"Limited editions of the game offer graphically-enhanced versions of the four zombies maps from ""World at War"", featuring the newer weapons from the rest of the game. There is an unlockable top-down, two-stick arcade-shooter version of Zombies known as ""Dead Ops Arcade"". ""Call of Duty: Black Ops"" takes place between 1961 and 1968 during the Cold War, 20 years after the events of . It portrays a secret history of CIA clandestine black operations carried out behind enemy lines. Missions take place in various locations around the globe such as the Ural Mountains, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Hong Kong, Laos, South Vietnam,"
"follows CIA operative Alex Mason as he attempts to recall certain memories in combat in order to locate a numbers station. This station is due to transmit broadcasts to sleeper agents who are bound to use chemical weapons across the United States. Mason and CIA operative Jason Hudson are the game's main playable characters, as well as Red Army soldier Viktor Reznov in only one mission. Locations featured in the game include Cuba, Russia, United States, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Laos, Vietnam, and the Arctic Circle. The multiplayer of ""Black Ops"" features multiple objective-based game modes that are playable on 14"
"by its predecessor """" by some 2.3 million copies. After six weeks on release, Activision reported that ""Black Ops"" had exceeded $1 billion in sales. On August 3, 2011, Activision confirmed that the game had sold over 25 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling games of all time in the US, UK and Europe. A sequel, """", was released on November 13, 2012. """" was released on November 6, 2015 as the sequel to ""Black Ops II"". """" was released worldwide on October 12, 2018, as a sequel to ""Black Ops III."" ""Black Ops"" is a first-person"
"same universe, sharing characters and story references. ""Call of Duty: Black Ops"" is the seventh installment in the series, the third developed by Treyarch, and was published by Activision for release on November 9, 2010. It is the first game in the series to take place during the Cold War and also takes place partially in the Vietnam War. It was initially available for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 and was later released for the Wii as well as the Nintendo DS. ""Call of Duty: Black Ops II"" is the ninth main installment in the series, developed by"
"black ops assassins who are dispatched to contain the extra-dimensional threats and silence all witnesses. Most of the game is set in a remote desert area of New Mexico in the Black Mesa Research Facility, a fictional complex that bears many similarities to both the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Area 51, at some point during the 2000s. The game's protagonist is the theoretical physicist Gordon Freeman, who holds a Ph.D. from MIT. Freeman becomes one of the survivors of an experiment at Black Mesa that goes horribly wrong, when an unexpected ""resonance cascade""—a fictitious phenomenon—rips dimensional seams, devastating the"
"Ops"" was the best-selling game ever in the United States of America. ""Black Ops"" was the best-selling game of all time in the UK until ""Grand Theft Auto V"" overtook it in November 2014. By November 2013, the game had sold 26.2 million copies. Cuba has condemned the release of the game as it has special forces trying but failing to kill a young Fidel Castro, killing instead a body-double. The Cuba-based pro-Fidel Castro website Cubadebate said the game ""encourages sociopathic attitudes of American children and adolescents, the main consumers of these virtual games"". ""Black Ops"" was also released for"
"its release, ""Black Ops"" had sold a combined total of 5.6 million units in the U.S. and UK market, surpassing that of ""Modern Warfare 2"" and establishing a new record for largest entertainment launch. Compared to the much anticipated opening of ""Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1"", the game earned more than twice as much as the film, earning $360 million. Only five days after its release, sales from the game worldwide reached US$650 million, surpassing the previous record achieved by ""Modern Warfare 2"" which earned $550 million in five days. By November 22, the game remained"
"Games and also released on November 13. The game's campaign follows up the story of ""Black Ops"" and is set in two different time periods; the late 1980s and 2025. In the 80s, the player switches control between Alex Mason and Frank Woods, two of the protagonists from ""Black Ops"", while in 2025, the player assumes control of Mason's son, David (codenamed ""Section""). Both time periods involve the characters pursuing Raul Menendez, a Nicaraguan cartel leader, who is responsible for kidnapping Woods in the 80s and later sparking a second Cold War in 2025. The campaign features nonlinear gameplay and"
"""Chaos"" storyline, and star a new cast of characters: Scarlett, Stanton, Diego and Bruno; while ""Blood of the Dead"" returns to the original ""Aether"" storyline established in the previous ""Black Ops"" games, and stars the four original characters (Dempsey, Nikolai, Takeo, Richtofen; also known collectively as Primis). A fourth map, titled ""Classified"", is included in the special editions of the game and the ""Black Ops Pass"" at launch, and is a remake of the ""Black Ops"" map ""Five"", featuring the original incarnation of Primis (known as Ultimis) as the playable characters. ""Black Ops 4"" features a battle royale game mode"
