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Call of Duty: Black Ops deploying November 9

[UPDATE] Teaser Web site reveals launch date of Treyarch's next installment in series; co-op mode, Vietnamese, Cuban, and Arctic locales confirmed; full trailer inside.

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Though it wasn't supposed to be officially revealed until later tonight, the next Call of Duty game has been unmasked early. The official Web site of the game, subtitled Black Ops, went live this morning, revealing its launch date of November 9, 2010. The bare-bones site revealed no other details about the game, which is in development at internal studio Treyarch, developer of the 11-million-unit best-seller Call of Duty: World at War.

Call of Duty is gunning for early November...again.
Call of Duty is gunning for early November...again.

[UPDATE] Activision has now officially announced Call of Duty: Black Ops, which it says will "take players behind enemy lines in an entirely new chapter" of the first-person shooter series. The publisher confirmed that the game will have a single-player campaign, competitive multiplayer, and a co-op mode. It is unclear if the co-op mode will be for the entire campaign or will have a more limited scope as in Modern Warfare 2's Special Ops mode.

Today's revelation follows rumors that the next Call of Duty game would focus on either the Vietnam War or, as now appears more likely, various regional and guerrilla conflicts that broke out during the Cold War. Silicon Valley blog VentureBeat went so far in an article yesterday as to say that the game would be titled Call of Duty: Vietnam, which is now obviously not the case.

[UPDATE 2] UK retailer GAME has apparently confirmed the multinational Cold War setting in its product description for the game, which reads: "Call of Duty Black Ops is the next installment in the thrilling Call of Duty franchise. Packing an amazing single-player story that will see you fight across the globe in locations such as Cuba, Vietnam and the Arctic." Since Vince Zampella and Jason Ward's lawsuit against Activision said Infinity Ward had control of all Call of Duty games set after the Vietnam War, a Cold War setting is almost assured.

The Black Ops announcement is a positive piece of news for Activision's Call of Duty series, following weeks of negative press surrounding the franchise. Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward has been at the center of Activision's problems, with more than 26 key staff members resigning and many joining the studio's fired cofounders Jason West and Vince Zampella at their new startup, Respawn Entertainment. On Tuesday, 38 former and current Infinity Ward employees sued Activision for $150 million to $625 million, claiming nonpayment of Modern Warfare 2 bonuses and royalties.

For a closer look at Treyarch's last game, Call of Duty: World at War, watch the video review below.

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they seriously need to chill with all those cod's...

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damn thought the video was of the new game

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Well thats a surprise, didn't expect to see anything call of duty again after all thats gone on

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cod series died at MW2.... cod 5 sucked as well but nazi zombies was awesome! Anyway this is going to be crap and I can't wait to watch everyone throw their money away towards a dying franchise.

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WaW was pretty impressive, and Nazi Zombie mode was just too awesome. Count me in for this new COD: Black Ops game from Treyarch.

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Well I do like call of duty, but I also like borderlands, crysis, fallout3, and the whole crapload of other FPS games out there, dont think I need any more for a while, got a ton Ive never even finished. By the way modern warfare and the first call of duty are probably the only FPS games Ive ever played all the way through!

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@ cowmaster2k3 thank you

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@JustinMcCrary Even though your post is a blinding wall of text... I agree with what you're saying. I am enjoying the heck out of MW2 still and not ashamed to say so. I am also looking forward to Black Ops as I was impressed with what Treyarch was able to do with WAW.

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Call of Duty Cold War or Call of Duty Vietnam War was the best title for this cod7;)

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ok to set the record straight " call of duty" does not mean its the same as every other company. MWF is made by infinityward while this branch is made by treyarch! just because the publisher is activision does not mean its made by the same people. so all i know is there has been 2 MWF and 1 treyarch shooter in the last 4 years so stop saying clone. fuK you guys it will make a ton of money who cares. and those of you they say you wont play it odds are you will. dang i cant wait till MWF3 comes out then all i will here is ahhhhh wtf theres now 9 call of dutys. NO there would be 3 MWF a trilogy wtf Game/Movie has ever had a dualagy wtf that word dosnt even exists. studios are different developers so stop yelling. and last question if bungie joins activision would they finally get ranted on about clones? my count there are 5 games with the name halo in them and soon to be 6 i really think they are milking that too. oh wait no they cant be because they are not activision.. yet. and halo is made all by the same studio?????? so people stop yelling and get back too playing MWF2 which im sure most of you are secretly playing right now because at the moment there is nothing better!!!!!

