Call of Duty: Black Ops Revealed

Post by Steve Farrelly @ 09:37am 03/05/10 | 16 Comments

Activision and Treyarch officially unveiled the next iteration of Call of Duty over the weekend, revealing Call of Duty: Black Ops; a post-WWII game that would instead focus on the Vietnam conflict as its base of player operations, the first time the series has shifted its historical foundations beyond the second World War (obviously excluding Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2).

"We have focused our entire studio on this game," Treyarch boss Mark Lamia said in a statement. "With dedicated multiplayer, single-player and co-op teams creating the most intense, gripping and riveting experience possible for our fans on all fronts."

The GAME UK website also lists a description of the title, revealing that you will "witness the birth of the Elite Special Forces and take part in off-the-record missions using unconventional weaponry to get the job done! From Cuba to the Arctic and the jungles of Vietnam, Call of Duty: Black Ops features stunning cinematic graphics and intense gameplay that puts you right at the heart of the action".

Call of Duty: Black Ops is due to release on the 9th of November this year. We have the trailer available for download right here, or you can watch it streaming embedded below. (Is it just me or does there appear to be a Jacob's Ladder element to this?)

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Sc00bs
Posted 09:46am 03/5/10

wooohooo labour day

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Mr.Bumpy
Posted 10:37am 03/5/10

I think he means that there are separate dedicated teams working on the multiplayer, single-player and co-op side of the game, not the game shipping with dedicated multiplayer server support.

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Reality
Posted 10:39am 03/5/10

if they let enable the console, keep the weapons balanced and make sure there is no chopper gunner killstreak, they may be on to something.

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Steve Farrelly
Posted 10:45am 03/5/10

Mr Bumpy, that was me being cheeky, but I have a feeling they'll be utilising DS

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HurricaneJim
Posted 11:11am 03/5/10

if they let enable the console, keep the weapons balanced and make sure there is no chopper gunner killstreak, they may be on to something.

Well they did have the AC130A Spooky back then, as well as the AH1 Cobra. Lets not forget either Napalm and Agent Orange . Weapons wise;

M14
M16
XM177 (CAR-15 Commando)
M1 carbine
BAR
M1A1
M1C
M60
M72
M1911 Colt
.22 Hush Puppy
SKS
AK47
RPK
PKM
Mosin-Nagant 1891 PSU
RPG2
various shotguns

to name a few.

Of course there is the ubiquitous claymore, as well as the funky punji. Lets not forget that tks were common including fraging your squad leader. View it as the transitory era where WWII weaponry were phased out for Assault rifles

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Josh
Posted 11:29am 03/5/10

Looks cool, interesting take on how they did that, I hope that stays as part of the story.

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lewd
Posted 01:00pm 03/5/10

looks ausome..........

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Basket
Posted 01:32pm 03/5/10

milk cod more wow

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Trauma
Posted 01:32pm 03/5/10

I think he means that there are separate dedicated teams working on the multiplayer, single-player and co-op side of the game, not the game shipping with dedicated multiplayer server support.

Yea that was f*****g sneaky, I had to re read it also. Only point of interest was the chopper, seems you are the pilot or they just chopped a part of a cut scene in to get ppl over excited but I can't see a player controlled chopper working in COD.

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Mattressi
Posted 03:32pm 03/5/10

I won't be buying this, even if it does come with dedicated servers (and I actually mean that; I never bought that terrible MW2 and laughed at all PC gamers who bought it then b****ed about how much multiplayer sucked). If it does come with dedicated servers, it just means that Activision was hit hard enough in sales (compared to what they expected) of the PC version of MW2 that they will finally concede defeat. If that's the case, it shows that no matter what feature their fans are crying out for they won't give it to them until they've released the game and didn't get as many sales as expected. And then they won't patch it into the game, they'll just release a new game with the feature forcing fans to buy another game.

Screw them. It feels immoral to give money to Activision.

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Steve Farrelly
Posted 04:38pm 03/5/10

actually, the dedicated server issue was never an internal activision decision - it was infinity ward. If treyarch deliver with dedicated servers, it's because they believe in the model. That actually has nothing to do with activision...

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iWhoop
Posted 08:00pm 03/5/10

Do not want. After MW2 I'll be avoiding this no matter how good it is. I could put up with no dedicated servers but making us pay for maps when other games have had community provided content for free for years? They can bite my shiny metal ass.

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Mattressi
Posted 01:04am 04/5/10

Steve, if that really is the case then I'm lost; which side do I go for in the IW vs Activision debate?? On one side there's a team that refuses to listen to it's PC fanbase (as if it is difficult to implement dedicated servers as well as their other crap) and on the other...well it's Activision, it speaks for itself. Maybe I should hope the splitting of one giant evil force into two smaller evil forces will bring them both down...

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Trauma
Posted 03:05am 04/5/10

Ultimately the publisher signed off on the IWnet s***. The buck stops with the publisher.

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trillion
Posted 03:32am 04/5/10

Steve you cheeky monkey with the Jacob's Ladder reference

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trog
Posted 09:43am 04/5/10

Steve, if that really is the case then I'm lost; which side do I go for in the IW vs Activision debate??

Go for the side that is going to make games that are worth spending your hard-earned money on! Everything else is just window dressing.

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