A press release made public by Activision today formally announces Call of Duty: Black Ops’ Zombie Mode. No specifics were made available, but for the first time, finally, the new Zombie mode has officially been recognized. The full press release can be found below, or here. Nice! Taking the wraps off one of the most anticipated features and worst kept secrets, Treyarch revealed today that the community-favorite “Zombies” is coming to Call of Duty(R): Black Ops which hits stores worldwide on November [...]

Among the plethora of new features that Treyarch are including in Call of Duty: Black Ops is something they are calling Combat Training. So what exactly is this new Combat Training Mode? A post appeared on CallofDuty.com today that lays out exactly what what you can expect from Black Ops’ new Training Mode. Train. Train. Train. If you want to be the best, you’ve got to know your stuff – your maps, your equipment, and your abilities. Hesitate and you’re [...]

Call of Duty: Black Ops’ multiplayer uses a new feature, in addition to the usual challenges, called Contracts. Contracts are bought by the player with CoD Points, which will then direct them to complete whichever objective is required within a certain amount of time. Completion of a contract will reward a higher CoD point payout than was originally paid for the contract itself.

It’s a well-known fact that the PC SKU of Modern Warfare 2 was seen as a failure by most in the PC gaming community. The introduction of IWNet, a peer-to-peer networking system similar to the one used on consoles, was enough on its own to disappoint PC players who could no longer have any choice in the server they played on. However, there was more: cheating became rampant, helped on by ‘undetectable’ wallhacks and delayed VAC bans. Mod tools were [...]

Here are the first of the confirmed Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer maps. As we learn of new maps they will be added to the list. Cracked – a secluded town in shambles Launch – tight, close quarters map set on a missile platform Radiation – an abandoned power station Slaughter House – decimated urban area in Vietnam Summit – snowy, Russian base

Weapons Without further ado, the assault rifles on the Create-A-Class screen were: M16 Enfield M14 Famas [sic] Galil AUG FN FAL AK-47 Commando [CAR-15/SIG] Classified – believed to be H&K G11 Available attachments for the Famas (and presumably all other assault rifles) were: