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An analyst watching the video game industry for PiperJaffray believes that the decline in overall sales for the most recent installment of the Call of Duty series is another reason for the recent slide that the video game market has seen in the United States.Michael Olson says that Modern Warfare 3, the Call of Duty ... |
12 April 2012
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One of the most quoted analysts in the video game industry has said that he expects Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to make 1.1 billion dollars in less than six weeks and to be the biggest selling title of the current year.In a note to investors Michael Pachter, who is an analyst watching the video game industry for W... |
4 November 2011
06:10 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that its first-person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops will get a new map pack, called Rezurrection, which will be launched on August 23 on Xbox Live for the price of 1200 Microsoft Points and will also be offered on the PlayStation Network and on the PC at a late... |
4 August 2011
08:19 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that it has managed to beat its own internal projections in order to announce a profit of 335 million dollars for the second calendar quarter of 2011 while overall revenue reached 1.1 billion. Bobby Kotick, who is the chief executive officer of the company, stat... |
4 August 2011
04:55 GMT |
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Specialist video game retailer Game, based in the United Kingdom, has announced that at the moment pre-orders for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 first-person shooter are better than those registered for the previous title in the series, Black Ops.
Game also believes that, if the current trend holds un... |
19 July 2011
05:44 GMT |
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The yearly releases of the Call of Duty series are a big event for the world of gaming and one of the biggest draws is the multiplayer mode, which is quickly becoming one of the most popular for those playing both on home console and on the PC.
And it seems that as the popularity of the series has grown as the dev... |
12 July 2011
17:41 GMT |
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Publisher Activision Blizzard and developer Treyarch have announced that those who are playing their first-person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops on the PlayStation 3 will be able to take part in a Double XP weekend, starting today at 10 AM Pacific Standard Time, which is 7 PM Central European Time.
Players will b... |
20 May 2011
10:01 GMT |
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A Treyarch developer sent out a Twitter message which mentions that a set of modding tools for the first-person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops will be launched during May, allowing players on the PC to create their own content, presumably limited to maps and maybe simple battle scenarios.
Here's the entire m... |
14 April 2011
16:31 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops has been the best-selling video game of 2010, picking up the mantle from another game in the series, Modern Warfare 2, which had the same title in 2009, and one analyst says that this kind of brand loyalty could mean even higher revenue for publisher Activision in the near future.Arvind Bhatia... |
11 March 2011
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We've returned to the Incoming 2011 series this week, previewing some of the most important video game launches that will be happening this year, but we also have a Quick Look for the free-to-play and browser-based Battlestar Galactica Online.We also reviewed Stacking, the latest game from Tim Schafer.Our Weeken... |
20 February 2011
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A culture of negativity which is gaining adepts among the public is the biggest challenge that innovative video game designers will have to deal with in the future, according to one of the developers linked to the Call of Duty franchise.
In a longer interview with Nowgamer Josh Olin, who is the community manager a... |
2 February 2011
06:12 GMT |
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Developer Treyarch and publisher Activision are saying that their first-person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops will be getting its first ever double experience weekend starting next Friday in order to celebrate the launch of the First Strike downloadable content, which is only delivered on the Xbox 360 home console f... |
31 January 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard, as the publisher, and Treyarch, as the developer, have announced the delivery of the First Strike downloadable content pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops on February 1, exclusively via the Xbox Live service from Microsoft.
Microsoft has persuaded Activision, probably by monetary means, to make F... |
3 January 2011
08:59 GMT |
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Activision Blizzard, as the publisher of the first person shooter blockbuster Call of Duty: Black Ops, has sent out data showing that more than 600 million man hours have been spent with the video game in the close to two months since it was released worldwide on November 9, on the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStatio... |
30 December 2010
05:10 GMT |
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Publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that their first-person shooter blockbuster Call of Duty: Black Ops has managed to sell enough copies to register 1 billion United States dollars in sales and is on track to break other records set by its predecessor Modern Warfare 2.
The previous release in the Call of ... |
27 December 2010
03:33 GMT |
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I still have very mixed feelings about Call of Duty: Black Ops, the game that will surely be the best sold title for this year and will probably be itself surpassed when the new game in the series arrives in November 2011.
On one hand, Black Ops can be a thrilling, engaging, deep experience, spinning a coherent st... |
22 December 2010
18:21 GMT |
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The NPD Group has revealed its sales figures for the United States market for the month of November last week, showing that Call of Duty: Black Ops was, as expected, the best selling video game of the 30-day period and that the Xbox 360 from Microsoft managed to sell better than the PlayStation 3 from Sony.
