You can now start getting excited, with Call of Duty Black Ops 4 confirmed for October 2018. The idea of a return to the Treyarch Black Ops series has been talked about for a while, and now we know it's official. And Call of Duty Black Ops 4 will be released on Friday, October 12, 2018. That's a month earlier than the usual November date used for pretty much every Call of Duty … [Read more...]
The final prestige…
My friends all think I've finally gone mad. Call of Duty Black Ops 2 has been out for a month, but I've only put a few evenings into it. Battlefield 3 has just dropped a new DLC content update, but I've barely glanced at it for more than a couple of hours. Instead, I've been playing a game which has been out since 2010. While the rest of the world has moved onto either … [Read more...]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Info Leaked
It seems many of us can't wait to hear nor read about the imminent arrival of Activisions' next Call of Duty title. We already know it's to be Black Ops 2. And we knew there was a slot during tonights' NBA basketball playoffs where the world reveal trailer was due to debut. It's all good to talk about this in advance... Up until you hear there has been a slight slip of the … [Read more...]
Black Ops: Double XP weekend and Firing Range as 24/7 Playlist Map
So we may have mostly switched to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and the latest news is that there will be a new Call of Duty game released by Treyarch later this year, but Black Ops still has a lot of dedicated fans. In fact, we know several gamers who have gone back Blops multiplayer after becoming frustrated with MW3, and although it certainly wasn't perfect, there are … [Read more...]
Portal 2 and Black Ops win at Gamesmaster Golden Joysticks
Portal 2 was awarded the Ultimate Game of the Year in association with Alienware at the annual Gamesmaster Golden Joystick awards on Friday, picking up the top accolade in the 29th year of the awards. In addition to the award for Valve's first person puzzle game, Call of Duty: Black Ops picked up the Shooter Game of the Year in association with Turtle Beach. The awards … [Read more...]
Latest Call of Duty Black Ops Patch Out Now
The latest downloadable patch for Call of Duty Black Ops is now available and will prompt you to update when loading on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Specific to the PC and PS3 versions is support for the Rezurrection DLC content, which arrives on those platforms on September 22nd. The rest applies to all three machines, and is listed as: Call of Duty Black Ops Title 13 … [Read more...]
Call of Duty XP nears launch
As the end of August falls upon us all, the new gaming date for all FPS fans’ calendar edges nearer. There is no denying that on Friday, Los Angeles will be buzzing with avid Call of Duty gamers who are eagerly awaiting the opening to the first (probably of many) Call of Duty XP event. Or do they want to pick up an early copy of the soon to be released Modern Warfare 3 title? … [Read more...]
Black Ops: The Quickest Prestige #3
So I decided to see how quickly I could prestige in Call of Duty : Black Ops, and although it started pretty well, I had one heck of a dip on my second evening. So could I get back on schedule to prestige in 24 hours of game time - effectively given my schedule, roughly once a week? That would mean I'd finally finish the 15th prestige by the start of October, in time to put … [Read more...]
Black Ops: The Quickest Prestige: Update #2
When I decided to test the quickest ways to prestige in Black Ops, I knew I was tempting fate. And tonight has proven the point, as it's been the worst night of gaming I've had in Call of Duty for a while. Some of it was just misfortune as I jumped into games with teams already losing my 180+ points and facing endless Hueys as my teammates ran headlong into bullets. And some of … [Read more...]
What’s the quickest you can prestige in Call of Duty: Black Ops?
What's the quickest way to prestige in Call of Duty: Black Ops? Well, I'm about to try and find out, as along with a fair number of people, I'd quite like to have reached level 15 before Modern Warfare 3 arrives, and despite lots of gamers I know deciding to just max out their current rank with perks and unlocks, I want to push on. So far, I've reached 8th Prestige in about … [Read more...]