure represents more money than the entire UK all-formats chart made in the past two weeks combined.
Call of Duty: Black Ops launched the same week as Microsoft's Kinect. Between them (and all other videogame software), the money-take this week was a record-setting £113.8 million. Christmas week of 2008 had held the record until now.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 15, 2010, 12:18:21 PM
Christmas week of 2008 had held the record until now.
An excellent Q4 for gaming, with so many amazing games out that year!!!
I have no idea why the COD series is so successful, Black Ops is too difficult on Normal difficulty and too easy on Recruit difficulty, the storyline is disjointed and just plain boring, the cut scenes especially are just tedious and uninteresting and the characters are all just really unpleasant. At least in COD4 there was some affinity with the characters, in this you just don't care whether they live or die.
I only bought this because I got it in the deal in Tescos, my plan was to complete it and then trade it in and get my money back but at this point I can't even be bothered to complete the single player, it's just so dull!
I too picked it up from Tesco with the point bundle. Couldn't even be arsed to open it, traded it at Gamestation the next day for £34. Good times.
I've been trying to get through the single player this afternoon but it is just one long cut scene after another with very little action in between. If this didn't have Call Of Duty in the title I suspect it would get very low scoring reviews, it's just not very fun to play at all. I will try and persevere and finish the campaign by the end of the weekend and then trade it in before next weekend, there's not even any point me playing the multiplayer as I'm crap at COD MP anyway!
Quote from: Jaynestown on November 20, 2010, 12:52:41 PM
I have no idea why the COD series is so successful
Multiplayer, some people i know wont touch singleplayer at all, and the rest like me, will start it after a few months when mp starts to get boring, COD is all about online and co-op experience now.
i'm finding MoH is a much better SP experience than CoD7 was.
Would agree with that, the story was much better, pity it felt unfinished from a technical point of view wish they had a few extra months to iron it out also no annoying sam worthington voiceovers
I like the way MoH feels when your shot, feels more solid than CoD.
Bullets seem to have more of an impact on your character feels like being hit i guess rather that absorbing them sponge like, but the explosions and the grenade damage radius are woeful. COD7 is one cut scene after another and the multipalyer is almost as uneven as before found MOH multiplayer gave a greater chance of geating a few kills
i agree, the grenade is a little off, but it can't detract me from a great game.
Pachter is spouting again!
Is Black Ops about to offer online subscriptions?
Activision could introduce "all-access" package, reckons Pachter
Call of Duty: Black Ops could be about to offer an online subscription plan.
That's according to industry analyst Michael Pachter, who told Industry Gamers he feels Activision is just biding its time where online multiplayer fees are concerned.
"Activision apparently worried that announcing multiplayer subscriptions before the launch of Black Ops would hurt sales," he said.
"It's likely that around 60 - 70% of the people who buy Black Ops do so to play online multiplayer, and a greater number of the first week purchasers.
"Even if Activision retained fully free online multiplayer, the mere mention of a 'premium' subscription service will tick off some consumers, and there might have been a backlash at the precise time that they needed to set records. They decided not to take that risk."
While Pachter admits he has no inside information on Activision's intentions on the matter, he outlined exactly how he thinks such a plan would or should work.
Want to hear the Pachter Plan? Take a seat. Can we dim the lights please?
Over to you Michael:
"I think everyone will be offered the same multiplayer options for free that they have now. In addition, I see premium items offered as virtual goods for a modest fee--let's say $1.
"There will be special weapons, armour, vehicles, etc. offered, and the quantity will keep growing, in the hopes that some meaningful percentage of gamers who play online multiplayer (I think it's around 14 million active users) pony up $1 or $2 per month on virtual goods.
"I think that the company will 'tier' its offering by offering a $5 per month subscription to Black Ops that includes ALL virtual items for free, plus access to all map packs released as long as the player remains active.
"There are probably going to be three $15 map packs, so that feature alone has a perceived $45 value, and I'm sure that there will be dozens of virtual items, so the $5 subscriber will perceive some value from subscribing.
