Call of Duty: Black Ops Is Official, Even Has A Release Date

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Dan Webb

No, this isn't the news post we post up tonight's GTTV Call of Duty teaser trailer. That comes later. This is the post though where we come in and usurp the announcement slightly by confirming the game's name and its release date.

Thanks to a new area on the CallofDuty.com site, Call of Duty Black Ops has officially been unveiled by Activision and Treyarch.

The current area of the site is barren and all that exists is the game's name and its release date. November 9th 2010 if you're interested.

Nothing surprising here. We'll still have the teaser trailer up when it hits the net sometime over the weekend hopefully.

More details later, but it would seem that the rumours regarding the game taking place through the Cold War, Vietnam and including the storming of the Iranian Embassy in London appear to be correct.

Comments
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  • NICE ^_^
  • Cool!
  • Agreed! @1
  • sweet news! roll on november!
  • It would be epic if the guy you played during the Iranian Embassy seige was the guy that got stuck on the rope and caught fire.
  • I hope that this turns out to have a better single player campaign than the ones in CoD3 and CoD:W@W. Otherwise I may only rent this.
  • sweet, black ops
  • Must buy
  • YAWN! Another lame COD game.
  • @9 Fuck off.
  • @9 why bother commenting then?
  • This CoD will be the last chance for the franchise to be good in my eyes. If this flops then R.I.P CoD.
  • wtf? it cut off hald my comment? lol I said black ops is a sick name =P
  • Comment 9 is correct. Don't be angry at him.
  • Sounds interesting. Won't be a purchase for me though. I'll just gamefly it.
  • Granade spam?
  • Just the thought of the Iranian embassy mission makes me look forward to this game. Also why diss Treyarch I really don't think they do too bad with the COD games.
  • yay
  • How about call of duty no special ops, no ridiculous plots and no more shit sub names ... take a hint from your fans and go back to the average joe of a solider already ...
  • Ohhh freakign sweet!
  • It just gets mor epic, they need to hurry up with this trailer!
  • Please anything but ww2 again. It's been done to death. Anyhow once I see some gameplay that I like other I'll give it a ago if not sorry COD series your not the same without i.w.
  • the got bad after 4
  • Hmm, I actually liked WaW.. Hope they return with zombie mode!
  • As long as there's some form of zombie nazis involved, then I'm sold. Zombie charlies anyone? To be honest I thought the WAW campaign was the worst in COD history, I couldn't even be assed to finish it. Lets see that rectified with this one.
  • come on zombies
  • its all about the old style war
  • I agree with #12, and would have said the exact same thing if it had not alread been said.Nonetheless, as long as it doesn't invole "spec ops" its all good.
  • Treyarch is failure.
  • Sounds pretty damned cool.
  • I can see it now. Everyone will be excited all year with this game then a month after release people will start to hate it.
  • OMG I hope there will be zombies!!!!
  • how is the multiplayer going to work if its in all differnt time peroids?
  • lets hope they bring zombies...
  • more cod is always a good thing :)
  • I really think having 2 sets of CoD's coming out at a time is a bit much. Don't get me wrong, I've played the hell out of MW2, but there should be DLC for a while, not a new game within a year.
  • And also how would the iranian Emebassy seige work? only 7 people were killed.
  • #37, fair point, mabye its a small mission or stealth.
  • This is awesome!!!
  • Hmm, CoD Black Ops or Halo Reach? Gotta go with Reach, cuz CoD blows.
  • Hope it's in Nam!
  • Sick, im actually stoked for this game, i loved world at war and will def be getting this. Vietcong Zombies FTW!!!
  • @6 i hope u no tht iw didnt make those games treyarch made them so there gonna b different focuses on the way they want the game to n be
  • So is this Call of Duty 7?
  • I might get this sucka first day for the single player
  • sounds pretty kl
  • AWESOME, my birthday is 8 november so i will have enough money to buy it
  • @ 43 this is treyarch too, kiddo. So his point is valid, and you made yourself look like an asshole when you acted like you knew more. OT: I also hope this is better than treyarchs previous games.
  • I'm just glad that it doesn't appear to be 100% Nam. Oh, and if they do an Iranian Embassy mission.. it might be a bit slow seeing as how there were only six militants. Maybe they'll just overexaggerate it and have the whole building teeming with terrorists.
  • Yeah, can't wait for this game!