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15 December 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Treyarch has signaled that it plans to deliver more patches for the PC version of its hit shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops in the coming months, aiming to support the game for as long as players are interested in the multiplayer experience.
Josh Olin, who is the community manager working at Treyarch, stated, &ldquo... |
6 December 2010
05:09 GMT |
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Facebook scammers are luring users into signing up for premium rate services with promises of a video showing a guy killing his room mate after playing Black Ops.The new spam messages, which, according to security researchers from GFI Software, are rapidly spreading on the social networking site, read: "TODAY ONE GUY... |
1 December 2010
02:18 GMT |
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An executive working for the publisher Activision Blizzard has stated that the company currently has no plans to charge for the multiplayer component of Call of Duty, saying that the mode is part of the game package and as such will always be available for all those interested as long as they get the titles in the se... |
25 November 2010
18:41 GMT |
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A report coming from Raptr, which tracks the online gaming habits on modern gaming consoles, says that the newly launched and record breaking Call of Duty: Black Ops has seen an average play time of about six hours daily on the Xbox Live service from Microsoft, about the same levels as other big name online shooters ... |
25 November 2010
04:36 GMT |
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The pre launch television advert for Call of Duty: Black Ops, which sought to highlight the multiplayer side of the game by populating a desolated battlefield with a set of characters taken from real life, including basketball star Kobe Bryant and television personality Jimmy Kimmel, is judged by an add analysis firm... |
24 November 2010
05:24 GMT |
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Publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that their first person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops has managed to record sales of more than 650 million dollars in its first five day period of worldwide sales, breaking the record for an entertainment launch, established by the previous installment Modern Warfare 2, w... |
19 November 2010
03:09 GMT |
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It must be hard to be one of the developers working on the Call of Duty franchise these days. This is a series which brings in a huge percentage of Activision's revenue and probably contributes more than, let's say, DJ Hero 2 to the profits of the company. This is a franchise which is used to setting record... |
18 November 2010
05:23 GMT |
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Bobby Kotick, the Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard, has stated that the current view of developer Treyarch as the second string team when it came to Call of Duty video games is unfair, given the amount of work they have put into the multiplayer element in Modern Warfare 2 and the current success of rece... |
15 November 2010
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Andrei Dumitrescu: How can anyone expect to just stand by and let the Call of Duty gaming tsunami pass by? Like millions of other players in the world, most of them true fans of the series, some of them just interested to see where one of the biggest franchises in the industry is going this time, I will spend a good ... |
12 November 2010
16:31 GMT |
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Publisher Activision has announced that their newly released Call of Duty: Black Ops has managed to top the records set by its predecessor, Modern Warfare 2, for launch day sales, managing to move no less than 5.6 million units in North America and in the United Kingdom and generating 310 million dollars in sales, in... |
12 November 2010
04:48 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops is the new first person shooter from developer Treyarch and publisher Activision Blizzard, allowing the player to experience the covert ops conflicts between the United States and Russia during the era of the Cold War.14:00. One hour is not long enough to get a sense of the game's narrati... |
10 November 2010
18:41 GMT |
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Michael Pachter, who is an analyst working with Wedbush Morgan, has said that the Call of Duty branded video game that publisher Activision Blizzard is preparing to put out in the second half of 2011 might struggle to sell 13 million copies, significantly less than the projected sales for this year's Call of Dut... |
10 November 2010
16:31 GMT |
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A representative of developer Treyarch, the team which put together the first person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops, has said that no latter than 1 AM Pacific Time on launch day more than one million gamers were playing the multiplayer element of the game using the Xbox Live multiplayer service offered by Microsoft ... |
10 November 2010
04:56 GMT |
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Publisher Activision Blizzard has confirmed that it plans to launch a new Call of Duty video game at some point during the second half of 2011, with the announcement coming after the company has announced better than expected revenue and profits for the third fiscal quarter of this year.Eric Hirshberg, who is the Chi... |
8 November 2010
05:29 GMT |
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Mark Lamia, who is the leader of the team working on Call of Duty: Black Ops at developer Treyarch, has said that it is unfair on the part of the media to single out video games as controversial because they they touch on significant historical or ongoing events, while other forms of media to the same thing and no on... |
27 September 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Mark Lamia, the studio leader at developer Treyarch, has said that the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops will bo doubt include some controversial topics, mainly because its set during the Cold War, a time when both the United States and the Soviet Union did all they could to spy and hinder their enemies.Talking with M... |
24 September 2010
