Tag Archives: Call of Duty: Black Ops

Mon, Feb 13, 2012 | 02:54 GMT

Guinness gives Greatest Video Game Ending record to CoD: Black Ops

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It’s official. Call of Duty: Black Ops has the best ending of any video game, ever.

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Mon, Jan 09, 2012 | 23:28 GMT

Black Ops 2 domain back in Activision’s grasp

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Fusible reports the domain registration companied used by Activision Blizzard has acquire blackops2.com, the only missing entry from a spate of registrations right up to Modern Warfare 6 and Black Ops 6. Regardless of whether Treyarch has a sequel in the works for the 2010 smash hit Call of Duty: Black Ops, it makes sense for Activision to keep hold of the domains to protect its brands, so don’t get too excited – yet.

Thanks, gamesradar.

Sun, Dec 18, 2011 | 22:56 GMT

Battlefield 3 makes Google’s 2011 Zeitgeist report

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Battlefield 3 took fifth position in Google’s annual top ten list of fastest-rising search queries, joining the likes of Steve Jobs, Google+, the iPad 2 and Rebecca Black as the year’s hottest topics.

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Mon, Nov 21, 2011 | 14:35 GMT

MLG Providence National Championships – all winners

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Over $60,000 in prizes were awarded at the final stop on the 2011 Major League Gaming Pro Circuit – the National Championships.

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Thu, Oct 20, 2011 | 18:48 BST

MLG Orlando event smashes online viewer records

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Major League Gaming has released its viewership numbers the Orlando, Florida event and for the fourth consecutive time in a row, the viewer record has been shattered.

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Fri, Sep 23, 2011 | 12:02 BST

Friday Shorts: Ninja Gaiden Vita, GoldenEye Stealth, RISK and more

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A blast of piping hot news right to your face, the highlight of which is a crossover of Metal Gear Solid and the board game RISK.

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Mon, Sep 05, 2011 | 07:28 BST

MLG Pro Circuit: Full Results from Raleigh

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Last weekend’s MLG Pro Circuit tournaments drew massive attention to Raleigh, where some of the world’s best pro gamers battled it out for supremacy.

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Thu, Sep 01, 2011 | 22:21 BST

Call of Duty Franchise on sale on Steam

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The entire Call of Duty series is on sale for up to 50% off this weekend on Steam starting today.
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Thu, Sep 01, 2011 | 21:35 BST

Activision sells 18 million Black Ops map packs

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Black Ops map packs are selling through the roof. Also, surprise of the century, Activision is raking in money by the truckload.
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Mon, Aug 29, 2011 | 00:33 BST

MLG: Raleigh Pro Circuit live streaming now

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Forget PAX and Seattle; Raleigh in North Carolina was the place to be this weekend. Check out the action from the Major League Gaming Pro Circuit.

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Wed, Aug 24, 2011 | 09:16 BST

Wednesday Shorts – NASA’s MMO, Kirby Wii, Hirshberg on social gaming

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Today’s little nibbles span all five food groups – social, mobile, promotional, Japanese, and fish.

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Tue, Aug 23, 2011 | 14:18 BST

Black Ops: Rezurrection pack now available from Live

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Activision’s released the Rezurrection map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops on Xbox Live. The pack features four zombie maps – Nacht der Üntoten, Verrückt, Shi No Numa, Der Riese and new map Moon – that were first included in the Hardened or Prestige editions of the game last year. For those who had already purchased either edition already with the map pack, you can redownload it again to get Moon. There’ll also be a double XP weekend to celebrate Rezurrection’s release on CoD XP weekend between September 2-5.

Queue the pack to your 360 here.

Thu, Aug 18, 2011 | 19:49 BST

Black Ops: Rezurrection video shows research in the zombie labs

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The Call of Duty Zombie Labs has identified you as a genuine authority on the art and science of killing zombies, and feels its recent research will prove invaluable to you. It has recently identified a rogue zombie population on the Moon – a horrific population of the angriest undead it’s seen yet. Therefore, it has begun battle preparation for Lunar Deployment.

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Mon, Aug 15, 2011 | 04:23 BST

Australia: Battle of the Clans entry now open

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GAME Australia and Turtle Beach are calling on the best Aussie Halo: Reach and Call of Duty: Black Ops teams to compete in the Battle of the Clans, with a sweet prize pool offering corporate sponsorship.

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Thu, Aug 11, 2011 | 19:17 BST

Black Ops video goes behind the scenes of Rezurrection with Treyarch

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Activision has released a video featuring Treyarch giving a behind-the-scenes look at the Black Ops pack, Rezurrection. The DLC was originally included in the Hardened and Prestige Editions of the game, and includes the Moon level, four re-mastered levels of Zombie lore: Nacht der Untoten, Verruckt, Shi No Numa and Der Riese, the Zombie factory that started it all, an enhanced Zombies Soundtrack including three tracks never before available for purchase. It is set for release on August 23 on Xbox Live for 1200 MS points, with PC and PS3 getting it at a later date.

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Thu, Aug 04, 2011 | 02:20 BST

Treyarch talks multiplayer map design

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Fresh off news of more Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC, Treyarch design director David Vonderhaar has explained how the studio designs multiplayer maps.

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Fri, Jul 15, 2011 | 20:29 BST

Black Ops: Annihilation PC and PS3 to launch on July 28

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Activision’s announced that Annihilation, the third Black Ops map pack, will launch on PC and PS3 on July 28. The pack’s been available for a month now exclusively on Xbox Live as part of a three-year exclusivity deal between Microsoft and Activision. The content will contain four new competitive maps and new zombie area, Shangri-La.

Wed, Jul 06, 2011 | 07:30 BST

Black Ops multiplayer network issues resolved

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Pick up that control pad, soldier. Treyarch has quickly resolved the network issues plaguing Call of Duty: Black Ops is having a few issues earlier today.
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Fri, Jul 01, 2011 | 02:55 BST

Treyarch designers “weren’t always good” at multiplayer maps

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The Annihilation map pack represents Treyarch’s growing skills as level designers, David Vonderhaar has said.

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Wed, Jun 29, 2011 | 08:17 BST

Black Ops: Annihilation zombies video introduces Shangri-La

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Clearly, a chance to use Welcome to the Jungle has been missed. Watch the video after the break, via GameFront. Annihilation is out now for Xbox Live.

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