Latest PS3 Firmware Update Blocks “Call of Duty” Hackers

If you downloaded the new PS3 firmware 3.56 update and you happened to, um, tweak the Call of Duty: Black Ops game to boost your stats, you might have found yourself among the angry people who had their account blocked.

Activision CEO: “Call of Duty” As Important As Facebook

It’s true that tons of people love Call of Duty: Black Ops or else the title wouldn’t have made $1 billion in just a couple of months. But, is it as integral to our lives as Facebook and Twitter? Activision CEO Bobby Kotick seems to think so. In a recent interview with CNN, he said [...]

“Call of Duty: Black Ops” Still Causing PS3 Trouble Despite Patch

After acknowledging the complaints from gamers using the PS3 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops, about “buggy software” and poor online connection for multiplayer games, the game developer have addressed the problem by releasing the 1.04 patch. However, if gamer comments and complaints flooding Call of Duty and PlayStation forums are anything to go [...]

Call of Duty: Black Ops’ Single Player Trailer Explodes… A Lot.

During tonight’s Jets/Vikings game, gamers got to watch Brett Favre lose as well as take in the new trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops. The clip shows first-person action all over the globe, including the snowy WMD level I played in 3D two weeks ago and portions of the Vietnam sequence shown off at [...]

Black Ops Designer: “Certain People Will Never Love Multiplayer”

The Call of Duty franchise has made its name on intense player-vs-player experiences and David Vonderhaar–the design director for Call of Duty: Black Ops–bleeds multiplayer. He’s the man in charge of making Black Ops‘ online competitive modes insanely addictive and challenging yet welcoming, too.  It’s a tough balance to strike and–in a roundtable discussion following [...]

Call of Duty Drafts Oscar-Winning Talent for Black Ops

Activision’s newest time-spanning military FPS just got a booster shot of highly-qualified nerd cred. The guy who helped write the best Batman movie ever along with the men who played Commisoner Gordon and Carl Fogarty (the creepy antagonist from A History of Violence, a film which was–may we remind you–adapted from a graphic novel) will [...]

Hands-On With Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer

According to remarks from David Vondehaar of Treyarch, Call of Duty: Black Ops will ship with about 14 maps on the disc when the game hits on November 9th. I had the chance to try out some of the various new multiplayer maps and match types last night and came away impressed.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Offers Theater Mode, Wagering and More

Activision’s hosting the worldwide reveal of the Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer tonight in LA. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s been announced and shown so far:

Latest COD: Black Ops Trailer Is Full Of ‘Splosions

You think you know but you have no idea.

Black Ops Emerges from the Shadows as the Newest Call of Duty

Word has slipped that players will be getting a new Call of Duty game this November, probably because Activision just can’t stay out of the news. Call of Duty: Black Ops is being developed by Treyarch, who crafted 2008’s Call of Duty: World at War. That game, while generally well-received, didn’t achieve the same status [...]