Black Ops II Launch Trailer

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The biggest DLC content pack in franchise history arrives stockpiled with four multiplayer/Survival Mode maps and two Special Ops missions. Collection 1 is available for purchase by all Call of Duty: MW3 owners with an Xbox LIVE Gold membership. If you're a Call of Duty ELITE Premium member, you already have access to this content

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3D Reports for Duty

News: October 5th, 201034 Comments

Get ready for a new kind of war, soldiers. Call of Duty is entering the 3rd dimension. That’s right, Black Ops will be playable in stereoscopic 3D on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. “Development of stereoscopic 3D began as an R&D project, but once we saw what the technology brought to the Call of Duty experience, what a great fit and how immersive it was, we knew that we had to develo...

Character Customization

News: October 1st, 2010146 Comments

Listen up, soldiers. You’ve all got your own style, and there’s no reason that shouldn’t be reflected in the field. Let’s brief on the huge amount of personalization features you’ll find in Black Ops. COD Points give you the freedom to create your own soldier from head to toe. Browse through a huge selection of face paints to help blend into the environment or strike fear into...

Zombies Infect Black Ops!

News: September 30th, 2010331 Comments

They’re back and they’re hungry! You’ve been asking for more, and here they are. Zombies are making a return to Black Ops. Combat the undead and fight for your life in the harrowing four player cooperative mode, using a multitude of weapons to keep the blood-thirsty zombies at bay. Treyarch has taken great care to craft an awesome zombie experience, so zombie fans should expect a nic...

Combat Training

News: September 20th, 2010326 Comments

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 done for. Welcome to the new Combat Training mode, soldiers. Strengthen your skills in Free-For-All or Team Deathmatch on any multiplayer map against a full set of Practice Dummies. Practice alone or train with other players online. Th...

Wager Matches – Sticks and Stones

News: September 15th, 2010202 Comments

Ante up, soldiers! Wager Matches test your nerves and can make or break you. In each of the four Wager Match types (One in the Chamber, Sticks and Stones, The Gun Game, Sharpshooter), you bet that you’ll be among the top three players at the end of the match. Succeed and increase your COD Points. Fail and your hard-earned currency is lost to the top players. For more info on Wager Mat...

COD Points and Wager Matches

News: September 10th, 2010244 Comments

During the multiplayer unveiling event on September 1, a few of the new Call of Duty: Black Ops features discussed were the currency system and the brand new game mode Wager Match. As part of our series on Black Ops multiplayer, we dive deeper into these features here. Check back here in the coming days for more updates from the September 1 Multiplayer event. You can also get a full o...

Multiplayer Revealed

News: September 2nd, 2010616 Comments

On September 1st, we held our highly anticipated, global hands-on multiplayer press event in Los Angeles. At the event, we introduced a variety of new features to expand on Call of Duty’s awesome multiplayer experience. Check out one of the videos that was presented at the event to learn about Wager Matches: Along with Wager Matches, we introduced several other new features. C...

Participate in the 9/1 Black Ops Multiplayer Reveal!

News: August 30th, 20101988 Comments

Do you want to be a part of the Black Ops Multiplayer Reveal Event? We'll be sharing a TON of great info with the press & community about Black Ops MP on September 1st, but we'd like to hear some of your burning MP-related questions. Simply ask your questions in the comments below, on our Facebook Page, or via @JD_2020 on Twitter. For the most commonly asked questions, we'll be fie...

Call of Duty: Black Ops - Hardened & Prestige Eds!

News: August 12th, 2010793 Comments

Today, we unveil the Hardened and Prestige editions of Call of Duty: Black Ops! Embedded below is a video introducing the RC-XD killstreak reward, which features in the Prestige Edition of the game: Hardened Edition: - Call of Duty: Black Ops full game - Premium, special-edition SteelBook™ case - Limited edition Black Ops collector’s medal w/display case - 4 ...