"In addition, the $5 subscriber may be offered exclusive tournaments, game play modes, ladders, achievements, and any other features that Activision can think up to induce them to pony up more money.
"Next, I think Activision will offer a $10 subscription to ALL Call of Duty games. Anyone paying $10 per month gets virtual items, ladders, tournaments, achievements, game play modes and map packs for CoD MW, CoD MW2, Black Ops and World at War, and as long as their subscription remains alive, they will get the next game and the one after that.
"There are a total of 7 map packs (I think) available now, and will be another 3 next year, so for $10 per month, a player will get all 10 map packs. Not a bad value.
"Next, I think Activision will offer a $15 monthly subscription that is an 'all access pass', allowing subscribers to play WoW, StarCraft II (look for monetization there), the new Bungie game (when it comes out), all CoD games, and whatever they do with Guitar Hero (maybe free downloads of songs), on an unlimited basis.
"WoW subscribers will love this, since they already pay $15 per month. Of course, they'll have to buy copies of CoD in order to play, but this could spur growth on the PC online side of the game, and Activision would be able to keep all of the revenues, while they have to share with the console manufacturers for Xbox 360 and PS3 subscriptions.
"The trick is managing this without destroying sales of the game. They will tread very carefully, and will make sure that they let consumers know that they are NOT taking anything away, but are merely offering a LOT MORE VALUE for a little bit of money."
Activision boss Bobby Kotick has hinted towards Call of Duty subscription fees in the past, but has said they would aid in benefiting the player.
Activision: 'We Will Never, Ever Charge' for COD Multiplayer
Call of Duty continues to be a massive money maker for Activision, with the recent Black Ops once again setting entertainment records. The rumor has been going around for some time now that the publisher would soon look to monetize all the hours gamers spend playing it online, and recently Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter outlined his thoughts on a subscription plan. For its part, however, Activision is insisting that it will not look to charge people to play online in the future.
Speaking to IndustryGamers as part of an in-depth interview on the business (stay tuned for more next week), Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg told us that charging for multiplayer simply just won't be happening - not now, not ever. "Are we going to be charging for multiplayer? The answer is no. The experience you have out of the box, connecting with the online community to play Call of Duty is absolutely integral to the experience and we'll never charge for that. It's not going to be something we'll attempt to monetize; it's part of the package," Hirshberg stressed.
Further commenting on Pachter's assertion about a variety of online subscriptions, he continued, "Nothing we or anyone else tries is going to work if it doesn't have tremendous value for people and add a tremendous value to the gaming experience. He's probably looking at meta-trends in the world and in culture about online services and new ways things should be monetized from Netflix to cloud-based computing. So there are certainly a lot of behavioral shifts towards long-standing online relationships... But at the end of the day, all I'm trying to get across is I can unequivocally say we will never, ever charge for the multiplayer."
So there you have it. Do you think this will hold, or will Hirshberg have to eat his words sometime next year?
No Call of Duty: Black Ops double XP weekend this week
Microsoft clarifies
The Call of Duty: Black Ops double XP weekend which was revealed in Microsoft's Free Live weekend newsletter (http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=23830) will not be happening this week. Microsoft community manager Graeme Boyd has tweeted that this was an error.
A Black Ops double XP weekend will be happening at some point, but it won't be this weekend. Which, sadly, means that those planning to jump online for some free Xbox Live gaming this weekend will not be able to take advantage of the experience multiplier.
A second newsletter will be sent out to Xbox Live subscribers, clarifying the error. All other advertised promotions will be taking place during the Free Live weekend, which begins this Friday, November 26 and lasts until Sunday November 28.
oops major balls up, never mind ha ha ha :D :D :D
CoD: Black Ops - latest patch detailed
Multiple fixes for Xbox 360 version on the way
Treyarch has detailed the fourth title update for Call of Duty: Black Ops on Xbox 360.
The patch, which is due to be submitted to Microsoft for testing and approval today, is just one of "many more to come", so don't be too disheartened if it doesn't fix a gripe you might have.