  • @ 49 totally agree, looks like their covering a bit more historical ground here. I liked treyarch's previous games, they were fun. Iranian Embassy siege? holy hell. If they stick to history and only 6 militants, I think that we'll end up another dreaded "Mile High Club" style achievement LOL EVIL!!!
  • @31: agreed. Found it funny how everyone loved MW2 until it was released...everyone remembers the MW2 sucks kid on youtube... Yes I've played both MWs, they are decent games, but do not deserve the hype they get. Never have and never will see whats so special about it.
  • 9th of november, awesome 4 days before my birthday. Defo pressie for me,I think!
  • Zombies... Must... Return...
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops? I must admit that's a fucking sweet name. Needs Vietnemese/Vietcong Zombies.
  • im glad they are getting away from the modern warefare thing for awhile atleast. but this date is sooner than i expected but welcome to me. interesting indeed. cant wait for the trailer. i still wont be sold until the game comes out and i read the reviews.
  • same lukewarm game that we have been playing for the last three years because the "mainstream" gamer has killed this culture by being satisfied by mediocrity so activision will milk this cash cow past the point of killing the beast
  • Yawn. I wish game developers would come up with new ideas instead of going back to the well each and every time. Though I guess this is great news for the mid-puberty fanboys who do a sex wee over the CoD games and big guns. Also great news for Activision too, as they'll be raping the hell out peoples wallets once more!
  • Hell Yeah!!
  • Woop woop, don't care about the haters, can't wait for this ^_^ @58, ummm, there haven't been any good vietnam based games yet...it needs to be done.
  • Sweet
  • @60 You didn't like Battlefield: Vietnam?
  • Well, Activision strikes again...a quick release to keep their franchise making ridiculous amounts of money. They run every franchise into the ground to the point where people get sick of it (Guitar Hero anyone?) Hopefully it's solely based on Vietnam, It could be a very interesting single player game. I won't hold my breathe, but i'll keep an eye on developments.
  • Awesome! Go Treyarch^^
  • Lets hope its a good as I want to impressed with WaW and a little overwelmed with MW2.. Take it back to basics I say!
  • I figured it was only a matter of time before something regarding the next Call of Duty game popped up. And... they've left the WWII scene so we'll see what happens I guess. I'm fairly excited though! I've enjoyed all Call of Duty games with the exception of CoD 3.
  • @26 I'd rather not
  • COD stinks - Its got BO - Get It! On a serious note it would be interesting to see what Treyarch comes up with this time.
  • CoD:BO
  • @ 19. I agree! Do not fear! In a thread on World at War hq, the lead multiplayer developers stated they don't like how modern suckfest 3000 plays out, and will not be referencing anything from the game. I say thank jesus for that, modern suckfest 3000 was the worst game ever made. Ive heard of Secret missions into Russia, an overarching conspiracy theory that spans much of the Cold War(which lasted from 1947 to 1991), and just imagine all the weapons used throughout that time period! World War II Era weapons like the Thompson and more modern weapons like the MP5 This game will be unbelievable. I cant wait for Treyarch to make their own Call of Duty. Call of Duty: Black Ops will be better than modern suckfest 3000 in every way imaginable. Its just a fact.
  • they're milking this franchise just as bad as the guitar hero and rock band games
  • I refuse to buy this, I gave up on Call of duty of Modern warfare 2, it's just not worth it any mor
  • @6 true that, i want some epic COD4 storyline (all ghillied up anyone?)
  • A new COD without IW?? say it isnt so...I might actually like this one now that IW isnt a part of it lol
  • TREYARCH! ha ha ha ha ha it's all over Activision you should never have biten the that fed you! I'll wait for Respawn entertainment game at EA
  • @ 66 Technically, this game has more than likely been in development since before World at War was released. . . Although i somewhat agree with you. This will be the best Call of Duty yet!
  • I'll definitely be getting this. I prefer the multiplayer in Treyarch's COD's. IW are pretty much done for now anyway so Treyarch is our only hope for a good COD game. Although I have to admit, if this game sucks like MW2 did, it may be my last COD game.
  • All the haters and fanboys can say what they will, but the simple fact is this: TREYARCH. IS. BETTER. THAN. Infinity ward. Its simple logic really.
  • Personally I preferred the World At War to MW2 so hopefully this will be pretty good.
  • @78. Yeah, simple logic. The kind that doesn't need to be explained. I'm assuming that's why you didn't explain your point?
  • @78 too bad all CODs SUCK ASS!!! they need to stop making them
  • Le Fail. I think many people are gonna get p*ssed off when we get shown a crappy Vietnam-version of MW2.
