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Rumor Mill: Raven Could Be Creating Call of Duty Game

A new job listing from developer Raven suggests that the studio could be the fourth one that is working on the Call of Duty franchise for publisher Activision Blizzard, joining long-running creators at Infinity Ward and Treyarch and the new comers at Sledgehammer Games. The link to Call of Duty comes with a job list...

6 January 2011
15:01 GMT

More than 600 Million Hours Logged into Call of Duty Since Launch

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

Call of Duty Multiplayer Should Be Attributed to Treyarch

Activision boss Bobby Kotick has once again highlighted the major contribution development studio Treyarch brought to the company's extremely successful Call of Duty franchise, even if the series was originally developed by Infinity Ward. Activision, seeing as how it is in the midst of some fierce legal battl...

27 December 2010
18:01 GMT

EA Boss Criticizes Call of Duty and Activision

EA CEO John Riccitiello went on the offensive against rival company Activision, its most prestigious franchise, Call of Duty, and the developer of the most recent game in the series, Treyarch. While it isn't the first time this has happened, Riccitiello cast some serious doubts over the large games publisher ...

22 December 2010
18:01 GMT

Treyarch Details CoD: Black Ops PS3 Issues, New Update Coming Soon

Development studio Treyarch has just issued a formal statement to all PlayStation 3 Call of Duty: Black Ops owners in which it talks about the recent issues that plagued the game since patch 1.04 went live, at the beginning of the week. In case you don't know, the studio updated Call of Duty: Black Ops for th...

17 December 2010
04:25 GMT

People Are Happy with Call of Duty: Black Ops, Studio Says

Treyarch boss Mark Lamia talked about his studio's latest game, Call of Duty: Black Ops, during the Spike TV Video Game Awards, and revealed that, judging by the reaction so far, gamers were extremely happy with the game, despite many glitches and lag problems.Lamia has unveiled to Joystiq that, as of right now,...

14 December 2010
04:10 GMT

PC Version of Call of Duty: Black Ops Gets More Patches

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops Wii Gets New Patch Today

Treyarch is continuing the patching process for its latest game, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and has just revealed that a new patch for the Nintendo Wii version of the game will be released today.Call of Duty: Black Ops was the biggest game to be released this year, and has broken sales records around the world, not onl...

24 November 2010
17:21 GMT

Infinity Ward Has Been Reconstructed, Says Vivendi

Vivendi, the company controlling Activision, has said that the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops, the new first person shooter developed by Treyarch, shows that the studio is able to create complex gaming experiences which can compete with the best products coming out of the studio Infinity Ward.Jean-Bernard Lev...

23 November 2010
13:31 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Sets 650 Million Dollar Sales Record in Five Days

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops – Rooftop Chases and Flying Killing Machines

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.Call of Duty knows its linear and the developers know that the only way to d...

17 November 2010
18:41 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Diary - Experiencing Emotion in 3D

Call of Duty: Black Ops has just been released for the PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and DS last week by Treyarch and published by Activision.I've been going through the single-player portion of the game with the help of Nvidia's 3D technology, and I can safely say that it seriously augments the...

16 November 2010
05:52 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops – Soyuz Capsules and Free Will

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.The fourth or fifth mission of Call of Duty: Black Ops moves the action to a...

15 November 2010
18:41 GMT

Kotick: Second Team View of Treyarch Unfair

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
06:29 GMT

Quick Look: Call of Duty: Black Ops

Call of Duty: Black Ops was one of the most anticipated games of the year, as its predecessor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, set a sales record, and because Treyarch, its developer, promised to deliver a lot of new features and extra modes, as opposed to the previous game made by Infinity Ward.So, did Treyarch mana...

12 November 2010
17:21 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops PC Gets Patch Released Through Steam

Call of Duty: Black Ops on the PC has just been patched, thanks to a new update released by its developer, Treyarch, through Valve's Steam digital content distribution platform.Black Ops was eagerly awaited by millions of gamers around the world, but PC and PlayStation 3 owners were disappointed by lots of glitc...

