Call of Duty Black Ops 3 "The Giant" Zombies Bonus Map Trailer. The Giant is a bonus map included with the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Collectors Editions which relives the chaos of the classic Der Riese Zombies map with Dempsey, Nikolai, Richthofen and Takeo. Der Reiese originally appeared in Call of Duty: World at War and was released as part of the Prestige and Hardened … [Read more...]
Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2 – Double XP this weekend.
Call of Duty Black Ops and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 will be dishing out double XP this weekend. It's claimed to be a celebration of the Prestige Shop for the forthcoming Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, plus it ties in nicely with Halloween. And obviously isn't a way to try and keep players distracted from the launch of Battlefield 3 on October 28th, and deflate the opening … [Read more...]
Where did all the Zombies come from? The undead gaming history
Zombies are now so synonymous with video games, you wouldn’t be surprised if they pop-up in Nintendo's next Pokemon adventure. This months release of zombie-led FPS/RPG Dead Island has already achieved massive sales figures as our obsession for all things zombified continues to grow. But what exactly started the FPS genres love-affair with the undead? We've put together the … [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...]
Rezurrection arrives for Call of Duty Black Ops
The fourth and final downloadable content for Call of Duty Black Ops, Rezurrection, is now available for the Xbox 360, expanding the amount of zombie-based mayhem you can enjoy. Included in Rezurrection are the new Moon level, and remakes of 'Nacht der Untoten', 'Verruckt', 'Shi No Numa' and 'Der Riese'. Plus you also get a free Zombies soundtrack with three new tracks … [Read more...]
Black Ops Playlist Update removes perks and adds features
Coinciding with the release of the final Rezurrection Zombie Maps DLC, an update has been released for Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer, focusing mainly on a new Express playlist. In Express, there is a 30 second lobby timer, and both the Ghost and Second Chance perks have been removed, presumably to speed things up, although we'd have probably stopped at removing Second … [Read more...]
Call of Duty Black Ops Rezurrection Zombies Preview
Black Ops: The Quickest Prestige – Update #1
I'm currently trying to find out the exact quickest route to prestige in Call of Duty: Black Ops, having reached Level 8 on Sunday, allowing me to begin testing. So my plan was simple - flip the prestige switch, and then hit whichever gametype gave me the most rewards in the least time, and that seems to be Headquarters. I know that it's possible to get high XP rewards via … [Read more...]
Have you entered the Call of Duty UK tournament on August 7th, 2011?
It's not long to go until the British round of the Call of Duty XP tournament will take place, with a $400,000 prize for the team which goes on to claim victory at the Call of Duty XP event in Los Angeles on September 3rd. But first, if you haven't registered yet, you'd need to go and sign up at the tournament site, and hope you make it into the 128 entry spots available for … [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...]