“Yeah, it surprised us too,” Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer design director David Vonderhaar told us at the multiplayer reveal event in Los Angeles earlier this week.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer takes aim at cheaters, looks to recruit more players
The problem with Pokemon is that it’s pretty embarrassing to tell people you play it, especially if you’re over the age of 13 — just ask Griffin . They’re great games, don’t get us wrong. It’s just that we’re adults , with actual utility bills and Netflix memberships, and alive and breathing significant others .
We tell ya, these game bundles are getting completely out of hand… and we love it. If you reckoned that Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition bundle was hot stuff, wait till you get a load of this.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition ships with full-blown RC spy vehicle
Activision has released its financial results for the second quarter of 2010, reporting revenues of $967 million. That’s down from $1,038 reported during the same period last year. Net income is up, however, with the company reporting earnings of $219 million, a 12 percent increase over last year’s $195 million.
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Activision Q2 revenues down, earnings up
Rumors have been flying around about a subscription-based Call of Duty game for some time now — Activision boss Bobby Kotick loves the idea , because he loves money, and the company’s other subscription-based game, World of Warcraft , is quite the cash-printing machine. So why not go down that road? Many still believe Activision will, including Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey
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Analyst: Call of Duty Online could make $100 million in its first year
Last year’s “Hardened” and “Prestige” editions of Modern Warfare 2 set a precedent — a precedent apparently being reinforced by similar “limited editions” for Call of Duty: Black Ops , as spotted by IGN . The listing was seen over on Buy.com (it has since been pulled) for “Hardened” and “Prestige” editions of the forthcoming CoD sequel for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, though unfortunately no details are given in the listings. For its part, Activison told Joystiq “We haven’t made any announcements to date,” but we would be downright shocked if the two editions don’t pop up in a press release in the coming weeks; we’re only a few months out from the game’s release , after all.
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Report: retailer lists ‘Hardened,’ ‘Prestige’ editions of Call of Duty: Black Ops
“It doesn’t make sense anymore,” Activision executive VP of worldwide studios Dave Stohl declared to us in a small office, hidden away from the noisy E3 show floor. “You’ve really got to focus.” The executive, who oversees every development studio that Activision owns, was reflecting on the old business model that encouraged studios to take on multiple projects at once. Today, the industry’s leading third-party publisher has a new mantra: one game per studio
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Activision studios head brings development strategy into focus
Okay, so only two of these new screenshots from Call of Duty: Black Ops are actually taken from a gameplay perspective, but there’s no denying that they look pretty fantastic. (Which isn’t surprising, given how great the game looked in motion at E3.) Our favorite is the one where the guy is shooting at something off-screen. Wait — that’s pretty much all of them
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Scope out the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops shots
Today, you can answer the Call of Duty once again, on the device you use to answer most other calls. Activision has announced that the popular Call of Duty: World at War Zombies iPhone game now has a sequel available — sort of. The ” Shi no Numa ” content pack for the original Zombies game is being billed as the sequel, although it’s also DLC for the original.
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Call of Duty: World at War Zombies ’sequel’ now available
Though Call of Duty: Black Ops ‘ Cold War setting is a new feature for the series, one element of the game will stay true to the franchise’s norms: the game’s campaign will only be a single-player experience. Speaking to MTV , Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia explained, “single-player is the epic, cinematic, seat-of-your-pants thrill ride that you star in,” while the game’s cooperative offerings will be packaged in completely separate “unique co-op modes.” Sounds fairly reminiscent of Modern Warfare 2 ’s Spec Ops missions, though Lamia quickly clarified that Black Ops ‘ co-op mode will be “different” from that of the last game in the series. Could we possibly see more zombies added to the mix?
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No co-op for Call of Duty: Black Ops’ campaign