12 November 2010
04:13 GMT

Rumor Mill: 2011 Call of Duty Might Have Marines in Space

Call of Duty: Black Ops, the new first person shooter from developer Treyarch and publisher Activision Blizzard, has just been released but rumors are already starting to pop up about what kind of video games the series might receive during next year.The speculation comes after a Activision financial report session d...

11 November 2010
17:41 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Also Has Bugs and Glitches on the PlayStation 3

After yesterday's sudden report that Call of Duty: Black Ops suffers from intense lag on even the most powerful PC setups, it seems that the PlayStation 3 versions of the game are also suffering from an array of bugs and glitches, as reported by members of the Treyarch forum.Call of Duty: Black Ops has been one ...

11 November 2010
03:33 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Gets 1 Million Players on Xbox Live

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops Plagued by Lag and Glitches on PC

PC gamers have been eagerly awaiting Call of Duty: Black Ops, one of the most expected games of the year, but it seems that the Treyarch-developed title is plagued by lag and a few interesting glitches.It seems that no matter the PC configuration, either mid-range or high-end machines, the game has performance spikes...

10 November 2010
03:54 GMT

Weekend Reading: Why Call of Duty: Black Ops Will Win Through Content

Call of Duty: Black Ops is the latest installment in Activision's hugely successful first person shooter franchise, and is getting ready to hit the global market on November 9, for the PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and DS.The game looks set to break the records set by its predecessor, Call of Duty: M...

6 November 2010
08:01 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Wii Gets New Details, Will Feature Zombie Co-Op

Call of Duty: Black Ops on the Nintendo Wii has just been detailed by its senior producer, and it seems that the version will have almost all of the features seen in the full pledged PC, PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 editions, including multiplayer, co-operative missions and the special Zombies mode.A couple of big leaks ha...

5 November 2010
04:33 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Will Get Lots of Digital Content in 2011, Activision Says

The importance of the Call of Duty franchise to Activision has once again been emphasized during a recent investor's call, with the company's CEO, Eric Hirshberg, confirming that the series will get the "largest lineup of new digital content" in 2011.Call of Duty: Black Ops is shaping up to be one of the mo...

5 November 2010
03:57 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Dead Ops Arcade Mode Leaked on YouTube

Another day, another secret Call of Duty: Black Ops feature leaked onto YouTube, as today the special Dead Ops Arcade bonus mode was revealed through a series of videos posted on the popular website. As you will be able to see below, if Activision hasn't yanked it off YouTube, Dead Ops Arcade will be a bonus ...

3 November 2010
05:01 GMT

New Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Options Detailed

Ahead of the official launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops, Josh Olin, the community manager of its development studio, Treyarch, has just detailed a few of the unknown multiplayer options that the studio incorporated into the upcoming first person shooter.In case you've been living under a rock, Call of Duty: Blac...

28 October 2010
17:21 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Is the Most Emotional Title in the Franchise

Call of Duty: Black Ops will add quite a lot of interesting things to the highly popular first person shooter franchise, and among them we will have a much more emotional story, at least according to Treyarch director Dave Anthone.Call of Duty: Black Ops is set to reach new sales records, after already beating the pr...

27 October 2010
18:01 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Pirates Targeted by Activision

Given how extremely important the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops game is for its publisher, Activision, the company has already begun cracking down on pirates who got their hands on early copies of the game before its release date on November 9.Call of Duty: Black Ops is the followup to the massively successful Cal...

25 October 2010
03:55 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Full Multiplayer Map List Leaked

Call of Duty: Black Ops, the newest installment in the highly successful first person shooter franchise, has allegedly seen its full list of multiplayer maps leaked onto the web before its official launch this November.Call of Duty: Black Ops will be the next chapter in the successful series, and follow the popular M...

21 October 2010
18:01 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Minimum PC Requirements Revealed

Call of Duty: Black Ops, one of the most expected titles of the year, has just received its minimum PC requirements courtesy of its Direct2Drive page.Call of Duty: Black Ops is set to become one of the year's biggest selling titles, already surpassing the massive pre-order numbers of its predecessor, Call of Dut...

20 October 2010
03:53 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops PC Always Had Dedicated Servers, Treyarch Says

Call of Duty: Black Ops, the latest installment in the extremely first person shooter franchise, always had dedicated servers for its PC edition, as its developer, Treyarch, never backed down from this goal, unlike its fellow Call of Duty development studio, Infinity Ward.The predecessor to Black Ops, Call of Duty: M...