  • NICE, finally a CoD made by Treyarch that doesn't take place in WWII. It better not be "grenades of war" on veteran again though like WaW. Also, for this game to be a buy it NEEDS some form of zombies. 11/9/10!
  • Bring on the Commie-Zombies.
  • @78 Simple logic my ass. I can't find a reason to believe that, seeing as CoD 3 was terrible, and W@W was a carbon copy of the first Modern Warfare. Treyarch doesn't have an ounce of originality. Quantum of Solace(-LE GASP- thats right, they [Treyarch] made that failure of a Bond game) was terrible in its own rights. You all are just hating on MW2 because it didn't live up to the hype YOU ALL MADE FOR IT. That isn't IW's fault, its yours. For instance: I love Halo 3. Why? Because I didn't read every lil scrap of news for it to hype myself up. I just bought it when it came out, barely even paid attention to it before then. Besides, five MP maps (even if two are recycled, one was my favorite map in MW) are better then those 9 piles of trash that Treyarch put out as DLC. The Zombie map
  • Damn, cut me off..... The Zombie maps were not worth 10 bucks each. "Its simple logic really."
  • Already? Oh wait its Activision.
  • I love the fact that when Halo 3 was releassed and ODSt everyone was like "Again?" and now that Cod is into its 7th game noone mentions it
  • Hopefully this is better then MW2
  • It makes me chuckle how when people post unsupported good things about a news story like "SWEET day 1 buy" no one complains, but when people say "This looks pretty trashy" everyone gets all defensive. Oh btw - this looks pretty trashy.
  • Dunno about the iranian embassy mission, only 7 or 8 people were killed, maybe better just having missions like those as cheap DLC
  • Already? It won't even be a full year since MW2! (It's actually 1 day from being a full year, but still) Can't say I am not excited for it, because I am but that was awfully fast.
  • @ 85 good point, i hyped up ODST then it was a let-down... maybe it is better not to get excited about games
  • hopefully the campaign is longer than MW2's. i mean i liked MW2's, it was kind of over-the-top in a good way, but they could have done a lot more. more spec-ops would be a nice addition as well.
  • Yes! Treyarch instead of sorry IW.
  • @85 If you actually use Halo 3 as your reference to a good game then I hope most people don't consider your opinion. Even if you think it's not as bad as people say, which compared to 1 and 2 it is, there are much better games than it out there. For the CoD6 maps, I played them on a friend's xbox, they were terrible and Treyarch's zombie maps I actually enjoy.
  • @14 Don't buy it then no one is asking you too
  • @96 Okay, let me continue with the examples then....CoD:4. I tried it ONLY after my brother rented it. I never even gave it a passing glance. Mass Effect, I only really looked into it a few months before it was released, Final Fantasy 13....I bought it on a whim. No details at known to me at all before I bought it. Halo Wars, all I knew was that it was by the guys that made Age of Empires. Crackdown, never looked at the details before it came out. Need I go on? The more you hype the game up, the more it is destined to fail in the eyes of the beholder. i've watched it happen time after time. As for the MW2 maps, I'd still pay 15 bucks for five maps that I(key word being 'I') enjoy, rather than 30 bucks for 3 Zombie maps. The extra nine maps that came with the zombie maps were just tr
  • I type to damn much, heh... The extra nine maps that came with the zombie maps were just trash. I would know....I hyped those map packs up and bought them with my own money. Zombies stuff was great fun...everything else sucked. 1 map for ten bucks, 3 seperate times. Not worth it. And there's a personal experience bit for ya. Any other challengers?
  • I wonder if Activision is withholding bonuses from treyarch as well...what am I saying, the treyarch cods suck.
  • who cares !!!!! if you like it then you will get it. If not then dont get it or get on top of the "Fans" of the game. Me Personally, thought MW2 was a great game glitchs aside. I still also stand by that MW has the best controler layout in ALL of FPS games.
  • Wow, releasing it Halo 2 day. Those guys suck! Get your own day Activision!!
  • Nice to see they are doing somthing different but they are still controlled by crackdavision
  • Jurys out til we see more i think. Sounds like the setting could be a welcome change as long as the MP isnt glitched and the single player is longer ill get it :)
  • I also am one of those people who think Treyarch are better than Infinity Ward just because they're aint as many people who mess around on it. Hope this game has a better campaign than WaW though.