"Rogue Ops Rogue Ops is a stealth-based action-adventure video game developed by Bits Studios and published by Kemco for the Xbox, GameCube and PlayStation 2 in 2003. In ""Rogue Ops"" the player assumes the role of Nikki Connors, an ex-Green Beret whose husband and child are killed by Omega 19, a brutal terrorist organization. She then joins Phoenix, an almost as brutal counter-terrorism organization to seek revenge. The game's minimal marketing efforts dealt mainly with the attractive appearance of its computer-generated heroine. Compared unfavorably to the more established ""Metal Gear"" and ""Splinter Cell"" series, ""Rogue Ops"" was largely panned by"
"by Treyarch's ""Call of Duty: Black Ops III"" in 2015, Infinity Ward's ""Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare"" in 2016, Sledgehammer Games's ""Call of Duty: WWII"" in 2017 and was followed by Treyarch's ""Call of Duty: Black Ops 4"" in 2018. """" is the first console installment of ""Call of Duty"", and was released on the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of the game include an online multiplayer mode which supports up to 32 players. It also includes new game modes. """" is a spin-off of ""Call of Duty 2"" developed by Treyarch, and based"
"of a YouTube trailer that detailed the futuristic setting, the characters carried over from the previous games, and the conflict. After the game was revealed, the preorder rates on the game set records three times higher than for the preorders of the first ""Black Ops"". Critics have noted the trailer's similarities to that of """". On July 19, 2012, a second trailer was released by Treyarch, offering insight into the game's narrative. The storyline has been described by writer David S. Goyer as ""better than a Hollywood movie"". In developing ""Black Ops II"", Treyarch introduced several revisions to the gameplay"
"a commercial success, with it becoming the top-selling retail game in the US in 2015, and one of the most successful titles released for the eighth generation of video game consoles. A sequel, """", was released in October 2018. The campaign in ""Black Ops III"" is designed to support 4-player cooperative gameplay, allowing for bigger, more open level design and less corridor shooting. In addition, the player can customize their character's appearance and clothing. The campaign features its own progression system, featuring unlock tokens which must be used to acquire different weapons and gears as they progress through the campaign."
"available for backwards compatibility in December 2015, but the date was later changed to some time in 2016. ""Black Ops"" was originally the sixth-most requested Xbox 360 title to become backwards compatible with the Xbox One. On May 17, 2016, the game was made available through Xbox One's backward compatibility. Shortly after, it was reported that sales of the Xbox 360 version had increased by 13,000 percent. ""Black Ops"" features the voices of Sam Worthington as Alex Mason, Ed Harris as Jason Hudson, Gary Oldman reprises his role as Viktor Reznov from ""World at War"" and also voices Dr. Clarke,"
"in 2065, 40 years after the events of ""Black Ops II"", in a world facing upheaval from climate change and new technologies. Similar to its predecessors, the story follows a group of black ops soldiers. The game's campaign is designed to support 4-player cooperative gameplay, allowing for bigger, more open level design and less corridor shooting. As the player character is cybernetically enhanced, players have access to various special activities. The game also features a standalone Zombies mode, and a ""Nightmares"" mode which replaces all enemies as zombies. Announced on April 26, 2015, the game is the first ""Call of"
"with the first set from 1986 to 1989 during the final years of the First Cold War, and the other set in 2025 during a Second Cold War. The protagonist of ""Black Ops"", (Sam Worthington) returns as the protagonist in the first Cold War section, and chronicles the rise to infamy of the game's primary antagonist, Raul Menendez (Kamar de los Reyes). The 2025 section of the game features Alex Mason's son David (codenamed Section) (Rich MacDonald) as the protagonist, in which Menendez is plotting against the United States and China with one of his ultimate goals being to see"
"game, """". The game was released on October 31, 2008 in Europe and November 4, 2008 in North America. Vicarious Visions developed the Nintendo DS version and Eurocom developed the PlayStation 2 version. Treyarch is a major developer in the ""Call of Duty"" series. ""Call of Duty: Black Ops II"" held the record for the largest entertainment launch in history in any form of entertainment, breaking the record within 24 hours of its release until it was surpassed by ""Grand Theft Auto V"". Sales from the game worldwide reached US$650 million within five days after its release. Treyarch worked on"
"team not being available it to the Grand Final. They took t doni3-1 and Haag pocketed $100,000 with his team winning $400,000 and the trophy. Treyarch were to make """" which was the second game in the ""Black Ops"" franchise. The game was a success competitively and attracted a bigger audience through the season. With Frag Cup 4, an annual online tournament at the start of a new ""Call of Duty"" title, coming up a member of the OpTic Gaming competitive team was unable to play due to gambling restrictions in his province, and after impressing early on in the"
