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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.
Black Ops 2 design director David Vonderhaar says that "several" additional modes for the game are being play-tested internally, and the developer plans to choose from among them for additional content.
Black Ops 2 launched today, but some PC buyers are finding that the second disc identifies itself as Mass Effect 2 instead.
A great story, cool set pieces and interesting gear make Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 a fun and engaging game, but aging technology behind it keeps it from being great.
Activision and Treyarch announced today that Nuketown Zombies will be available on as part of the DLC Season Pass in Black Ops 2. It is scheduled for release on Xbox Live in December, with other platforms to follow after.
Our talk with Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia turns to the decisions behind the new Score Streaks system, and why that may influence future games in the series.
You're reading this from a lawnchair outside your favourite video games retailer, where you've been camped out for a week awaiting the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. But wait! When that shiny box is in your hands and you rush home for your happiest moment of this year, take care that you don't get carried away and do something regrettable, or it'll be all tears at bedtime. Treyarch has laid out its ban policy, is what I'm saying.
Facebook and Twitter integration are so 2011, oldsters, social networking has moved on. Call of Duty: Black Ops II is being all hip and getting with the times, as publisher Activision today announced that it packs built-in support for livestreaming through YouTube, the hip and cool new way to do a social medias.
If you haven't heard, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 includes a remade version of the popular Nuketown map. And here's a first look.
