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A new Black Ops PC patch has gone live on Steam, while developer Treyarch’s confirmed plans to launch mod tools before the month’s out. “PC Patch 1.09 has gone LIVE on Steam,” community manager Josh Olin said on Twitter today, adding: “PC fans: I just spoke with @pcdev, and it looks like Mod Tools are …

For the two people who’ve not played the latest Call of Duty yet, Activision’s just released a Black Ops single-player demo on Xbox Live. The demo, which weighs in at 916MB, hasn’t had its content totally clarified, but it sounds like it includes bits and pieces from the game’s Ural Mountain mission. Here’s the official …

Beware those using Call of Duty Black Ops hacks on the PS3. Call of Duty: Black Ops developer Treyarch isn’t waiting around for Sony to do something about the recent surge in PS3 hacking following the complete circumvention of the console’s software protection. According to the dev’s community man Josh Olin, Black Ops has a …

Treyarch has released a set of “story so far” statistics for Call Of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer. As you can see in the image, players have been very busy since the game launched on November 9th last year, having fired off 1.1 trillion shots – enough to rack up a kill count that’s equal to …

Treyarch has said that it’s “looking into” problems with Call of Duty: Black Ops’ theatre mode on PC. As spotted by PC Gamer, many players are getting a connection error when trying to access the Treyarch server to view old game replays. Treyarch community manager Josh Olin said on Twitter: “Yes, last I heard the …

Movement speed problems affecting Call of Duty: Black Ops online players have quickly been fixed, according to developer Treyarch. A slight problem with the latest hotfix” for the PS3 and 360 versions of the game resulted in some users experiencing a decrease in movement speed when playing online, but all should be back to normal …

Treyarch released a patch for the PS3 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops yesterday which, among other issues, was supposed to fix a number of connection-related bugs, but it doesn’t seem to have done the trick. Not, at least, for the alarming number of gamers who have hit both the game’s official forums and …

Can you shoot down a Valkyrie missile using a shotgun in Call of Duty: Black Ops? Can you place C4 on top of a RC-XD? Can care package helicopters crash into each other? Can you dive over an RPG? These are the type of questions that keep Call of Duty players up at night, experimenting …

The Call of Duty serious is notorious for making people lose it, big time. Modern Warfare had Martyrdom, Modern Warfare 2 had Commando and now the fan-rated Most Annoying Perk in Call of Duty: Black Ops is Second Chance. Predictably, a video has surfaced of one angry gamer who is not happy with the perk …

Black Ops’ single-player campaign is the series’ – and the genre’s in general – most intense ever. But ever wondered how much of the carnage are you actually involved in? It’s no secret that much of what happens in Call of Duty’s battlefields is scripted. Soldiers run to set positions, planes drop pre-set bombs, pre-set …

A host of cheats for Call Of Duty: Black Ops have been revealed online by players – and you can get ‘em right here, well they’re in the video at least. To gain access to the game’s cheats, you first have ensure you’re in the main menu screen – where you’re strapped into a chair …

Call of Duty: Black Ops has broken day one entertainment sales records, according to publisher Activision. The Treyarch shooter “has become the biggest entertainment launch ever”, with an estimated sell-through of $360 million in the US and UK alone in the first 24 hours of availability. That beats the day one record of $310 million …

Call of Duty: Black Ops has realistic warfare, zombie shooting and a secret Pentagon defense mode that has you shooting zombies as President Nixon. Then it has this – a top-down arcade shooter mini game called Dead Ops Arcade. But accessing it isn’t just a matter of finishing the game. You’ve got to bust your …

Activision will begin live streaming the Call of Duty: Black Ops London launch event extravaganza from 6:30 pm tonight. Last year’s Modern Warfare 2 launch event featured Dizzee Rascal rapping in the midnight hour – expect similar shenanigans tonight, plus loads of – probably C-list – celebs raving about CoD. This year’s event is taking …

Earlier today, videos started appearing detailing Black Ops’ Dead Ops Arcade mode, a game within the game. While its existence was revealed in an Achievements / Trophies list that emerged at the end of September, developer Treyarch has yet to go on the record about Dead Ops Arcade. As you can see below, it’s an …