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Call of duty kill streak rewards 3 kills-recon plane. 4 kills- counter recon. 5 kills-artillery 7 kills-dogs 8 kills-helicopter 11 kills-tank 15 kills-Ray gun :)

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Each COD takes 2 years of production in between products.. each Madden is 1 year... Saying "oh this time of year again" isn't really fair since there has been 2 dedicated teams working on standalone experiences. I am excited to see what Treyarch comes up with for the latest entry. WAW really saved their rep imo.

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Treyarch pwns Infinity Ward!!!

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I know this probably will never happen to the series but the only way I am going to buy another COD game is if they make a relatively big change to mix it up. Like make this "Black Ops" COD game a huge Sandbox type FPS instead of the scripted linear stuff we have seen every year over and over again in COD games. And for god sakes would it hurt to throw in a masterchief or two?

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Oh, it's THIS time of the year again... But jokes aside, I wish they had introduced this game instead of WaW. Oh, and you could probably guess what the game's been about for I don't know...THREE YEARS NOW--black ops, special forces, james bond. I want me some vanilla military action! COD has lost its magic.

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@ zodiackilla I eat players like you for breakfast in addition to not camping while I do it. I got you beat both ways. :) On topic: ugh, another CoD? They better do something really new if they want my money.

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@IKnifeU a GOOD vietnam shooter for the 360? yeah me neither

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@DrPhartPounder *nice name btw a vietnam shooter for the 360? heard of Shellshock 2?

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Cool I guess. But no way near as badass as Red Dead Redemption....Unless it has Zombies, that's the only way

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Sounds good. Looking forward to it.

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@maybock3000 or you could go find some real chicks to get with

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here's the trailer.... << LINK REMOVED >>

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While people may have an issue with the respawning of Call of Duty titles so quick I was a massive fan of World at War so I'm looking forward to the next installment from Treyarch. At least they've had two years to work on a sequel so i hope we see some interesting new elements.

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Thank god! A Vietnam shooter for the 360 I've waited for this for a long time :)

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Oh hey! Another Call of Duty! And this one is releasing in November too! Awesome!

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Damnit. This better not turn into a modern warfare clone. I guess zombie mode is out of the picture, unless they plan to have the exact same co op modes as World at War.

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I think we get the picture on War games now.

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F*** YOU, Activision!!!

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This is why i perfer the games devloped by Infinity Ward..they are up for the times and ready to move on..trying to cover everything is going to kill a series.though more then likely They will shut down IF and lt these two other companys have full shares over the game which will probably kill it in the process unless west and Zampella can win the rights to the game in the court case..which i hope they do..

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dude.... Golden Eye Rocks...

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I hope this isnt just more of the same.. ha who am i kidding..

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I wanted Vietnam more, but ok.

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Bay of PiGs...here I come!

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I don't think it's as bad as some people say it is. So WaW didn't live up to the hype, I will still give this a try. Only this time I will rent first.

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ladies and gentlemen i introduce you to the shooter version of madden

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Dude, I just got Call Of Duty 4.....there's been 2 since that one came out. I'm not even going to bother with this one for a while.

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novermber 9th?! i smell quick cash in on a dead series.

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Why does gamespot always put videos up promoting Activision? Even when they run an article about the lawsuits at the bottom of the page will be a MW2 video. Sellouts!!!

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Black ops my ass..

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Way too many COD's I'm not even done with mw2 yet, didn't even get to finish World at war either. They need a chill pill.

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Oh FFS...

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@great_rulo Infinity Ward doesn't exist except for the janitor. Hate to say it, but Modern Warfare 3 is probably going to be developed by Treyarch.

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Oh.. its THIS game again...

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Ok seriously try making 1 game every 2 years...not every 1. That's what they did with GH, and guess what, they had maaassive sales and then tanked. Infinity Ward problems aside too. I'm not going to go as far as saying "z0mg activision is like the devil okai" because they're really one of the founders of big-game industry and have made many really good games. Let's hope Respawn is epic.

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yeah good luck with that.

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I'm bored already.....

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11.09.10,,,WILL RULLES ^^

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Yawn...

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May 1st 2010, at 1:00am... the most awesome trailer ever will be revealed. I gonna stay up all night. KIDDING! I actually have a life and want to get some valuable sleep. But the trailer will be revealed May 1st 2010, at 1:00am.

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