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Analysts that are watching the evolution of the video game industry have questioned Microsoft's assertions that the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive Halo: Reach from Bungie and Microsoft will manage to sell better than Call of Duty: Black Ops from Treyarch and Activision.Jesse Divnich, who is an analyst working with ... |
20 September 2010
05:51 GMT |
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The leading developer working on the PC version of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops has said that the version of game he is working on will offer the same experience as the console ports of the game but translating it to the unique nature of PC gaming.Treyarch are the developers of the new Call of Duty and they h... |
15 September 2010
16:11 GMT |
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The head of the Treyarch studio, who is working on the Activision published Call of Duty: Black Ops, has said that he is not thinking about attaching a price to the multiplayer experience and that his team aims to make the game compelling enough for player to hold on to it even after they finish the single player, ac... |
14 September 2010
16:21 GMT |
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Developers at Treyarch, the creators of Call of Duty: Black Ops, have said that the balancing process on their latest video game has been harder than for any of the other products that they have launched in the past for the franchise.The difficulties are linked to the enhanced multiplayer component that Black Ops wil... |
10 September 2010
04:12 GMT |
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Activision, as the publisher, and Treyarch, as the developer, have announced that well known actors Gary Oldman and Ed Harris will be providing voice work for characters that are set to appear in the single player campaign of the upcoming first person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops.Gary Oldman is returning to video ... |
8 September 2010
05:32 GMT |
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Treyarch, as the developer, and Activision Blizzard, as the publisher, have talked about the multiplayer element of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops and revealed that the game will introduce its own currency system, based on COD Points, designed to allow a non linear progression through the Perk tree.Black Ops is... |
6 September 2010
06:07 GMT |
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Activision, as the publisher, has said that it plans for Call of Duty: Black Ops, the first person shooter developed by Treyarch and set during the Cold War, to surpass last year's Modern Warfare 2 in terms of sales by the end of the year, with the marketing push for the game one of the main ways to accomplish t... |
3 September 2010
05:34 GMT |
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Treyarch, the developers of the Call of Duty: Black Ops first person shooter, are not interested in revisiting the World War II setting, which they last used in World at War and which the series has thoroughly exploited during its long history at publisher Activision.Josh Olin, who is the community manager working fo... |
30 August 2010
05:55 GMT |
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Black Ops has not seen yet the controversy that Modern Warfare 2 experienced before launch with the infamous No Russian level or, more recently, that Medal of Honor has because of misguided politicians. Treyarch has stated, however, that it will not shy away from the brutality of war if it has any bearing with the st... |
26 August 2010
11:21 GMT |
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Call of Duty: Black Ops is the Treyarch developed new title in the long running series published by Activision and it is set to arrive on November 9 for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the PC and the Nintendo Wii, with a separate version being created for the DS handheld.At Gamescom 2010, Tr... |
19 August 2010
09:55 GMT |
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Publisher Activision has announced that the Prestige Edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops will come with a remote controlled small surveillance vehicle alongside other limited edition staples like extra content that can be used in game and a medal.Activision has announced that it will be launching two limited editions ... |
13 August 2010
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It seems that are more than 5,000 people who are interested in working for either Infinity Ward or Sledgehammer Games in relation to the Call of Duty franchise. The figure is used by Activision to show that it can still attract top talent for its studios even in the aftermath of the scandal that has seen founders Vin... |
11 August 2010
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Activision Blizzard posted pretty good results for the second financial quarter of the year, with titles like Call of Duty and the World of Warcraft MMO pushing its profits up. The company is also preparing to launch high profile titles in the coming years, like the Cataclysm expansion for its main MMO and the Black ... |
9 August 2010
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Activision Blizzard has announced a growth of 12 percent in its profits for the fiscal second quarter of the year to 219 million dollars, with the main reason cited being an increase in the revenue derived from digital ventures. For the three months that ended on June 30 the publisher has managed to see a decrease in... |
6 August 2010
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Activision has launched a demo version of its best selling shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on both the Xbox Live service from Microsoft and on the PlayStation Network from Sony. The demo is free to pick up for all those interested in seeing what the first person shooter from Infinity Ward has to offer and uses... |
5 August 2010
18:01 GMT |
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We already know that Treyarch, as the developer, and Activision, as the publisher, will be launching Call of Duty: Black Ops this fall but the future of the well known franchise is a bit cloudy when 2011 starts. One of the most present rumors is saying that Activision is interested in creating a MMO based around Call... |
2 August 2010
18:11 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision has announced that on November 9 players who are interested in gaming while on the move will be able to pick up a Nintendo DS version of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops, the first person shooter which is also coming to the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and t... |
29 July 2010
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