"""Origins"" Operation BlackSheep (OBS) opened to the public on the 1st of March 2014. The second unit was added in May 2014 and the mission is currently run from the clueQuest headquarters near King’s Cross St Pancras. Fans of Douglas Adams' ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" will come across a few good references while playing the game as the book was one of the room's main inspirations. ""Description"" Also known as the ‘Satellite’ mission, Operation BlackSheep introduces Mr Q’s arch-enemy, Professor BlackSheep, and his plans of world domination. In the game, aspiring secret agents have 60 Minutes to stop"
"Amrich, Activision Social Media Manager, declared that even if they could kill the servers, they did not plan currently to do it. ""The Daily Telegraph"" praised Black Ops as a superb experience of gameplay, ""the meaty kick of the guns, the blistering pace of the action and the sterling soundtrack of explosions, gunshots and whistling bullets all serve to quicken the player's pulse and tighten their grip on the controller"", and mentioned, it is beyond the overwhelming, chaotic action in the game's major gun battles, offers among other things, a stealthy infiltration of a substation in the snow-capped steppes, in"
"Treyarch and published by Activision. The game was revealed on May 1, 2012. It was the first game in the series to feature future warfare technology, and the campaign features multiple branching storylines driven by player choice and multiple endings. It was later released on November 12, 2012. ""Call of Duty: Black Ops III"" is the twelfth main installment in the series, developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. The game was released on November 6, 2015. ""Call of Duty: Black Ops 4"" is the fifteenth main installment in the series. It was developed by Treyarch and published by Activision."
"The game has drawn comparisons with ""Soviet Strike"", another helicopter simulator released in the same year. However, ""Black Dawn"" resembles an arcade game rather than a typical simulator, not least because various power-ups are obtained from destroyed enemies. A two-player deathmatch mode is included, but can only be accessed via a cheat code. Lead programmer Will Botti cited ""Choplifter"" as an inspiration for the game. The game uses the same engine as ""Agile Warrior"", Black Ops Entertainment's previous game. The soundtrack was originally composed by Tommy Tallarico. ""Black Dawn"" received generally positive reviews. Critics praised the intense gameplay with numerous"
"why they shifted their focus. ""Black Ops 4"" utilizes Blizzard's Battle.net platform for the Windows version instead of Steam, the first game in the series to do so. Teasing of the game began in March 2018, with a full reveal taking place later in May. Two betas were held for the game; one for the multiplayer in August and one for Blackout in September. The release date was moved up to October instead of the series' usual November in an attempt to avoid coinciding with the release of other high-profile games. Pre-release reception of the game was mixed. Fans of"
"GURPS Black Ops Black Ops is a sourcebook for the ""GURPS"" role-playing game. ""GURPS Black Ops"" is a setting that has our planet under threat from various alien, supernatural, and other monstrous powers. The clandestine agency (not bound to any one country) that protects the world (who, generally, is blissfully ignorant) from these threats is simply called the ""Company"". It is usually able to recruit the finest from every profession deemed useful to it, from combat agents to scientists to intelligence personnel. The setting usually has players in the dangerous job of agents working for the Company, or in the"
"focuses on the backstories of the game's multiplayer characters, known as ""Specialists"". The missions take place between ""Black Ops II"" and ""III"" chronologically. Some of the Specialists also carried over from ""Black Ops III"". The multiplayer mode is the first in the series to not feature automatic health regeneration and introduces both predictive recoil and a new ballistics system. The game includes three Zombies maps on release day, four if a special edition of the game, or the Black Ops Pass, is purchased. The locations of the maps include the RMS ""Titanic"", an arena in Ancient Rome, and Alcatraz Federal"
"one full day; 2010's """" grossed $360 million on day one; in 2009, """" brought in $310 million. ""Black Ops II"" went on to gross $1 billion in the first 15 days of availability, beating ""Modern Warfare 3""'s record of the first 16 days. On November 5, 2013, IGN confirmed that the game sold 24.2 million copies, making it the third highest selling game in the series, behind 2010's ""Black Ops"", and 2011's ""Modern Warfare 3"". In July 2014, former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega sued Activision for lost profits from the use of his likeness in the game. He also"
"control their squad with a few simple gestures on screen. The left and right sides of the screen acts as virtual analog sticks for movement while playing in the first-player perspective. Furthermore, the game features quick aim via the small arrows placed on the bottom of the screen used to switch between targets. Tapping on one of the arrows brings the aiming reticule to the closest target. The game is set in the ""Black Ops"" story arc, in 2020, with players leading a U.S. Joint Special Operations Team after the country ""finds itself in a war with an unknown enemy""."
