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Photo Claims First Look at Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's Box Art, But Is It a Fake?

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Evidence continues to mount that a Call of Duty: Black Ops sequel is oscar mike.


First there was an Amazon listing. Then there was an odd black balling. Then, there was what looked to be a Black Ops 2 teaser poster surfaced—after that, a GameStop teaser website. Now?

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Now, a photo depicting the game's box art has hit the internet. The box art does resemble the silhouetted art on the teaser site; however, it is of a higher resolution.

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The box shows the European version of the game. In Italian, the front says, "Prenota Subito" or "Reserve Now". In the corner, it adds notes, "One Per Customer."

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The photo does send off all sorts of warning bells: there's a convenient lens flare, which is a technique fakers use to pass off phony games; the game box looks like a PS2 case and not an Xbox 360 box.

Yet, the font matches up with the rumored poster, and it does depict a high-resolution image of the image teased on the GameStop page. And that image shows Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

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Supposed promotional Black Ops 2 case. [Twitter Thanks, Elite-T-Rex!]