Here's the list of fixes, straight from the dev's mouth:
Issues Addressed:
* Resolved several issues with parties getting disbanded unexpectedly.
* Updated handling for UPnP-enabled routers to improve matchmaking conditions where users had strict or moderate NAT types. Also added in-game communications so that all players are aware of their NAT type in the Player Match party lobby.
* Addressed issue that prevented the "Load MP by Default" option from saving when other specific option combinations were set.
* Prevention of exploit that allowed players to keep custom classes and killstreaks after prestige.
* Addressed an issue where Flak Jacket Pro would not always protect against ground fires left by Napalm Strikes.
* Prevention of users losing their killstreak reward when switching classes at the start of a new round in round-based game modes.
* Addressed an issue where the incorrect perks would appear when spectating another player under certain circumstances.
* Added round start explosive delay to China Lake grenade launcher to give it the same round start limitations as other explosives.
* Contracts will now reset when the player Prestiges.
* Prevention of Valkyrie rocket exploding upon release under rare conditions.
* Prevention of Gunship failing to give player full control under rare conditions.
* Prevention of an issue where a player will get teleported outside the map boundaries under very specific circumstances.
* Additional security measures to enhance detection and banning capabilities.
Gameplay Tuning:
* Limit the ability to re-roll supply drops using Hardline Pro to Care Packages only, no other killstreak drops.
* Added a negative influencer to all spawn points to decrease the chances of spawning near an enemy. This will further improve spawning protection on top of previous updates.
* Additional sound mix tuning for Ninja Pro users - increased ranges and volume of enemy footsteps, and removed player footstep sounds on concrete material types.
* Increased headshot multipliers for sniper rifles. Sniper rifles with suppressors equipped will now always be ensured one-shot kill headshots.
* Subtle increase in sniper rifle accuracy when scoping in.
* Added a render delay to the red diamond player indicators that appear when controlling the Gunship, Valkyrie Rocket and Chopper Gunner. When a player first spawns, this will not appear for a period of time.
* Additional minor reductions in knife lunge.
First COD: Black Ops map pack announced
Microsoft mouthpiece Major Nelson has announced the first map pack for mammoth FPS Call of Duty: Black Ops.
As expected, the map pack will appear on Xbox 360 first. The First Strike will hit Xbox Live on 1st February and set you back 1200 MS Points (£10).
Four competitive maps are included. Discovery is set in the Antarctic research station from the campaign. Kowloon is set on the rooftops of Hong Kong, again, from the campaign. Berlin Wall has you fragging at Checkpoint Charlie. And Stadium is set in an American hockey rink. There's a zombie map, too, called Ascension.
The map pack is yet to be dated for PC and PlayStation 3, but we expect a month of exclusivity on Xbox Live.
Stadium sounds good, be funny if you slipped on the ice too :P
Still 1200 is a lot for 4 maps. I'd want 6 and 2 Zombies
I'm not going to be burnt by buying CoD maps again. I'll stick to the ones they gave me with the game.
Quote from: sambo on December 21, 2010, 08:34:24 PM
I'm not going to be burnt by buying CoD maps again. I'll stick to the ones they gave me with the game.
Look, loook, a rare sighting of the lesser spotted Sambo!
Edit: I posted this before I saw Sambo's glorious return thread!
Call of Duty: Black Ops tops $1 billion in sales
600 million hours of playtime logged since November 9 launch
Call of Duty: Black Ops has grossed over $1 billion in worldwide sales since its launch on November 9, according to internal Activision estimates.
In its first five days alone, the game generated more than $650 million worldwide, beating the five-day sell through record of $550 million set by last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Activision says more than 600 million hours of playtime have been logged since Black Ops' release last month.
According to Microsoft, the average Xbox 360 player logs on more than once a day and plays for more than one hour each time, spending over half of their time online.
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said: "In all of entertainment, only Call of Duty and Avatar have ever achieved the billion dollar revenue milestone this quickly.