13 October 2010
03:48 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Achievements and Trophies Revealed

Call of Duty: Black Ops is shaping up to be the biggest title to be released this fall, largely because its predecessor, Modern Warfare 2, went on to become the biggest entertainment property to be launched last year, and it has now seen its full achievements and trophies list revealed.Black Ops has been on everybody...

1 October 2010
03:51 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Developer Defends Medal of Honor

Call of Duty: Black Ops developer boss Mark Lamia has just expressed his support for rival development studio Danger Close, and its decision to include a playable Taliban faction in Medal of Honor's multiplayer mode.Medal of Honor and Call of Duty: Black Ops are two of the most expected first person shooters of ...

29 September 2010
03:46 GMT

Military Shooter Controversy Is Unfair, Says Treyarch

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombie Co-Op Mode All But Confirmed

Call of Duty: Black Ops, the first person shooter developed by Treyarch and set to appear in November is once again seeing a potential Nazi Zombie Co-Op mode rumored, thanks to teases from studio executives and retail listings.Call of Duty: Black Ops is by far one of the biggest releases of the end of the year, and w...

27 September 2010
03:48 GMT

Call of Duty On the PC Will Offer a Platform Tailored Experience

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

Multiplayer Will Never Have a Price in Call of Duty: Black Ops

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

Balancing Has Been Hard for Black Ops, Says Treyarch

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

Gary Oldman and Ed Harris Land Voices to Call of Duty: Black Ops

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops Has Internal Currency System for Multiplayer

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

No Going Back to World War II for Call of Duty

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops Will Not Shy Away From The Brutality of War

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops PC Will Have Modding Tools

A developer of the PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops has confirmed on the title's official forums that at some point after the official launch Treyarch will make modding tools available. Furthermore, the developer console was confirmed.A Treyarch employee, writing under the self-explanatory nickname pcdev, h...

24 August 2010
14:21 GMT

5,000 People Want to Work on Call of Duty

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
04:13 GMT

Analyst: Call of Duty Black Ops Will Sell 12 Million Units

Activision's and Treyarch's big bed for the holiday launch season is Call of Duty: Black Ops, the shooter that will parse the various secret operations performed by the United States and its allies during the Cold War. The game is set to arrive on November 9 on the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the Xbox 360 from...

13 July 2010
13:31 GMT

Infinity Ward Can Create Great New Franchises

The Resurgence Map Pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been seen by fans of the series as the last bit of content developer Infinity Ward would launch for the franchise for some time. But publisher Activision is saying gamers can expect more from the studio that made the first person shooter the best selling ...

30 June 2010
16:41 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Sees No Inspiration in Modern Warfare 2

Modern Warfare 2 isn't an inspiration for Call of Duty: Black Ops, according to Treyarch's head, Mark Lamia. The two games have been developed independently, by teams who have different creative visions. Also, Black Ops started development one year before Modern Warfare 2 came out, so Treyarch could not aim...

3 June 2010
05:18 GMT

Treyarch Will Show Wii Commitment with Call of Duty: Black Ops

The big Call of Duty launch of the fall, Black Ops, has been confirmed as coming to the PC, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Nintendo Wii.The first three are the platforms of choice for first person shooters that aim for a wide audience but the presence of the Nintendo home console is ...

1 June 2010
15:11 GMT

Call of Duty: Black Ops Might Sell More than 10 Million Copies

It's clear that no Infinity Ward made Call of Duty title will arrive this year and it's very likely that publisher Activision might retire the name Modern Warfare altogether.Now, the burden of carrying the franchise forward has fallen on the shoulders of developer Treyarch, which has largely played second f...

1 June 2010
05:06 GMT

Treyarch Focusing 100 Percent on Call of Duty, According to the Studio's Boss

Treyarch's boss, Mark Lamia, has recently given an interview for CVG, where he stated that his company was now developing only Call of Duty games. “Treyarch is a 100 percent Call of Duty studio - and it has been for a long time now, long before any of [the Infinity Ward] events occurred,” Lamia decla...

31 May 2010
05:46 GMT


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