Call of Duty: Black Ops has been publicly smashing all sorts of records since its release at the start of November. It has topped sales charts across all formats; there is talk of new downloadable content coming as early as February 2011 and this week the game passed the $1 billion in sales milestone, that’s roughly £648 million. The figures actually come direct from...
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The downloadable and updated content for Call of Duty: Black Ops will arrive in February as predicted, however, due to a deal penned in 2009 the downloadable content (DLC) will come exclusively to the Xbox 360 first with many suggesting a later arrival on the PS3 and pc – how much later is unknown but it is unlikely to be any more than a matter of weeks. The DLC will...
A few weeks ago we wrote about the effects social networking is having on Britain, some people may have concern with the amount of time they or others spend online but that study was based on adults, so it’s their choice. This week the senior leadership team (SLT) at a school in Wokingham have raised concerns over the amount of time pupils are spending playing computer...
It seems Treyarch aren’t about to rest on their laurels after their recent patch, they have announced that the latest hit Call of Duty: Black Ops will continue to receive updates via patches tailored around gamers feedback. Black Ops regained the coveted top sales spot across all platforms last week and the developers want to keep the momentum going by rolling out updates...
Our Call of Duty: Black Ops review as well as countless other player reviews across the internet has shown that the game is awesome despite glitches and bugs – if only Treyarch would rush out a patch, well today they did just that for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Here is the Tweet from Josh Olin of Treyarch: The patch has updated the multiplayer functions allowing...
Call of duty is the leader of the FPS genre. The series has sold millions of copies and has made a massive name for itself amongst gamers around the globe. The series has covered a range of eras and scenarios from World War 2 to the covert ops seen today. Recently Treyarch have taken the wheel once more to Produce the hotly anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops. Single...
You don’t need me to tell you Call of Duty: Black Ops came out this week and if you do, where have you been? The release has seen record sales that have eclipsed the record held for over year by Modern Warfare 2 – Black Ops sold 1.4 Million copies on the first day of sale in the UK alone. The sales figures mean COD: Black Ops beat its predecessor by 14%, that’s 196,000...
One of the first Call of Duty: Blackops missions involves the former Cuban President Fidel Castro, gamers are ‘encouraged’ to assassinate the former leader, do you think this has gone down well in Cuba? You bet your ass it hasn’t – uproar has erupted on the website Cubadebate, with government leaders voicing their opinions in the public domain. Government officials...
Call of Duty: Black ops was launched in the UK last night off the back of the most successful pre-order campaign of any game in history. The brand new game sees characters perform covert missions during the cold war era with missions spanning the Soviet Union and Vietnam. The game features an all new ‘wager match’ feature where gamers can bet against each other using...
The tagline for the all new ‘live’ version of the Call of duty Black ops is ‘there’s a soldier in all of us’. And if the advert is anything to go by we would have to agree because the advert stars Jimmy Kimmel and Kobe Bryant – two american celebrities not primarily known for their soldiering skills. The whole advert is all a bit wierd,...