"This is a tribute to the global appeal of the Call of Duty franchise, the exceptional talent at Treyarch and the hundreds of extraordinary people across our many Call of Duty studios including Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer that work tirelessly on the franchise.
"Our ability to provide the most compelling, immersive entertainment experience, and enhance it with regular, recurring content that delivers hundreds of hours of audience value, has allowed Call of Duty to continue to set sales and usage records."
Kotick added: "This extraordinary milestone was achieved because of the tens of millions of passionate Call of Duty players around the world... This unique level of community engagement has enabled Call of Duty to become one of the world's most engaged online communities."
Free Black Ops Xbox Live multiplayer weekend coming in January
We recognize that the odds of you being a consummate Call of Duty: Black Ops player that hasn't dipped into the game's online multiplayer offerings are slim indeed, but we still thought we'd share -- Activision will host a free Xbox Live multiplayer weekend for the game early next year. Any Silver subscribers who pop into the game from January 28 - 30 will be able to play against other worldwide soldiers at no cost.
Of course, this promotion is only set up to reel in as many suckers as humanly possible before Activision fires off the game's "First Strike" add-on pack February 1. Or, in military terms, Activision's creating a choke point, and drawing all the outsiders into it with jelly beans. Military-grade jelly beans.
Black Ops the most pirated game of 2010
Over five million illegal downloads of Activision's shooter
Call of Duty: Black Ops has set plenty of sales records since its release last November, but one award Activision won't be happy about is the game's status as the most pirated title of 2010.
According to Torrent Freak (via PC Gamer), the PC version of Black Ops was torrented more than four million times, while the Xbox 360 edition was torrented 930,000 times.
The most pirated Xbox 360 and Wii games were Dante's Inferno (1,280,000) and Super Mario Galaxy 2 (1,470,000) respectively.
The top five most pirated PC games of the year:
01. Call of Duty: Black Ops - 4,270,000
02. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - 3,960,000
03. Mafia 2 - 3,555,000
04. Mass Effect 2 - 3,240,000
05. Starcraft 2 - 3,120,000
A report last month claimed Wii was the most popular gaming platform for pirated games last year.
I picked up Black Ops for $25 online at gamestop.com.
Buy 1 "new" game, get 1 "used" game 50% off. I bought some crap PC game for $3 (new) and then got BlOps (used) 50% off. 8)
I'll probably just trade it on cheapassgamer.com though for a ton of old cheap games. ;D
random, they should make the cheapest game half-price, not just ANY!! good catch cogzy!
Quote from: Failed on January 24, 2011, 08:46:30 PM
random, they should make the cheapest game half-price, not just ANY!! good catch cogzy!
That's what I thought. It would have made a lot more sense. They often have the a similar deal with their used games, and it's always the lowest valued game gets the discount.
I didn't see any restrictions in the offer, so I decided to give it a try. The offer is still going on. I'll post it in the bargain topic.
Black Ops First Strike DLC screenshots show Stadium
Treyarch gives tactical advice with new shots
Treyarch has released the first few Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike screenshots showing the Stadium map from the upcoming DLC.
As you can see the map is based in a disused hockey stadium, which Treyarch describes as "A mid-sized map designed for close-quarters mayhem, teams must fight tooth and nail in a maze of tight corners and deadly vantage points."
The developers have even been good enough to offer a few survival tips such as entering from the western turnstiles and using a nearby souvenir shop for cover. We hope you're jotting this down.
Treyarch posted a solitary shot from First Strike's Berlin map last week, which is a haven for snipers.
The pack will cost you 1200 Microsoft Points on Xbox 360 and PS3 and PC versions are expected a month later.
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I hate the fact that they charging 1200 for the amount of maps your getting but i understand that a hell of a lot of work has gone in to making them, but i'll defo be buying them, love black ops.
Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike Achievements Unveiled
With the Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike DLC map pack now just mere days away, Treyarch has revealed four new achievements for the pack's Ascension zombie map on the official CoD website, offering 150 Gamerscore to earn as you fight your way through the undead horde.
