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Call of Duty: Black Ops Announced

Posted by Soulskill on from the all-aboard-the-hype-train dept.

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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  1. Predictions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

    1. Re:Predictions by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  2. DRM by Das+Auge · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  3. Hooray! by mmaniaci · · Score: 5, Funny
    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!

  4. It's not really Black Ops... by TSRX · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you announce it to the world.

  5. Re:Coming from COD MW2 by EnsilZah · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.".

  6. No, no,your interpretation is not correct by Motard · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.