With Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer having being revealed last night, I’m sure many players were pondering the various killstreak rewards they would be getting. Well, without further ado, the list of things you will soon come to love and loathe (Keep in mind that this is not the full list).
3 – Spy Plane
3 – RCXD (remote control car bomb)
4 – Counter Spy Plane
4 – SAM Turret
5 – Care Package
5 – ARC Angel (remote-controlled missile that you shoot into the sky)
5 – Napalm Strike
6 – Sentry Gun
6 – Mortar Team (pick three spots on the map to drop mortars onto)
At an invite-only event in Los Angeles this evening, select members of the gaming industry were invited to a preview of the new multiplayer in Call of Duty: Black Ops. The above trailer was unveiled tonight, showing off new game modes and features to be included in the game. In addition to new killstreaks, Black Ops will also include a new progress system, doing away with leveling all together. Rather than unlocking a gun at a specific level, you will now earn “COD Points” to spend on new weapons of your choice. Additionally, a new game mode will also allow you to wager your COD Points against other players online.
The Call of Duty: Black Ops Hardened Edition lists the Zombie mode making a return to the series. A favorite from Call of Duty: World at War, I’m sure many of you are eager to go Zombie hunting once again. Will they be replacing Zombie Nazi’s with Zombie… Charlie’s?
Just like in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the Prestige Edition for Call of Duty: Black Ops contains another gimmicky item that you want, but will never pay for. For what appears to be $149.99, you can get the game and a RC car that streams color video straight to you. Those night vision goggles of last year stand no chance against an army of these babies. As an added bonus, a special avatar costume is included and some other goodies. See the full PR after the break.
Gled Schofield, Co-Founder of Sledgehammer Games, recently dropped this post on his twitter account:
Working w/ military guys- their stories will blow you away. Names/locations will change but some situations going in the game- real stuff!”
This new Call of Duty is set to be an action-adventure FPS, a deviation from the current offerings. The fact that they’re working with current military members should automatically rule out the proposed Future and Space Warfare reported a while back. However, it could still be labeled Advanced Warfare. Details are still murky, but with this latest news to come out, some possible near future previews could be in store.
Finally revealed today was the first footage of Call of Duty: Black Ops. From the looks of it, there’s remote-detonated RC Cars, shootable throwing knives, and… saved replay and screenshot functions! Looks great already, wouldn’t you think? I already know I’m going to spam the RC car as much as possible!
Josh Olin of Treyarch has officially put to rest the rumor that COD: Black Ops will have a pay to play online subscription model. So for those of you fearing that Activision’s CEO, Bobby Kotick, would be implementing his very publicized desire for such a plan, you can now rest easy.
No, you will not have to ‘Pay to Play’ #CODBlackOps Multiplayer either. Rumor -> Squashed.
It looks like the recent trend of Xbox getting first dibs on Call of Duty DLC will continue all the way through 2012. Activision reached an agreement with Microsoft for exclusive timed releases. With the success of the CoD:MW2 DLC map packs this was to be expected. Look to see the first CoD: Black Ops DLC released through Xbox Live first.
One of the best games on the Xbox console is only $16.54. If you have yet to pick up this amazing game, now is a great time to purchase it from Amazon. It has received numerous awards in its lifetime and is a steal for this price even years after its release. The game of the year edition includes the game, and a code to download the extra multiplayer maps. As an added bonus, when you spend $25 or more at Amazon, it qualifies for Free Shipping.
The new Crackdown, is bigger, badder, bloodier, and will be 10 times as fun, agent.
Pacific City is in some real big trouble. Katalina Thorne and her terrorist group known as Cell has created a new strain of the Freak Virus and is using it to cause havoc in the once safe Pacific City. These Freaks are running wild; killing everyone and everything. The Peacekeepers are having an extremely hard time keeping the Freaks at bay with the lack of Agents to help them. The city was still recovering after the gang outbreak and this was definitely the worst time for this to happen.
Here’s the Introduction video to Ruffian Games’ highly anticipated game, Crackdown 2.
