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The Gamescom Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 streaming live multiplayer event has started! Watch it here
By Mike Fahey Published August 15, 2012 -
This is Call of Duty‘s New Class Selection In Board Game Form
You can read about how Call of Duty: Black Ops II changes multiplayer class-selection with the introduction of a pick-10 system. It’s all explained right here. Or you can just stare at this board game prototype of the system from the creators of the game. The only thing that would make this better is if…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 15, 2012 -
Our First Look At Call of Duty Running On A PlayStation Vita
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. You can see the game doing its thing above. It looks… well,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 14, 2012 -
Call of Duty: Black Ops Vita Will Be Out This November
Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified will be out this November, Sony said today. It will have four-on-four multiplayer, Team Deathmatch modes, and other Vita-exclusive content. Sony will also sell bundles that feature both the game and PlayStation Vita systems. Here are more details from the PlayStation Blog: Developed by the team at Nihilistic Software,…
By Jason Schreier Published August 14, 2012 -
Black Ops II Multiplayer Blowout: Scorestreaks Replace Killstreaks, Livestreaming Goes Big-Time, Leagues, and More
So much for Call of Duty being gaming’s safely predictable 800lb gorilla. The people making the new Black Ops II are changing multiplayer. A lot. Adios, Killstreaks Black Ops II is still a first-person shooter (set in the high-tech future of 2025, mind you) and players will still be able to spend endless hours virtually…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 14, 2012 -
You Might Have Missed These Important Details In That New Black Ops II Trailer
Breaking down trailers into a step by step analysis, or even just viewing them in slow motion, can reveal a lot of interesting information about upcoming games. Did you notice, for instance, that Nintendo DS on the multiplayer battlefields of Black Ops II? You can totally play Pokémon with it in case you’re bored in…
By Tina Amini Published August 9, 2012 -
You’ll be able to see Black Ops II‘s multiplayer played from Gamescom next week via livestream
By Evan Narcisse Published August 9, 2012 -
Mom Learns Lesson After Five Day Modern Warfare Marathon Sends Her Kid to the Hospital
And you thought gaming unto exhaustion was a phenomenon restricted to Asia. Well, somehow, a 15-year-old Ohio boy gamed so hard on Modern Warfare 3 he required hospitalization for dehydration. What’s more, the boy’s own mother told local news he was locked inside his room with the game for “at least four days. Maybe five,”…
By Owen Good Published August 8, 2012 -
This Unconfirmed Campaign Breakdown of Black Ops II Is Making the Rounds
This is going to sound like one of those stories in which a friend of a friend heard something from a janitor’s mother-in-law. This isn’t like last year, when we had the story of Modern Warfare 3 dead to rights in May, six months before the game’s release, thanks to some chatty sources. But we’d…
By Jason Schreier Published August 8, 2012 -
First Look at Call of Duty: Black Ops II‘s Multiplayer
This is your first look at multiplayer in this November’s presumed mega-hit, Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Call of Duty fans, this is why you play, no? The battles appear to be taking place in the game’s near-future of 2025. We’ve got some most unusual knife and tomahawk kills. Some sort of microwave transmitter…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 7, 2012 -
The Designer of Call of Duty‘s ‘No Russian’ Massacre Wanted You to Feel Something
Long-time Call of Duty game developer Mohammad Alavi designed Call of Duty IV‘s famous ghillie suit level and Modern Warfare 2‘s notorious interactive massacre of civilians, the level called “No Russian.” In a stellar piece about interactive atrocity, game designer Matthew Burns gets Alavi to explain the intent behind that level, a level in which…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 2, 2012 -
Behind The Scenes With Black Ops II
In the latest video from Activision, Black Ops II‘s creative team, including lead writer David Goyer and composer Trent Reznor chat about how very excited they are to be working on the game, which they see to be as much an “event” as a summer blockbuster.
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 18, 2012 -
Abandoned Airport is a Video Game Level Come to Life
Art may imitate life from time to time, but here’s a rare example of life imitating a video game. This collection of eerie images from an abandoned Spanish transport hub look cool in their own right, but what I found interesting about them was how they looked (to me at least!) like actual photographs of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2012 -
Ladders, Knives, and Kids Really Can Be Pretty Ridiculous in Call of Duty
It’s true: the guy with the knife always has far more power than he should. And a handgun is just as effective as a well-placed sniper rifle, when it needs to be. And then, of course, there are the difficulties posed by that incredibly complex piece of equipment, the ladder. You don’t have to be…
By Kate Cox Published July 13, 2012 -
Don’t Expect Call of Duty-Like Games from Nintendo
When you think of “Nintendo”, you think of plumbers. You think of princesses. You think of fluffy clouds and lush green grass. You do not think of 13 year-olds waiting to pop caps in you. Here’s how Nintendo honcho Satoru Iwata explained it to The Independent: “…we also have titles like Mario Kart that are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 12, 2012
