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• Black Ops 2 video goes behind-the-scenes of Guy Ritchie's "Surprise" trailer

  A new Black Ops 2 video has been released, featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the live-action “Surprise” trailer directed by Guy Ritchie. The trailer features an all-star cast which includes Robert Downey Jr., Justine “iJustine” Ezarik, and FPS Russia. Black Ops 2 is available at retail now.

• Call of Duty Elite will not launch with Black Ops 2 on Wii U

  Call of Duty Elite will not be available for Wii U players when Black Ops 2 launches in November, Activision has confirmed to Kotaku.

• Black Ops 2 is Back in Black with this launch trailer

  Black Ops 2’s launch trailer, which aired tonight during the World Cup qualifier is below. Enjoy the video below. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 releases worldwide on November 13.

• Black Ops: Declassified on Vita will not contain zombies

  Black Ops: Declassified on Vita will not contain zombies, according to Activision.

• Black Ops 2 multiplayer innovates, yet remains 'true to the core', says Treyarch

  Black Ops 2 multiplayer will be innovative without venturing too far from what makes it the “lifeblood” of the Call of Duty franchise, Treyarch boss Mark Lamia has said.

• Black Ops releasing on Mac next week, includes First Strike Content Pack

  Call of Duty: Black Ops will finally land on Mac next week, according to Aspyr.

• Black Ops: Declassified - Treyarch's only hand in development was "to ensure accuracies within the fiction"

  Black Ops – Declassified does not have Call of Duty mainstays Treyarch or Infinity Ward involved with the gameplay development of the Vita shooter, Treyarch has stated.

• Black Ops 2 - new multiplayer features and gameplay detailed

  Black Ops 2 multiplayer features, have been detailed by Treyarch in the latest One of Swords podcast.

• Lamia hopes "people are excited by the changes," coming to Black Ops 2

  Black Ops 2 will be different from Black Ops 1, according to Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia, and he hopes gamers will be “excited by the changes,” the developer has implemented into the series.

• Black Ops: Declassified multiplayer - shooting blanks

  Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified is a second chance for Sony to show that Vita can support epic shooters. Alarm bells are already ringing in the ears of VG247’s Dave Cook.

• Black Ops II trailer introduces the villain Raul Menendez

  Activision has released a new trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops II entitled “Villain Trailer”. It gives you the first glimpse of Raul Menendez, “the most insidious villain in Call of Duty history,” and “idolized as the heor of the 99%.” Watch it below, highlighted with Reznor’s score. Game’s out in November on PC, […]

• Massive Call of Duty DLC sale to benefit charity

  Throughout July, a huge pile of Black Ops and Modern Warfare 3 DLC is on sale at 50% off. Even better, if you take the opportunity to pick up some DLC on the cheap, Activision Blizzard will send a whack of the cash to Call of Duty Endowment, a not-for-profit veteran support agency. The promotion […]

• Nuketown to return as limited edition offering in Black Ops II

  The popular Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer map Nuketown will be returning in this year’s Black Ops II with a futuristic appearance, as a limited edition inclusion.

• Walmart listing outs Black Ops: Declassified details

  Walmart has dropped the first set of details on Black Ops: Declassified in a retail listing for the Vita title.

• "Official investigative documentary trailers" released for Black Ops 2

  Below the break are videos for Black Ops 2 featuring Ollie North, Wired for War author Peter Singer, and US Army Special Forces Major Alex Brown discussing the various aspects of the game’s story as well as what war in the future is going “to look like,” and how what “starts in our imagination can […]

• Modern Warfare 3 sales begin to lag, fall behind Black Ops

  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 may have set a new record for the biggest entertainment launch in history, but a decline in ongoing sales has caused the title to be overtaken in life-to-date sales for the same period by series’ predecessor Call of Duty: Black Ops.

• Black Ops Zombies iOS update brings new map and weapons

  Call of Duty: Black Ops may have faded into the distance as people dump countless hours in Modern Warfare 3 and await the next CoD, but Black Ops Zombies on iOS is going strong.  Here’s the latest.

• Modern Warfare 3 UK sales down year-over-year compared to Black Ops

  ERA’s 2011 UK Entertainment reports shows that between its release on November 8 through the end of  2011, Modern Warfare 3 moved 2,814,609 units in the region, a number which falls 451,789 copies short of its predecessor, Black Ops for the same period in 2010, when it moved 3,266,298 copies. The Call of Duty series wasn’t the […]

• NPD: Black Ops has moved 15 million units since release

  A list released by NPD, apparently included in Ubisoft’s earnings report today, cites Call of Duty: Black Ops as selling close to 15 million copies in the US as of September 2011.