Funny video of Black Ops with LEGO. Enjoy!

Call of Duty keeps getting bigger, bigger, and bigger. In 2009, Modern Warfare 2 garnered 550 million dollars in sales – taking the throne for the best selling video game of all time from Gran Theft Auto IV. This is merely just in one week. Well, in 2010, Activision outdone themselves by racking up 650 million dollars in just a week, barely even a week.

Activision and Microsoft made a deal in June. This contract between the two parties means that from Modern Warfare 2′s Map Packs on, the DLC’s that Activision develops are entirely time-exclusive to Microsoft’s Xbox Live platform. This means that for exactly one month, any DLC that Activision releases is exclusive to Microsoft’s green console.

Black Ops’ first Map Pack dubbed “First Strike” actually the third Map Pack to release under the agreement between Microsoft and Activision. Treyarch, the subsidiary of Acivision released a trailer talking about the Map Pack:

Treyarch released, yet another trailer, but only showing off the maps themselves, and some gameplay footage using the maps. It shows off some new gameplay mechanics:

With only a day away from release (tomorrow is Feb 1st), a user managed to get their hands on First Strike, and showed off the Zombie map called “Ascension.”

It will cost you 1200 or $15. What you get in this “Content Pack” is 4 Multiplayer Maps, and one co-op map for the Zombie mode in Black Ops. Treyarch says that the DLC is more than just a map pack.

We are 9 days away from the release of Black Ops! It is a Call of Duty game from Treyarch. It will ship to retailers nationwide for Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, PC. November 9th is going to be a very busy day for Activision and retailers who plan to carry Black Ops. Are you ready? Because millions and millions of players are awaiting the release of Black Ops!

Call of Duty: Black Ops has been building up more, and more hype, which in turn creating more talk, more speculation. Recently, Treyarch teased about a huge multiplayer reveal. Yesterday, Sept 1st came and gone. What we DIDN’T know, was that the reveal was going to be from a press-only premiere event. I’ve seen some impressions already, so there should be a lot of information to look up. For now, you can check out the full multiplayer reveal:

Here’s what I noticed in the trailer:


First, the game modes are:


One in the chamber: Everyone in the lobby begins the match with a pistol. Each player has 3 lives. You kill someone, you gain a bullet in your pistol.


Sticks and stones: Everyone starts with ballistic knives, and a crossbow. You also have a tomahawk. If you kill someone with a tomahawk, they’re bankrupt. I’m guessing they lose the two weapons – and rely on picking up a weapon elsewhere.


Gun Game: I think this is an Old School match with a twist; you begin the match with a randomly selected gun. Every person in the lobby has the same randomly selected gun. The catch is, if you die, you lose both a level, and a gun you had in your disposal. However, if you kill someone, you gain a better weapon than you previously had.


Treyarch is dead serious about customization which is what you’ll be seeing from here on out; Treyarch is making the tagline “Compete, Customize and Create” as the slogan for the mulitplayer portion of Black Ops. One of the major changes is the fact that your XP is now known as the “Call of Duty Points.” They’re “money” in the COD world. This means, that every kill that used to net you XP is now seen as a bartering service. You can buy weapons, and equipments with CP. This means, if you buy a weapon or equipment, you’re going to have to regain that amount of CP to continue onto leveling up to the next level or prestige.





Create a Class: There’s a brand new create a class menu; every time you change perks, you change your character’s appearance. The changes are determined by tier 1 perks. If you equip the Flak Jacket perk, you get an armored appearance.


Controls Altered: Treyarch altered the controller setup a bit; the right thumper will activate lethal stuff. While the left thumper will activate any tactical equipment/weapons. There’s a new category for equipment; deployable weapons.


Diving: If you sprint and go prone at the same time, you will dive into the ground.



Highest KillStreak is 11 – Cue the #%@&ing facepalm. Here’s to hoping the killstreaks aren’t customizable as MW2 was.


No Stopping Power. Epic Fail. There’s no countering Flak Jacket users.


Custom Red Dots – Smiley-Holo is just one of the customizable Red Dots for your weapons.


The KillStreaks are:


- RC-XD – A remote controlled car that also explodes.
- Sam Turret – It looks like a turret designed to counter-attack killstreak helicopters/gunships.
- Grim Reaper – A rocket launcher that explodes at the player or surrounding objects.
- GunShips – Take control of a gunship. You’re the pilot.


Perks and Camos are unlocked via “Call of Duty Credits.” Not sure if it is the same thing as the CP’s mentioned earlier.


What do you think? Awesome? Crazy? Are you excited? We’ll have more in the coming months as we approach the Nov 9 launch date for the game.


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Activision has been tight-lipped about the multiplayer aspects of Call of Duty: Black Ops. They’ve been hyping more about the single player aspects of the game recently. Being able to fly a hovering helicopter and throwing missiles and causing chaos on lush environments? SIGN ME UP! Black Ops is everywhere – basketball game, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and all over the internet. So, Josh Olin (@JD_2020) released a teaser trailer for COD: Black Ops’ Multiplayer.

What I get from the trailer is that Treyarch has copied almost everything from MW2. But the trade-up here is that there are some new gameplay mechanics teased in here.


- Skewer: I don’t know wether I read it right or not, but I’ll give it a stab: “Stealth killed an enemy with the ballistic knife.” Meaning that you can be stealthy in the game. I am getting the feeling that treyarch is looking for more stealthy players.


- Security Cameras: At the start of the trailer, we’re introduced to the radar being replaced by a security camera – as you sneak in, you’re being shown from the direction you came in from. And you can actually pick the camera up and use it as you like.


- New CallSigns: Introduced in MW2, treyarch implements their own callsigns – and this time, they’re going the mile by awarding people background “titles.”


- Crossbow: I think this thing will replace Semtex Grenades entirely for some people; you can throw a stickable arrow at your enemy, and a bomb will go off.


- Remote Controlled Cars: This one will be very frustrating for some people. But you can control small cars to crash into people or explode once detonated.


- Remote Controlled Missles? Some people are saying it looks like a predator missile, but upon close inspection, it was horizontal, not vertical.


- Recordable Matches: I dunno if its for full-game, or its for Game Winning Kill…. but its something that a lot of people have requested and wanted. It looks like you can rewind, fast forward, and all the recording tools, and even better: First person or Third person. You can grab a screenshot, too!


I’m lovin’ what I see so far, hopefully we know more information about Black Ops when they release the full multiplayer trailer on September 1st!

Recently, we’ve gotten a teaser trailer, and premiere trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Last night, the publisher of Call of Duty 7 held a conference of their own and gaming sites have gotten ahold of first gameplay footage of Black Ops. I know its not much, but its somethin’ somethin’! And I tell ya, it looks AWESOME!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

BOOM!

Activision and Treyarch has been on a hype-train since they revealed COD7 to be Call of Duty: Black Ops. They released a tease trailer on May 1st, on Spike TV’s GameTrailers show. Since then, a lot of information has surfaced. A lot of speculation about COD: Black Ops has been giving Black Ops a lot of attention. The game looks to take place in the Cold War era. Ya know, where secrets and lies are the norm?

Activision has been going through hard times with Infinity Ward after all they’ve done for IW. However, with COD7, they’re going to squeeze every last ounce of marketing muscle for Treyarch, even though they haven’t been doing so in recent times. The full premiere trailer was broadcasted during a NBA Eastern Conference Finals commercial break or two, just like Activision did with MW2.