The new achievements are as follows:
* The Eagle has Landers (35G) – In Ascension, escape on all three lunar landers.
* They are going THROUGH! (35G) – In Ascension, kill at least 5 zombies with 1 Gersch device.
* Space Race (45G) – In Ascension, Pack-a-Punch a weapon before round 8.
* Chimp on the Barbie (35G) – In Ascension, kill a space monkey with a fire trap.
So, sharpen those zombie-slaying skills in time for the Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike add-on, which bundles five maps - Stadium (pictured), Kowloon, Discovery, Berlin Wall and Ascension - and is set to hit the Xbox Live Marketplace on February 1st for 1200 Microsoft Points.
One of the reasons I couldn't get into CoD multiplayer (aside from me being awful at it) was the small amount of default maps and the ridiculously overpriced map packs that I refuse to buy for that extra bit of variety. Nothing changes I see.
Still though, a zombie killing mode with CoD controls and everything does sound pretty damn awesome.
Anyone waiting for maps there up on xbox.com
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/Product/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80241560855?downloadType=GameAddon&noSplash=1
good luck trying to purchase "Uh oh... that shouldn't have happened." mine went through eventually.
So no trouble like with the MW2 Map Packs then? :)
Most popular Black Ops perks, guns
Out of 15 available Call of Duty: Black Ops perks, Treyarch has revealed the three that are picked most: Marathon, Sleight of Hand and Lightweight.
Marathon, a tier three perk, doubles sprint duration - and the pro version makes sprint infinite; Sleight of Hand, a tier two perk, halves your reload speed - and the pro version makes aiming down sights quicker; and Lightweight, a tier one perk, makes you run faster - and the pro version eliminates fall damage. Is this combination of three perks considered the best?
The most popular guns in Call of Duty: Black Ops are Famas, a fully automatic assault rifle; AK-74u, a submachine gun not an assault rifle like the AK-47; and Galil, another assault rifle.
The deadliest Killstreak by a long way is the RC-XD, with Attack Helicopter, Napalm Strike and Chopper Gunner close behind.
The other stats are represented by numbers so high they boggle the brain.
You think London's got problems? Black Ops has had 242 million stabbings. You think Nottingham's got problems? Over one trillion shots have been fired in Black Ops. You think America's got problems? Black Ops has witnessed nearly 600 million executions.
You think Mel Gibson's got a good idea for a film? There have been more than 10 million paybacks in Black Ops. You think your car insurance premium is high? In Black Ops, nearly one million cars have been destroyed. You think Goose dying in Top Gun was an event? In Black Ops, nearly 1.3 million planes have been downed.
You think footballer Gareth Barry covers a lot of ground? Black Ops players have travelled a distance the size of Earth's circumference 129,069 times. You think a lot of arrows were fired during the opening scene of Gladiator? Well there were, but 3.4 billion crossbow bolts have also been let off in Black Ops.
You think throwing a tomahawk axe like you're in the Last of the Mohicans film is cool? Evidently: over 28 million players have died to the dull thud of a lobbed axe.
If Call of Duty: Black Ops were real, the population of the world would have been killed nine times over. Not even nuclear weapons can do that! And over five billion of those people would have died from a bullet to the face.
Treyarch unlocks Black Ops zombie maps
Gamers who haven't yet unlocked all of Black Ops' zombie-based multiplayer modes are to get free access to the hidden content this weekend, developer Treyarch has announced.
To mark the President's Day holiday weekend in the US, the Dead Ops Arcade and Five modes will be open to all players until Monday evening.
For the uninitiated, Dead Ops Arcade sees you and up to three other players pursuing the Cosmic Silverback through a number of zombie-filled arenas filled.
In Five, you'll assume the identity of one of four Cold War icons - John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara, Fidel Castrol and Richard Nixon as they attempt to rid the Pentagon of wave after wave of ravenous brain-munchers.
