Will Henriksen play the friendly Bishop we know from Aliens or the black-ops Bishop from Alien 3?
Unlike the first-person perspective of Black Ops 2, Spec Ops: The Line is a third-person cover shooter.
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Techies may further appreciate fancy gadgets like MadCatz' "Call of Duty: Black Ops"-branded Dolby True 5.1 Gaming Headset, or PDP's special "TRON" collector's edition controllers for PlayStation 3, Wii or Xbox 360.
Looking forward, the company said it thought its first-person shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 had "the potential to be biggest-selling game of all time", despite launching a week after Microsoft's well-reviewed Xbox-title Halo 4.
Official Call of Duty: Black Ops II Soundtrack - A digital copy of composer Jack Wall's epic in-game score with Theme by Trent Reznor.
Nevertheless, how much of this publicity will convert into actual sales will be clear after analyzing the Black Ops 2 pre-order numbers, which should take at least a month or two.
Black Ops is a first-person shooter title that has players take on missions set during the Cold War era.
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Developed by the Treyarch game studio, Black Ops is a first-person shooter game that has players undertake missions and follow a storyline set during the Cold War.
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The weaponry and combat vehicles of the future Black Ops 2 suggests well-researched military advancements, and putting all of this research for gamers to use before real modern combat feels like a morbid privilege.
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Before that, they debuted in-game livestream tools for Black Ops 2 that lets players broadcast directly from the game.
Hit videogames for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, like the popular Call of Duty: Black Ops, typically have Hollywood-level budgets and timelines.
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Months later he was brainstorming in his office with Corky Lehmkuhl, Treyarch's studio creative director, about using the Pentagon as the setting for the "co-op mode" in Black Ops, in which up to four players can cooperate on a mission.
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By some estimates, "Black Ops" had the biggest five-day opening in revenue of any entertainment debut in history.
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Its predecessor, 2010's "Call of Duty: Black Ops, " is the best-selling video game ever in the United States, according to some estimates.
Just five months after its release in November 2010, Black Ops had already become the best-selling game in US history with 14 million titles.
"Call of Duty: Black Ops II, " the first-person shooter game that hit stores Tuesday, transports players into two separate time periods: the 1980s and the not-so-distant future of 2025.
"Offensive Combat" is a shooter that blends elements from the most popular shooters out there like Microsoft's "Halo 4" and Activision's "Call of Duty: Black Ops II" into a free-to-play experience that's fully customizable.
The revelation that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is set in the near-term future has aroused intense discussions in the video gaming community.
Since these lawsuits, a war of words have been volleyed between Activision and EA. The two giant game makers butted heads last fall with Call of Duty: Black Ops and Medal of Honor going head-to-head at retail.
Black Ops 2 zombie mode is a challenging, open-world nightmare of a campaign.
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"The decision to move Black Ops forward in time is a response to market saturation - there is an abundance of military shooters around - and a way to reinvigorate the genre, " said games writer Daniel Krupa.
More exciting and attractive new titles are to be released from third party developers and publishers as well as SCE Worldwide Studios, including Assassin's Creed III (Ubisoft Entertainment.), Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Activision, Inc), PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (Sony Computer Entertainment), towards the holiday season.
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Thanks to the teaser trailer shown during Game 6 of the NBA Finals and months of hype in gaming articles, the lid was flying off my excitement for "Black Ops" as I walked into my local GameStop to pre-order my copy two weeks ago.
Activision Publishing just announced the first-day sales of its newest hit videogame Call of Duty: Black Ops, saying that it is the biggest entertainment launch in history.
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That means it will avoid competing directly with big-budget first-person shooter rivals, including Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
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They may be primed to become powerful platforms for the kind of triple-A titles you see on the Xbox or PS3 like Call of Duty: Black Ops or Mass Effect 2.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops is the seventh game in the series and the third to be developed by US-based developer Treyarch.
Both these rifles will be compatible with all popular PS3 first-person-shooters, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Battlefield 3.
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