Call of Duty: Black Ops News

Starcraft II sells 3M, Activision Blizzard reports $51M profit
Megapublisher beats expectations, reports $745 million for July-September quarter; full-year earnings projection revised up to $4.28 billion.
News - Posted Nov 4, 2010 9:41 pm GMT
Mass Effect 2 wins Golden Joystick double
BioWare's action RPG takes the RPG and Ultimate Game of the Year awards at London ceremony; Call of Duty series picks up Shooter and One to Watch gongs.
News - Posted Oct 29, 2010 4:08 pm GMT
Black Ops poised to set preorder record
GameStop says Treyarch-developed Call of Duty title outpacing last year's Modern Warfare 2 figures, on its way to all-time record.
News - Posted Oct 8, 2010 6:50 pm GMT
Game demand down 5% this holiday - NPD
Industry research firm's latest survey shows dip in number of consumers planning on buying games as gifts this year.
News - Posted Oct 7, 2010 10:05 pm GMT
Call of Duty: Black Ops goes 3D
Treyarch's upcoming shooter compatible with 3D-ready televisions, PCs for game's campaign, multiplayer, and zombie modes.
News - Posted Oct 5, 2010 4:10 pm GMT
Activision 'likely' to sell cutscenes as movies
CEO Bobby Kotick suggests publisher could sell $20-$30 stand-alone Starcraft II film built from cinematics and top biggest box office debut ever.
News - Posted Sep 15, 2010 9:44 pm GMT
Oldman, Harris confirmed for Call of Duty: Black Ops
World at War favourite and History of Violence star confirmed for Treyarch's shooter; Dark Knight scribe David S. Goyer helping with script and story.
News - Posted Sep 7, 2010 11:43 am GMT
Call of Duty: Black Ops gets mod support
PC version of Treyarch's upcoming war shooter to have infrastructure for custom maps, game types.
News - Posted Aug 24, 2010 9:51 pm GMT
Call of Duty: Black Ops gets Hardened, Prestige editions
Treyarch's upcoming shooter getting $80 and $150 top-tier versions; latter includes fully operable, video-enabled RC car.
News - Posted Aug 12, 2010 5:34 pm GMT
Call of Duty franchise map packs recruit 20 million
Infinity Ward-, Treyarch-developed installments in Activision's shooter series surpass double-decamillion milestone in lifetime-to-date sales.
News - Posted Aug 2, 2010 10:38 pm GMT
Call of Duty: Black Ops operating on DS
Activision confirms n-Space-developed portable version of Cold War-era shooter will ship alongside console, PC versions Nov. 9.
News - Posted Jul 28, 2010 8:14 pm GMT
Black Ops to sell 12 million - Analyst
Pacific Crest's Evan Wilson raises holiday quarter estimate for next Call of Duty game, but still predicts it to fall far short of Modern Warfare 2's sales pace.
News - Posted Jul 9, 2010 7:28 pm GMT
Rage, 3DS top Game Critics' E3 Awards
Postapocalyptic combat racer takes home three awards, but Nintendo's new handheld walks off with Best of Show.
News - Posted Jul 7, 2010 12:05 am GMT
Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2010 noms en-Rage-d
Id's postapocalyptic actioner leads multipublication panel's award nominees; Epic Mickey, Dance Central, and Portal 2 all net four nods each; winners to be revealed next week.
News - Posted Jun 29, 2010 11:29 pm GMT
3DS is 'brilliant' - Activision COO
E3 2010: In an in-depth interview, Thomas Tippl singles out Nintendo handheld for praise, explains publisher's lack of Kinect and Move games, downplays criticism from "vocal minority."
News - Posted Jun 18, 2010 1:21 am GMT
Modern Warfare 2 sells 20 million, Activision eyeing used market
E3 2010: In analyst presentation, Activision says there's an "insatiable" market for new shooters, aims to be most profitable entertainment company within 10 years; planning ways to get a piece of the $500 million used-game industry.
News - Posted Jun 15, 2010 5:05 am GMT
Music stars align with Activision
E3 2010: Soundgarden to release its first track in 13 years exclusively in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock; Eminem to do his part for Call of Duty: Black Ops.
News - Posted Jun 14, 2010 3:38 pm GMT
The Last Word: May 24-28
Last week of May sees Video Game History Month draw to a close, reviews for ModNation Racers, Blur, Alpha Protocol, and UFC 2010 and early looks at Killzone 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops.
News - Posted May 29, 2010 1:17 am GMT
Activision registers sci-fi Call of Duty domains
Call of Duty: Future Warfare, Space Warfare, Secret Warfare, and Advanced Warfare domains all locked down by megapublisher.
News - Posted May 14, 2010 2:34 pm GMT
Call of Duty: Black Ops coming to Wii - Report
USA Today lists Nintendo's system among platforms for Treyarch-developed, Cold War-era shooter, due November 9.
News - Posted May 12, 2010 12:52 am GMT