If you want to get a good kill death ratio and prestige as quickly as you can in Call of Duty: Black Ops, you don't want to be wasting time and messing around with the wrong guns. So here's the list of the best guns in Call of Duty: Black Ops that we use and recommend - obviously there's room for personal preference and we're hoping you'll share your own opinions in the … [Read more...]
Black Ops: PS3 & PC Annihilation due 28th July
Annihilation, Call of Duty Black Ops' third downloadable content map pack, is finally due to hit PlayStation 3s and PCs after a month of being exclusive content for the Xbox 360. To make it's release even more worthy for PlayStation owners, there is rumour the weekend of its release could bring you delights in the form of double experience points. With the Annihilation … [Read more...]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation DLC – First Impressions
Annihilation, the third DLC map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops, is now available on Xbox Live, and we've been indulging in some Team Deathmatch to give you our first impressions. Overall the response to Annihilation is pretty favourable, and it's possibly the best of the three Black Ops Map Packs. There's more variation in the layouts, and as a result, the gameplay seems … [Read more...]
3rd Black Ops Map Pack ‘Annihilation’ confirmed for June 28
The Annihilation map pack has been confirmed for Call of Duty: Black Ops and will arrive first for Xbox Live on June 28th, 2011. A leaked image of a Gamestop promo turns out to have been authentic, with the new maps Hangar 18, Silo, Drive-In and Hazard. Drive-In is apparently based on a similar experience to Nuketown, with a small open area and enclosed spaces for frantic … [Read more...]
Third Map Pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops leaked?
It appears that there may be a third map pack due to be released for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Having seen a branch of GAME inadvertently reveal details of the Escalation map pack in promotional material, this time it's Gamestop's turn (Is anyone suspicious that all major retailers get a go at leaking CoD promo material?) Featured in the leaked image below are the maps Hangar … [Read more...]
Call of Duty: Black Ops – Double XP for PS3, and Escalation for PC
It may have been a bit tough being a Playstation 3 owner recently due to the network problems Sony has experienced after a hacking attack, but Treyarch are hoping to cheer you up with the news that the return of the Playstation Network is accompanied by a Double XP weekend for PS3 Black Ops gamers, starting on Friday May 20, 2011. There's no word on exactly when the … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Modern Warfare 3 announcement soon
This was inevitable. There was always going to be a third instalment after Modern Warfare 2's release and major success. Modern Warfare 3 was always on the cards. Most of the talk however, must be on who's behind development of this title. Why? Well, Infinity Ward aren't what they use to be. Okay okay, Treyarch have done a good job with Black Ops, but those multiplayer maps … [Read more...]
Call of Duty Black Ops Escalation Multiplayer Maps First Impressions
So we've had the first day of the Escalation DLC pack for Call of Duty Black Ops, containing four new multiplayer maps: Hotel, Stockpile, Zoo and Convoy - was it worth the wait and the money? The short answer is yes. Whereas the First Strike pack was very much a continuation of the small Team Deathmatch maps which seem to personify Black Ops, particularly Kowloon and … [Read more...]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Taste of Escalation promo video
‘Call of the Dead’ Black Ops Escalation DLC Zombie Map looks awesome
We're as critical as anyone of the shortcomings of Call of Duty Black Ops and related DLC, but you can't deny that Treyarch do a great job of picking the right characters to include (who didn't enjoy killing zombies as JFK?), and producing absolutely great promo videos (The Berlin Wall video is a case in point!). And they've done both for the new 'Call of the Dead' Zombie map … [Read more...]