Black Ops double XP this weekend
Level up on all platforms from Friday to Monday
Treyarch has said that Call of Duty: Black Ops players will get double XP this weekend on all platforms.
Community manager Josh Olin said on Twitter: "Double-XP will begin at approx. 10a PST on Friday, March 4th. It ends the same time Monday. All Platforms."
The double XP weekend will follow the arrival of the First Strike map pack and a new patch for the PS3 version on March 3.
Treyarch released title update 7 for the Xbox 360 version of Black Ops yesterday.
NPD: Black Ops is best selling game in history
13.7 million units sold in the US
Call of Duty: Black Ops is the best selling game ever according to a report from NPD Group.
Analyst Anita Frazier said, "Call of Duty: Black Ops was the best-selling game in February, retaining the top selling spot since launch in November. It has now become the best-selling game in history, topping Wii Play."
The market research company confirmed that Black Ops has sold 13.7 million units in the US alone.
Success may not stop there for the Activision FPS either: Call of Duty: Black Ops has been installed by bookie Victor Chandler as the hot favourite to pick up this year's BAFTA GAME Award to be held in London on March 16.
Black Ops map pack 2 leaked: 5 maps, out May
GAME Australia accidentally announces Escalation pack
Call of Duty: Black Ops' second map pack, 'Escalation', has been accidentally announced by GAME Australia.
Going from the e-flyer below, the second Black Ops map pack will include five maps; Zoo, Hotel, Convoy, Stockpile and Zombie map Call of the Dead.
The DLC will be released on Xbox Live on May 3, followed by PSN and PC at a later date.
The debut Black Ops map pack, First Strike, launched on February 1 for Xbox 360, and hit PS3 and PC more recently. That means we can probably expect a third one to land around August.
Speaking in the latest issue of OPM, Treyarch said that it hasn't ruled out the creation of Black Ops 2, but the studio's remaining coy on whether a direct sequel to last year's smash hit may become a reality.
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Black Ops: Escalation DLC confirmed
The rumoured Escalation DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops has been confirmed.
As detailed on Major Nelson's blog, Escalation will feature four new multiplayer maps and "an epic Zombies experience with all-new playable characters."
The Hotel map is set on the roof of a luxury Cuban hotel and casino; Convoy offers close-quarters combat at the scene of an ambushed US military convoy; Zoo takes place in an abandoned Soviet Zoo and Stockpile drops players into a remote Russian farm town housing secret WMD facilities.
No further details were given as to exactly what we can expect from that new Zombies content, or how much the pack will sell for.
Thanks to Microsoft's exclusivity deal, Xbox Live Arcade gets it first from 3rd May, with PC and PlayStation 3 roll-outs as yet unconfirmed.
Black Ops bigger than Avatar, Take That
Call of Duty: Black Ops was the biggest entertainment property of 2010 in the UK, beating out 3D sci-fi blockbuster Avatar and the latest album from Take That.
Citing ERA data, MCV reported that the latest entry in Activision's steamrolling FPS franchise sold 3.3 million copies compared to three million Avatar DVDs and 1.9 million copies of Take That album Progress.
Games had a strong presence in the top 10. FIFA 11 came in at third, selling 2.4 million units, while Just Dance shimmied in at nine, shifting 1.3 million copies.
Here's the full top 20:
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops [Activision Blizzard] – 3,266,298
2. Avatar [20th Century Fox] – 3,001,769
3. FIFA 11 [Electronic Arts] – 2,390,231
4. Toy Story 3 [Walt Disney Studios] – 2,082,461
5. Progress (Take That) [Universal Music] – 1,933,205
6. The Twilight Saga: New Moon [Entertainment One] – 1,889,187
7. The Twlight Saga: Eclipse [Entertainment One] – 1,334,490
8. Inception [Warner Home Video] – 1,328,290
9. Just Dance [Ubisoft] – 1,305,338
10. 2012 [Sony Pictures] – 1,298,705
11. Crazy Love (Michael Buble) [Warner Music] – 1,289,304
12. Now That's What I Call Music 77 [EMI Music/UniversalMusic] – 1,255,006
13. The Hurt Locker [Elevation Sales] – 1,247,604
14. Up [Walt Disney Studios] – 1,236,066
15. Sherlock Holmes [Warner Home Video] – 1,217,637
16. Red Dead Redemption [Take-Two] – 1,135,559
17. The Fame (Lady Gaga) [Universal Music] – 1,104,504
18. The Hangover [Warner Home Video] – 1,024,546
19. Alice In Wonderland [Walt Disney Studios] – 943,220
20. Shrek Forever After - The Final Chapter [Paramount] – 928,726
doesn't consider Avatars cinema takings or it's Video Game cash in (or Blops DLC moneys). So the statement "biggest entertainment property " is wrong.