"up with Grigori Weaver (Gene Farber), a Russian-born field operative. Viktor Reznov (Gary Oldman), a key character from the Soviet campaign in ""World at War"", returns along with that game's Russian protagonist Dimitri Petrenko (Boris Kievsky) also making an appearance. Oldman also voices Daniel Clarke, a British scientist assisting in the development of Project Nova. Opposing the CIA are the leaders of Project Nova: former Red Army General Nikita Dragovich (Eamon Hunt), Colonel Lev Kravchenko (Andrew Divoff), and former Nazi scientist Doctor Friedrich Steiner (Mark Bramhall). ""Black Ops"" also features several historical figures: during the story Mason meets John F."
"deeper personalization of players' arsenals; attachments are also given tiers, with tier-2 upgrades providing even bigger improvements to the weapons. Certain weapons also offer Operator Mods, which significantly change how a weapon works, while costing a significant portion of the 10 customization slots per class. In addition, the game includes Specialist Headquarters, a solo mode featuring skill-based tutorials that contain backstories on various Specialists in the game. The missions are set within the same narrative world of the Black Ops campaigns, between the events of ""Black Ops II"" and ""Black Ops III"". Zombies returns as the cooperative multiplayer mode for"
"Delta Force: Black Hawk Down Delta Force: Black Hawk Down is a first-person shooter video game developed by NovaLogic. It was released for Microsoft Windows on March 23, 2003; for Mac OS X in July 2004; and for PlayStation 2 and Xbox on July 26, 2005. It is the 6th game of the ""Delta Force"" series. It is set in the early 1990s during the Unified Task Force peacekeeping operation in Somalia. The missions take place primarily in the southern Jubba Valley and the capital Mogadishu. The gameplay in ""Delta Force: Black Hawk Down"" differs heavily from earlier installments in"
"the series expressed disappointment at the game's lack of a campaign mode. The Black Ops Pass, a season pass that distributes downloadable content (DLC), also received heavy backlash due to the map packs only being made available through the pass and not separately, which had been an option with the DLCs of previous titles. Nonetheless, upon release, ""Black Ops 4"" received positive reviews, with particular praise towards its Blackout mode. It is the best-selling digital launch in Activision's history, surpassing 2017's """", while physical launch sales for the game were the lowest in the series for a decade. ""Call of"
"bounce lighting, self-shadowing, intersecting shadows and various other improvements. """" takes advantage of DirectX 11 video cards on the Windows version of the game. The ""zombie"" mode has been moved to the multiplayer portion of the engine which will allow for much more variety within this part of the game. Black Ops II was released on November 13, 2012. """" features an upgraded version of the IW 5.0 seen in """". It is unknown at this time whether or not any engine features have been taken from """". Since the main developer is Infinity Ward they have returned to their"
"as the story. ""Black Ops II"" is also the first game in the series to allow the player to customize their loadout before beginning a mission, creating freedom in choosing how to approach a mission. One of the biggest changes added to multiplayer in ""Black Ops II"" is the introduction of Pick 10, a new system within the Create-a-Class menu. Pick 10 gives the player a total of 10 allocation slots in a class, which are used for guns, perks, grenades, etc. ... The player can choose to allocate the slots however they like, to either have more attachments for"