Call of Duty: Black Ops Announced

UgLyPuNk writes "In amongst all the lawsuits and signings, Activision and Treyarch have found the time to announce the latest in one of the world's best-selling video game franchises: Call of Duty: Black Ops is due to hit shelves November 9." The official site has a trailer, which has been dissected for details by the folks at GameTrailers.

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Predictions

[Anonymous Coward]

This game will:

* have at least half of the playable characters dead by the end of the plot

* have a "shocking" sequence for that extra controversial touch

* not have any dedicated servers

* have a multiplayer section with unbearable lag and bugs exploited within the first hours after the release

* still be most successful game of the year

Re:Predictions

[WrongSizeGlass]

You didn't mention any DRM ... won't someone think of the DRM?

DRM

[Das Auge]

Let me go get some Astroglide before I have to deal with the DRM that will come with that game. :(

Ohhh!

[WSOGMM]

I wonder if I get to kill terrorists instead of join them this time! ... who am I kidding, I liked gunning down civilians.

Re:Coming from COD MW2

[Nested]

There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again.

Hooray!

[mmaniaci]

And the world will stand still in anticipation as these leaders of the gaming world release another of their ground-breaking Call of Duty games. This game is sure to push the envelope of the first person shooter genre of videogaming with its amazing new features:

• Crosshair (patent pending) - In Call of Duty: Black Ops, players will enjoy the revolutionary new crosshair feature, unseen by any FPS game to this date.
• Enemies that hide (USPTO D772719) - For the first time EVER enemies will duck and hide behind boxes, sandbags, and other cover!
• Realism - Because we know real-life isn't real enough!
• A full-featured single player game - Experience an unprecedented 5 hours of gameplay in the new Call of Duty: Black Ops! Travel through ONE tileset and fight ONE type of enemy in the expansive and immersive new world that looks and is the exact same as our previous game.
• AntiSkidRow (tm) DRM - With an always on DRM system you can rest easy knowing that the evil terrorist pirates pedophiles are not undermining the American Way Of Life. (note: all DRM servers will be down for scheduled maintenance starting on November 9th. Downtime unknown).
• Downloadable content - Unluck multiplayer, tactical nuke launcher, achievements, a rootkit, much more from the XBox live store! No downloads are required since this content is already ON YOUR GAME DISC.

I don't know about you, but I'm pre-ordering my copy of Call of Duty: Go Fuck Yourself today!

Re:Honor Remembrance Day

[Anonymous Coward]

maybe Canada should burn down the White House again, or again. heh

It's not really Black Ops...

[TSRX]

If you announce it to the world.

Re:Coming from COD MW2

[EnsilZah]

Geeze, what a terribly mangled misquote, the actual saying goes "Fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again.".

No, no,your interpretation is not correct

[Motard]

I can see why you would assume this is a game about covert action, but in reality, it's about combat in total darkness.

They saved a ton of time and money on the graphics.

Re:Coming from COD MW2

[furball]

Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you. Fool me thrice I break your fucking neck.

Re:Coming from COD MW2

[Hurricane78]

Actually, my version goes like this:

Fool me once, ... I break your fucking neck. (Then shame on you.)