Xbox and Activision take a deeper look into Call of Duty: Black Ops’ Map Pack called Annihilation…

Treyarch released updates for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3:

Call of Duty: Black Ops for PlayStation 3:
6/29/11 (Patch 1.10)
• Security Updates.
• New playlists – Flags and Bombs
• C4 can no longer be warped to player carrying bomb in S&D and Sabotage.
• Removed erroneous “Reset to Default” message when trying to load a DLC map you do not have.
• In-game icons (care package icons, etc) no longer appear in the Create A Class menu.
• Setting your console date in the future no longer causes inaccurate timestamps in Recent Players
• Additional weapon balancing.
• Ninja Pro Perk no longer makes sounds when mantling or diving to prone.

Call of Duty: Black Ops for Xbox 360:
6/23/11 (Title Update 10)
• Security Updates.
• New playlists – Flags and Bombs
• C4 can no longer be warped to player carrying bomb in S&D and Sabotage.
• Removed erroneous “Reset to Default” message when trying to load a DLC map you do not have.
• In-game icons (care package icons, etc) no longer appear in the Create A Class menu.
• Support for Annihilation map pack, available June 28th on Xbox LIVE!
• Fix for a rare crash related to weapons.
• Game no longer crashes when Xbox LIVE servers are down.
• Additional weapon balancing.
• Ninja Pro Perk no longer makes sounds when mantling or diving to prone.

As I reported before, Double XP weekend begins on Friday, July 1st, but Josh Olin, the Treyarch Community Manager posted a tweet detailing this coming friday’s Double XP weekend.

He said that the event runs from this friday morning July 1st, to the coming monday July 5th. Although, usually they celebrate Double XP weekend on the wake of a new Map Pack, such as the recently released Annihilation, this particular Double XP is special because it’s Fourth of July on Sunday. So, to celebrate freedom of America all over United States, go rank up!

You can start racking up your XP with this particular Double XP weekend at 10am PST/1pm EST this friday, and it ends at the same exact time on monday morning. On top of that, the Double XP weekend is also open across all three game consoles; Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Have fun!

We took a good first look at Annihilation’s 4 maps through walkthroughs, and now we bring you gameplay of each map:

Are you ready to pluck down 1200 points to get Black Ops Annihilation?

And so, footage of Call of Duty: Black Ops’ new Content Pack dubbed “Annihilation” is making rounds on the internet:

Remember, the map pack is available on Xbox Live only for now. The PS3 and PC versions will arrive at least a month from now. Late July the latest.

What started as a leak turned rather official. Map Pack 3 is on it’s way, and Activision today released the official debut trailer for Annihilation that’s slated to release on June 28th:

A new weapon has been added to the Black Ops foray with Annihilation. [source]

If you’re new to Call of Duty, and want to catch up on all of these DLC’s, Activision is bundling First Strike with a limited run of Call of Duty: Black Ops. [source] Join the 20 million plus community of gamers today! [source]

As leaked before, Black Ops’ third Map Pack has been officially revealed. Check out the trailer below:

The map pack releases first on Xbox Live on June 28th, 2011. The map will include 5 multiplayer maps: Hangar 18, Drive-In, Silo, Hazard, and an extra map for Zombie fans.

Well, after the release of First Strike, and Escalation. Call of Duty fans were expecting it, and they’re getting it. It started out as a leak through youtube, which you will soon learn. The Map Pack was originally thought to be “Retaliation.” As you can see, it is shown via an Xbox Live user who found it as a glitch.

A very popular Call of Duty: Black Ops site called Digital Warfare 24/7 broke the story to the world when they stumbled across a GameStop promotional poster, but another website got a-hold of a better picture:

Call of Duty: Black Ops Map Pack 3

Notice that the poster shows the exact date for the launch of Black Ops’ new Map Pack: June 28th, 2011. That’s roughly a week from now. This means an announcement is just around the corner.

There seems to be 5 maps included in this map pack: Hangar 18, Drive-In, Silo, Hazard, and an extra map for Zombie fans. Are you ready to back into Black Ops again?

Another thing to consider is that this Map Pack seems to coincide with upcoming Call of Duty Elite beta coming in July. [MW3Blog article] CODElite applies to Black Ops, in fact, the beta will work with Black Ops, and the full launch of the service will go live alongside MW3 release.

Just remember, the Map Pack will release on Xbox Live first. Microsoft and Activision signed a multi-year contract. [article]

Funny video of Black Ops with LEGO. Enjoy!

Limited Edition PS3 Call of Duty: Black Ops Bundle Coming Soon

Regardless of the fact that Activision signed a multi-year, multi-title contract with Microsoft. Sony decides to make nice-y nice with Activision by bringing a Limited Edition bundle to PS3. The bundle comes with a 160GB PS3 hardware, one PS3 controller, one Black Ops video game, and a redeemable coupon code for Black Ops’ first map pack called “First Strike.” To see the gameplay trailer of First Strike, here it is. The bundle arrives May 31st at retailers nationwide with a suggested retail price of $299.

Are you excited!?