A new title update has been released and is available to download for Call of Duty: Black Ops on the Xbox 360, with two changes. The first are a number of security updates - as a result, there isn't much in the way of details available, as that would kind of remove the point of a security update! The second change is that Search and Destroy mode has had some audio tweaks for … [Read more...]
Call of Duty: Blacks Ops is biggest selling UK game – ever!
Call of Duty: Black Ops has become the biggest selling game in UK history, and the biggest selling entertainment of any kind in the UK last year. Black Ops actually went past the previous gaming record holder, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, in the week ending June 5th, which meant it achieved the record in just 30 weeks, compared to the 41 weeks it took Modern Warfare 2. … [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...]
Black Ops Annihilation DLC adds 5 new Shangri-La Zombie Achievements
The new Annihilation DLC Map Pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops is released on June 28th, and details of five new Xbox Live Achievements have bee confirmed, adding up to an extra 150 Gamerscore points to complete. As always, the achievements focus on the Zombie addition to the game, with all five achievements being given for tasks in the new Shanri-La map: Time Travel Will … [Read more...]
Black Ops lagging? Virgin Media blames the game
Although gamers using UK ISP Virgin Media definitely aren't alone in experiencing problems with lag playing Call of Duty Black Ops (We can testify to that ourselves!), the number of complaints by Virgin subscribers has led to many gamers complaining for months, and tech site The Register investigating. Virgin told The Reg that they're aware some customers are experiencing … [Read more...]
Call of Duty Black Ops – Annihilation DLC Map Pack Multiplayer Trailer
Call of Duty Black Ops Annihilation DLC Maps
PS3 gets the CoD: Black Ops Escalation Pack on June 10
Playstation 3 owners will finally get to experience the Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation pack on June 10th, following on from PC owners who can download it from today, and Xbox 360 owners who had access back in May. Read our first impressions of Escalation to get an idea of what to expect if you haven't had the chance to try it out on a friend's Xbox yet - and rejoice in a … [Read more...]
Avenged Sevenfold talk about Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation
CoD: Blacks Ops First Strike – 1.4 million downloads in first 24 hours
The First Strike DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops was released in February, and given the sales of Black Ops, it's probably not surprising it proved incredibly popular, setting a new level for downloadable content for the Call of Duty series. Figures were revealed as part of Activision Blizzard's financial results for the first quarter of 2011, and not only did 1.4 … [Read more...]