  • IW BLOWS HAHAHAHAAH IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER BECAUSE IW IS DONE-ALL OF THEIR PROGRAMERS WERE FIRED OR QUIT BYE BYE IW FANBOYS THANK GOD FOR TREYARCH
  • Oh. I don't want to buy this game. Oops, I guess I just shouldn't even write my opinion on this comments section then. Yeah that makes sense. If you don't like it, you should just not speak. /sarcasm And what the fuck is wrong with you, Zing Zitang? Haha...wow.
  • I've always preferred the Infinity Ward versions of COD, but this does sound pretty good tbh =p
  • Pretty much gonna go out on a limb and say - I was never interested in Call of Duty until Modern Warfare (1). I'm not into the older weapons, the older settings, etc. I've seen a bunch of other FPS games like that, and it didn't really catch my attention. MW1 was new, current, up to date, present, whatever. That got me interested, so I picked it up, and it was pretty good. I followed through with MW2 'cause I really enjoyed the story (albeit not fantastic, was more than I expected) and gameplay of the first one - the story didn't really match up, it was a full on effort of trying to be epic, but not adding pieces together for much sense in the grand scheme ; but the gameplay was still there. Anyway, I keep reading these comments where they are hating on Infinity Ward or hating on Tre
  • Giant Barrel of MEH
  • yarch, and yawn these games are old, or blah blah terrible multiplayer, etc. When all I care about is, *the game itself*. With that, I will say - I have only played the two Infinity Ward / Modern Warfare games, and I probably won't be playing this one - not 'cause I hate Treyarch or am a fanboy or some junk like that - but just 'cause this title doesn't interest me on this news post... y'know? Does anyone still look / play / care about the games for the games themselves, and not who is putting the money in it? These aren't exactly picture perfect track records. That's all, end random ramble.
  • oh yay, another COD game. cause thats what the world needed. Might as well package it together with a guitar hero game too! I wish people played more of good shooters like Unreal Tournament. I miss the days of arena shooters and not this COD BS
  • Call of dutys are awesome, i'll buy it day one
  • hopefully this isn't full of grenade spam and infinite respawns
  • I agree with #114. As long as they fix those 2 things it will be awesome! I'll be getting it regardless because the concept of Black Ops will be so much fun!
  • To all of you who comment on these articles just to say that you think Call of Duty is lame, FUCK OFF. Only comment on games you actually care about. @ 112 this applies mainly to you because, while it is a good game series, Unreal Tournament is a pile of horseshit compared to Call of Duty.
  • I remember when all games were fun for everyone. It was a simpler time when people kept their retarded opinions to themselves and the internet was a speck on the horizon. Balls.
  • Treyarch? As in COD WAW Treyarch?? Ugh, I really hated WAW honestly. I love both Modern Warfares. Why couldnt Infinity Ward have done it instead?
  • All of you Treyarch and IW fanboys are fucking lame. They both made decent games. WaW I didn't like at first, but grew on me; and MW1 was arguably the best CoD to date, so I believe both Treyarch and IW are great companies. Will be interesting to see what Treyarch can do with this.
  • @ #100, shut your face!!!!
  • I'm sorry 100, I meant 110
  • This will hopefully be a good game if its anything like WaW in terms of gameplay. Probably the last good COD game though
  • Cod games are too rushed.
  • couldn't care less, treyarch kills CoD games IMO. Leave CoD to the pro's (IW or whatever the stupid they belong to now is called). Not trying to start a fight, just stating my opinion.
  • Everyone knows that the Treyarch COD games were not that great...but here is their chance to get it right...I hope its great because MW2 was a real let down...lets get Bungie cracking on this one...
  • #116: "Unreal Tournament is a pile of horseshit" lol thats why UT99 is the greatest FPS of all time! Nub! As long as Treyarch steal IWs engine code again they are on to a winner lol!! Look at CoD 3, disaster of a game. Then there's WaW which gets about 85% score. As long as Treyarch get their hands on the IW engine they are on to a winner! In the words of Elpresador, that is irrefutable and undeniable FACTUAL evidence.
  • if you dont like cod then dont leave a fucking comment no one cares so stop bitching
  • @128 MAKE ME STOP THEN!! COD IS FUCKIN GAY HALO IS BETTER SUCK MY BAWLS
  • awesome!
  • @#129 I hope that, for your own sake, you're only being really provocative, and that you're not actually that annoying in real life.
