call of duty: black ops

Analyst: Call Of Duty Sales Could Be Down 15% Year On Year

Another year another massive blockbuster launch for the Call of Duty franchise. But, according to one analyst the unit sales of Call of Duty games are down year on year, and Black Ops 2′s sales may be down as much as 15%.


Black Ops: Declassified Has A Promising Gamescom Debut, But The Jury’s Still Out

Still aching to scratch that FPS itch at school, work, on the bus, or anywhere that isn’t home? And not with virtual controls? Sony’s handheld Vita, with its twin analogue sticks, should have been the device to scratch that itch. Sadly, though, the handheld has been light on first person shooters even after six months on the market. Activision aims to change that with Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified, a Vita-only version of the most popular FPS around, Call of Duty. The game was unveiled with a gameplay trailer yesterday at Sony’s Gamescom press conference, and I got to see more of it at the show afterward.


Our First Look At Call Of Duty Running On A PlayStation Vita

We’ve been curious about how Call of Duty will run on Sony’s handheld Vita console ever since we first heard about the game, and today at Sony’s Gamescom press conference, we got a look at Call of Duty Black Ops Declassified in action.


Rant: Black Ops 2 Chooses Someone Who Failed The Call Of Duty

When you face low expectations, falling short of them doesn’t count for much either. And that’s the dirty secret of Call of Duty, which has spent four years solidifying its image as a crass chickenhawk brand thanks to some particularly dumb marketing initiatives. But hiring on Col Oliver North to stump for Black Ops 2 represents a new low.


Call Of Duty Might Finally Be Running Out Of Puff

For years now, through thick and thin, one thing has remained constant in this business: every holiday season, a new Call of Duty game arrives and outsells the last one.


Call of Duty: Black Ops Sets World Record For Greatest Video Game Ending

We were always under the impression that The Guinness World Records only included listings of things that could be measured by quantity — most number of X, tallest Y, shortest Z, tiniest bean, etc. As it turns out, our impression is wrong and there is room for opinion in the book of World Records.


Happy New Year, From ‘Black Ops’ And Starbuck

The gentleman who dressed up as the box for Call of Duty: Black Ops at this year’s Fan Expo in Toronto, US was one of our favourite cosplayers of 2011. He sends everyone here best wishes for 2012 with that picture of him and Katee Sackhoff, better known as Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica. “I can’t tell if she liked my costume or not,” Black Ops Guy said.


Battlefield 3 Still Can’t Dethrone Black Ops

The latest Xbox Live activity list — the first covering a full week of Battlefield 3 availability — shows that more people are still playing 2010′s Call of Duty: Black Ops online. BF3 is second, then Modern Warfare 2, then Gears of War 3.


This Beautiful Art Is From… Call Of Duty: Black Ops? Huh?

Yup. And don’t look so surprised. There’s more to the Call of Duty series than military hardware, moustaches and door hinges.


Hate Map Packs? You’ve Got Nobody To Blame But Yourselves (Or Your Friends)

Whenever a multiplayer game’s map packs are revealed- and Call of Duty is often the worst offender in this regard – people on the internet wail and gnash their teeth. And rightly so, in many respects, since you’re rarely getting much value for your dollar.


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