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Here in modern times, we have realised that the best way to release DLC is to stagger it in multiple tiers according to platform, premium membership, eye colour, and name. So, Xbox 360 owners of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 with a DLC season pass, you may now download the Nuketown Zombies map, provided you also have hazel eyes and are named June.
We've heard a few details of upcoming title update changes to Black Ops 2, including the reinstatement of Theater Mode, and a raise to UAV requirements.
Now, really, the correct way to look at the latest annual Call of Duty setting record sales every year is that video games are becoming a greater part of mainstream culture, making them more acceptable. So, really, you should be glad that Activision today announced that, on top of setting new day-one sales records, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has beaten last year's installment to the $1 billion mark. You are, aren't you?
If anything ties Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified together, it's inconsistency. The entire package reeks of a lack of care and oversight and feels like a slapdash cash-in on the franchise's name. Everything from controls to campaign design and multiplayer lacks the coherent vision and level of quality Infinity Ward and Treyarch have cemented on their PC and console releases over the past decade.
Yeah, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is already out, and doing incredibly well in sales already, but that hasn't stopped Activision from dropping a new video on us, albeit a pretty good one. We get a behind-the-scenes look at how the live-action-trailer-turned-TV-spot was created.
If you play Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on PC, there's a fair chance you've griped about not being able to set the field of view higher than 80 degrees. Good news! Treyarch has pushed out a PC patch which boosts that cap to 90, meaning it will feel less squeezed and weird on your monitor.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has gotten a title update on the Xbox 360 today, addressing a few pesky bugs on the system.
A nuclear testing town will never be the most stable of places, but Nuketown 2025 has had a right old time of things these past few days. Touted as a pre-order bonus for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, the revamp of classic Cod Blops map Nuketown was pulled from rotation yesterday, only to return in a new playlist following complaints from fans.
If you're a fan of the established Call of Duty multiplayer experience, Black Ops 2 takes everything you enjoy and improves upon it. But if the franchise has left you sour in the past, Black Ops 2 doesn't offer enough to make you want to jump back in.
Activision has gone over the launch-day figures for the latest Call of Duty game and once again declared the latest instalment the biggest-selling yet. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 sold-through an estimated $500 million, according to data from market research firm Chart-Track and its own internal sources. You may personally be growing tired of annualised Call of Duty sequels, but the world certainly isn't.