  • @127 dontm emntion that idiot on this site
  • I love how people say things like, "I bought it with my OWN MONEY!!!!" like we are supposed to give them a high five or something. Unless you're 12, you SHOULD be buying things with your own money and not leeching off your parents. But if you're 12, you shouldn't even have access to this game anyway, so the point is moot.
  • -mention
  • Eh maybe. After MW2 I have lost hope, but I still think Call of Duty: Vietnam by Treyarch will be better.
  • hmm two cods comeing up.hmm would'nt people notice by now that there buying the madden of fps's.oh wait, its the american public of course they wouldnt notice.
  • @33 i'm hoping that they'll go old school in the multiplayer with default classes for each maps "era".
  • I am glad they are doing something fresh finally with Treyarch. Hopefully this will be among the lines of MW2 but with fresh new material. Activision suprised me, I hope it turns out well.
  • @9 must really suck at call of duty that's why he would say wow another boring call of duty game that he will suck at
  • @ #25, or because you weren't good enough to finish it? The Story was good, and it was the hardest out of all CoD campaigns, on Veteran ofc.
  • yay for treyarch.
  • Dammit no, just leave it at MW2 for a while. CoD is actually decent, they shouldn't be acting like freakin' Madden "oh noez we have to have a new game that's barely any different EVERY YEAR!".
  • its to early to judge without a trailer.
  • I have my fingers crossed that this turns out well. I never put much time in W.a.W. but Call of Duty as a brand has done pretty well in quality. Just hope it improves enough to pull me away from BFBC2.
  • LOL!!! Totally digging the Treyarch fan boys here. You haven't been doing your research very well have you? WaW and Black Ops will run on the IW 4.0 engine. That would be the engine that Infinty Ward built from the ground up. Its not that hard to make a game with a prebuilt engine, especially one as easy as IW 4.0. Yet astonishingly, Treyarch still can't manage to make an engaging multiplayer or single player experience. Honestly, IW gave Treyarch everything they had on a silver platter. Treyarch had to create some art assests and that was basically it. Everything else was just copy paste and they still couldn't balance the game. Too bad IW's engine is owned by Activision, wish we didn't have to see another mediocore COD from Treyarch emerge from such a powerful design tool.
  • Why can't it be White Ops? Huh huh?!?! Racists...
  • @146 yes they favor the blacks... TIME TO SUE!!!
  • If it can improve on WaW this game will be legendary woooooo!
  • Let's just hope the campaign is GOD DAMN AWESOME!! I don't care about the MP. Really, I'm serious. @145 I half agree with you, but give Treyarch a chance. Maybe they can do this right.
  • souns nice new and fresh :) though I don't normally like world war crap and I didn't like WaW so we will have to see hopefully they will bring out a demo for this
  • cod is gayer then the village people ill just stick with reach.
  • GET IN COD 7 will be much better then MW2
  • Cool!
  • FAIL
  • hopefully they turn the heat back up on the difficulty. MW2 was a walk in the park :(
  • Another treyarch regret fulled game? IW at least made good, enjoyable games. Since the travesty of MW2 I in my own opinion decided that theres no hope for online CoD. Another easy 1000
  • Why does everyone nut ride I.w treyarch waw was the best to me the plot and the multiplayer were filled with new and fun things to do byeah cod 4 was great too but I personally sa that treyarch never messed up on any cod they did and I'm sure this will be a sure fire hit too!
  • If it was Infinity Ward then I would consider buying the game. Treyarch still has no idea what it's doing.
  • Gonna be just like MW2 where everybody thought it was gonna be the greatest game ever then it comes out and everybody thinks it's the worst game ever. Meh we'll see.. we'll see.
  • CoD died after modern warfare 1 RIP
  • I can't wait for this. I like treyarch more than IW. To all who post the stupid comments, no one really gives a shit what you think. Save your pointless comments for somewhere else.
  • this will be the first Treyarch game ill own. and solely because i NEED all thins vietnam war related lol
  • I miss the time approximately a year ago when everyone would bash treyarch and their shitty game, move on about six months and evreyone is so pumped for a new IW game because their SOO better then treyarch....move on to present time now everyone is happt for the new treyarch game because infinity ward is shit. Alright GO RED WINGS
  • on my bday cool
  • @146 lol but on topic this is cool but dont get me wrong i prefer the mw series (go ahead, insult me) treyarch is good but i just like iw better but still gonna get this the day it comes out because i like CoD i played BFBC2 for about 3 days and came to the conclusion that i think any CoD title is better no matter who made it @127 just sayin my opinion UT is still great just too much repetition
  • I can't wait for this game
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