Today on Highlight Reel we have Tarkov ricochets, falling zombies and scared Detroit androids!

After weeks of rumours, a basketball tease, and lots of snickering about Roman numerals, today it's finally official: Call of Duty Black Ops 4 (IIII) is coming this fall.

The passing of George A. Romero on July 16 has the Call of Duty community remembering the legendary filmmaker in a fun zombie fashion.

Video: Cancel your plans to replay the first two Call of Duty: Black Ops games to catch up on the storyline -- Treyarch's handy timeline video has you covered.

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%.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

At Call of Duty Zombie Labs, the worlds' top scientists are working around the clock to familiarise themselves with the undead inside and out. And inside-out. Ew.

Well, most analysts expect Modern Warfare 3 to outperform its predecessor Black Ops - both in terms of pre-orders and sales - but analysts Cowen & Company are claiming that Battlefield 3's pre-orders are doing incredible numbers, roughly on par with Black Ops last year.

Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack Annihilation - already out on the Xbox 360 - will be available for PS3 users come July 28.

Call of Duty Elite beta began a "staged launch" today and to kick it off, Activision unloaded this two minute trailer that spends one minute cracking jokes and another minute answering questions except for the biggie: How much is this damn thing going to cost?

In approximately 90 days, walk into any bar in the US state of Ohio. If there aren't any signs stating otherwise, feel free to carry your concealed weapon in that watering hole. But don't order a round. You can't legally drink if you are packing heat.