Black Ops sold more games than Avatar sold DVD's. Avatar was the bigger property of 2010.
Buffy, Romero and Freddie get busy in glorious Black Ops "Call of the Dead" footageEscalation DLC abundant in Hollywood talentIt takes a lot to get us excited about Call of Duty: Black Ops news these days, as readers of the last Xbox Live charts piece may have detected. Congratulations Treyarch, you've officially managed it.
The dev's just released another trailer for its upcoming Escalation map pack, and while this one lacks the pop music chops of certain First Strike videos, it is rather abundant in Sarah Michelle Gellar and Danny Trejo shooting zombies in the face.
That hammering in your ears? That's the awesomeness trying to escape.
Gellar (star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Trejo (a big scary Mexican dude who plays a big scary Mexican dude in films like Desperado and Anchorman) are just two of the B-movie celebs to feature in Escalation's Call of the Dead mode, which pits teams of four against waves of walking corpses on a frozen Siberian island.
The other members of the foursome are Robert Englund (Freddie Kreuger to you and me) and Michael Rooker (who plays a racist drug addict in new telly series The Walking Dead).
Oh, and that electrical super-zombie in the background? That's George A. Romero. As in, the zombie film equivalent of Jesus. Pleasure to make your acquaintance, George - now, PERISH IN FLAMES.
Each star appears in their own, digitally rendered likeness. Shotgun Buffy!
Escalation launches on 3rd May, and also carries four vanilla-flavoured Black Ops maps.
amg! that's super awesome, i'm like... tempted to get back into Blops. My mate has just finished playing through it (hence my recent 2 random achieves he got me).
Zombiiiieeeesssss
Quote from: Failed on May 02, 2011, 05:30:56 PM
amg! that's super awesome, i'm like... tempted to get back into Blops. My mate has just finished playing through it (hence my recent 2 random achieves he got me).
Zombiiiieeeesssss
Just to play as Trejo is worth the 1200MSP. :)
yes yes, plus 4 vanilla maps. Hopefully they aren't just remakes of old maps. If not that's not a bad deal for 1200msp (5 maps)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 02, 2011, 05:34:14 PM
Quote from: Failed on May 02, 2011, 05:30:56 PM
amg! that's super awesome, i'm like... tempted to get back into Blops. My mate has just finished playing through it (hence my recent 2 random achieves he got me).
Zombiiiieeeesssss
Just to play as Trejo is worth the 1200MSP. :)
I too am tempted.
Black Ops double XP weekend extended
Get an extra day to level up as the game's Facebook page hits ten million fans
This weekend's Call of Duty: Black Ops double XP weekend has been extended from its usual Friday to Monday timeframe.
"To kick off [new map pack] Escalation's release, we're opening up another Double XP Weekend across all systems," developer Treyarch said.
"Additionally, in celebration of the Call of Duty: Black Ops Facebook page reaching 10 million fans, we'd like to show our thanks to everyone supporting us along the way by expanding the event's usual timeframe.
"Starting this Friday the 6th at 10am PDT, and extending to Tuesday the 10th at 10am PDT, you'll have plenty of time to rake in all the XP you could dream of. Whatever your goal, you've got 4 whole days to get there with twice the speed!"
