Activision has confirmed that the currently 360 exclusive Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike map pack will be released on the PS3 on March 3rd. It will also be hitting the PC by April, too. The DLC was purchased 1.4 million times within 24 hours of its February 1st launch on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Treyarch have unveiled some interesting Black Ops facts. They said that the three most-picked perks are: Marathon, Sleight of Hand and Lightweight. The most popular guns are the Famas, the AK-74u and the Galil. The deadliest Killstreak is the RC-XD surprisingly, with the Attack Helicopter, Napalm Strike and Chopper Gunner behind. There has been 242 million knife stabbings in Black Ops, and over one trillion shots have been fired with Read More ...
Treyarch has released an update for the PS3 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops. What’s funny about this patch is that it comes on the same day as Gamers’ Voice reported Activision UK to the Office of Fair Trading over the “never-ending list of problems” with the game. The new update is called 1.06 and many players are stating that the usual issues (lag, disconnection, etc.) are still in Read More ...
Consumer rights group Gamers’ Voice has said that they plan to report Activision UK to the Office for Fair Trading. Apparently, they are doing this because of the “never-ending list of problems” gamers have found with the PC and PS3 versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops. The formal complaint will be submitted to “the relevant government agencies that protect consumer rights in the UK” this week. The report follows Read More ...
Treyarch has announced that they have released a new patch for the PlayStation 3 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops. It’s called patch 1.05, and expands the game’s capability to open NATs on routers among improving party reliability. Patch 1.04 caused widespread carnage, causing the game to go crazy and disconnect gamers all the time during matches that could’ve decided life or death.
Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops has generated more than $1 billion for Activision in just six weeks on sale. Players have spent a combined 600 million hours playing the game’s online multiplayer mode. Microsoft says the average player jumps on once a day for more than an hour. “In all of entertainment, only Call Of Duty and Avatar have ever achieved the billion dollar milestone this Read More ...
Not content with the astronomical sales of Black Ops, Activision and Treyarch have announced the first map pack for the game; First Strike. It will be released on 1st February for 1200 Allards and will be 360 exclusive at first before expanding to other systems. The DLC includes four new maps: Discovery (the Antarctic research station from the campaign), Kowloon (set on the rooftops of Hong Kong), Berlin Wall and Read More ...
In an embarrassing u-turn for the under-fire developers, Treyarch has admitted that the PS3 Call of Duty: Black Ops patch they released this week did screw up the game. “We are aware that many online players have been experiencing connectivity issues since Tuesday’s patch,” said Black Ops community manager Josh Olin on the official forum. “We have been working hard to track down the cause and fix them as quickly Read More ...
Oh snap. We’ve just seen some gamers flip out over the new Call of Duty: Black Ops patch for the PS3 version of the game. The Black Ops forum is up in arms over the new PS3 patch, which appears to have made it more difficult to find games. Apparently when you do get into a game now, there is a strong possibility it will freeze. Developers have been trying Read More ...
Treyarch has detailed what to expect from the next Call of Duty: Black Ops patch for the 360 version of the game. The patch is due out in a few weeks time, and takes aim at some naughty folk that have been trolling good honest gamers. Expect some dodgy exploits to be vanquished, glitches destroyed and Prestige fixes. The full list of fixes is available after the break.
With Infinity Ward in disarray and the Modern Warfare titles in questionable limbo, it’s time for Treyarch to once again take spot in the rotation and step up to the plate. While Modern Warfare 2 received glowing reviews and all kinds of praise up the yin yang, gamers were perplexed considering the game had bugs and game ruining exploits that left hardcore gamers with outrage and wondering why the game Read More ...
Treyarch has released a title update for the 360 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops. There are quite a few fixes and updates that should make matchmaking faster. Treyarch has also improved the party system to stop parties getting broken up. Beforehand, the game would happily break up parties like the American police force. Have a look at all the fixes on the official Call of Duty forum.
An interesting mystery-solving gang has finally solved the riddle of the Call of Duty: Black Ops mannequin easter egg riddle. We won’t spoil what happens when you shoot the mannequins’ heads in record time, but it is a fun little hidden secret if a little disappointing.
Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops sold 5.6 million copies in the US and the UK combined in one day. That’s more than Modern Warfare 2’s record of 4.7 million copies in the same regions and timeframe. Black Ops sales generated $360 million for Activision. In comparison, Modern Warfare 2 only made $310 million. “There has never been another entertainment franchise that has set opening day records Read More ...
Some folks across the internet have figured out how to unlock some hidden goodies in Call of Duty: Black Ops. Launch the game and press the Start button. When the option to select Campaign, Multiplayer, instead repeatedly press R2+L2 (RT+LT on 360), you should remove the shackles (whilst also earning a trophy/achievement). Next, go to the computer and use it. It will ask for a code on a DOS prompt, Read More ...