The Escalation add-on landed on Xbox Live earlier this week. It features four new competitive multiplayer maps and a fresh Zombies level with new playable characters.
Black Ops Rezurrection DLC release date
The Black Ops Rezurrection DLC pack (yes, with a Z), launches on Xbox 360 first â€" on 23rd August. It will, as expected, cost 1200 Microsoft Points.
The map pack goes live on PC and PlayStation 3 by the end of September, Activision said.
The purely zombie affair features five maps. Four are remakes of the World at War Zombies maps Nacht der Untoten, Verruckt, Shi No Numa and Der Riese. These were included in the Hardened and Prestige editions of Black Ops.
The fifth map, Moon, takes the zombies into outer space. Rezurrection will include a special Moon Xbox 360 Dashboard theme and the official Zombies soundtrack, featuring three new tracks.
From 23rd August Hardened and Prestige edition owners can download Rezurrection for free. You'll be able to go into your Download History and re-download the classic pack you already own, and the fresh download will include the new Moon map. You'll also get the soundtrack and theme, too.
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Moon looks awesome, even though i'm not a fan.
The wholse Z thing is a hint to the overarching story.... or something, not just a Z makes this cooler. like MarioKartz
I don't know if I grab this Rezurrection pack OR the Map Pack for GOW2. Probably I'll get both, but for now I have 1200 M$ points and I'll spend it very, very soon (kinda anxious guy O.o)...
GoW2 Maps so close to GoW3 release, is that wise?
Depends on how much you plan on playing Gears 2 after Gears 3 releases.
Personally, once I get my wings I'll probably on revisit Gears 2 for a few odd achievements.
Odd achievements? I'm confused, hasn't everybody got the full 1750 on Gears 2 by now? :P
lol, no but I should have. It wasn't until last month that I even bothered to look at my Gears 2 achievements. Now I'm in a race to get as many as I can before Gears 3.
Quote from: Failed on August 25, 2011, 01:48:44 PM
GoW2 Maps so close to GoW3 release, is that wise?
Not from my perspective, I know I may pick them up if they go on sale again...(maybe) - but I'm also betting on GoW3 releasing a grip of DLC (maps, etc.) soon after its release, somewhat nullifying the use for GoW2 DLC (especially with regards to MP).
Might pick up Dark Corners since there's an additional SP chapter, but it doesn't feel like it's essential to the mess of a story we've got going on with GoW. Final verdict = meh...
*note: If GoW 3 servers go ass up at launch, you may see players revert back to GoW 2, but otherwise expectations for GoW 2 online play feels somewhat limited.
Thank you guys for sharing your point of view...I really don't know if the zombie pack i'll worth, but I'm sure to get GOW3...these days I'm too busy/woried/tired to play a full section of gaming, just turn on the console, play 30 min of *anything* and thats it! Not a wise choise to buy these map pack right now...
I'll wait for any review of this Rezurrection pack, I'm really curious about that...
DOUBLE EXP WEEKEND
Treyarch community manager Josh Olin (@JD_2020) has announced via Twitter that, this weekend, Call of Duty: Black Ops will be holding a double XP event to celebrate Labor Day in America.
The event will start tomorrow at 10am PDT and will run through until Tuesday at 10am PDT. During this time, the Nuketown 24/7 playlist will also be returning.
Quote from: Failed on September 02, 2011, 10:01:10 AM
DOUBLE EXP WEEKEND
Treyarch community manager Josh Olin (@JD_2020) has announced via Twitter that, this weekend, Call of Duty: Black Ops will be holding a double XP event to celebrate Labor Day in America.
The event will start tomorrow at 10am PDT and will run through until Tuesday at 10am PDT. During this time, the Nuketown 24/7 playlist will also be returning.
DOUBLE XP!! AWE- wait, Gears 2 is 15x through Tuesday.....nevermind.
[spoiler]Where am I? Wait, this is COD - nevermind x15. ;) [/spoiler]
x2 just for stabbing someones foot .... awesome!
ha! true dat. 8)