14 New Screenshots!

News: June 28th, 2010485 Comments

We’ve just added 14 gorgeous new screenshots to the Media section which show off the kind of power the latest Call of Duty engine has to offer in Black Ops! Sample image below (click to see more). At the beginning of each project, the team at Treyarch digs in and goes to work on engine enhancements with a focus on supporting the demands of the new environments and gameplay...

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After Call of Duty: World at War, we set out 3 goals for our next PC title:

1] PC gets every single game feature that the consoles get, but in a way that makes sense for PC.

2] PC gets even more features – the ones that PC gamers want like dedicated servers and more customization.

3] Keep it fun. Protect the integrity of the title through design and post-launch support.

Keep that in mind as you read through the decisions outlined below in our FAQ.

Call of Duty: Black Ops PC Multiplayer FAQ

Full feature support: Confirmed
Ranked Servers: earn XP and currency. Wager Servers: gamble your currency. Customizable Unranked Servers. Combat Training against practice dummies. Theater. Create-a-Class "2.0." Contracts. Emblem editor. Everything the consoles get. Implemented in a way that makes sense for PC (*cough* no lobbies *cough*).

PC Features: Confirmed
Dedicated Servers. New Server Browser. Dev console. /record. Customizable game modes, perks, killstreaks, classes, and higher player counts on unranked servers. Map rotation. RCon. Kick & Ban. MOTD. In-game custom Server Banners. And more.

Mod Tools: Confirmed
We will release mod tools sometime post-launch. We need to finish the game first. Then we will make sure any urgent issues are handled. Then we will begin work on tools. The extent of the mod tools package will not be known until this time.

Global Persistent Stats, Profiles: Confirmed
Your profile data is stored on servers for you and is accessible from anywhere on the internet. Stats, XP, COD Points, configs, etc.

Leaderboards: Confirmed
Yes, leaderboards - globally persistent leaderboards (i.e. NOT per-server based).

Steam Exclusive: Confirmed
Millions of Call of Duty fans are already on Steam. Their Friends are on Steam. Steam will provide the ease of auto-updating instead of manual patching. Auto-updating will also help keep the community playing together on the latest version. The Steam cloud will make your profile and configs available to you on any computer.

VAC: Confirmed
We are serious about protecting the integrity of this game from hackers and cheaters who would otherwise ruin the fun for the honest players. Used in conjunction with our own anti-exploit measures, Theater reviews, trusted servers, and supplemented by server admins with kick and ban powers we believe that Valve Anti-Cheat will be an effective solution for Call of Duty: Black Ops PC. We are committed to working closely and diligently with Valve to deal with new threats as they appear.

No “Public Server Files”: Confirmed
Many of these game features are predicated on having a trusted host or server. Otherwise these features would be wide-open to easy exploits and rampant cheating. Also, anti-cheat solutions can be significantly more effective on games that rely on trusted servers. We chose against “public server files” in favor of providing full feature support and protecting the integrity of this title. This doesn't mean you won't have customization or admin capabilities with your servers - because you will. This simply means we've partnered with an exclusive server provider.

GameServers.com Exclusive: Confirmed
We have partnered with GameServers.com as the exclusive provider of dedicated servers for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Every dedicated server for this title will be running on top quality hardware and infrastructure with excellent bandwidth. There will be a ton of official servers at launch for everyone to play on for free. If you want to run your own server you will be able to rent one at a great price (which will never go higher than $0.99/slot). They are actively adding new server locations and staffing up to meet global demand. If you don’t see your location you can suggest it here: http://www.gameservers.com/blackops/

Max Players: Not Confirmed
We have not yet finalized the maximum number of players in ranked or unranked servers. More playtesting is required to determine how high these numbers can go. This happens as late as possible in the project otherwise the game is likely to change in ways that could invalidate the results.

Minimum System Requirements: Not Confirmed
The game is still in development, and the PC team is hard at work making further optimizations. We will announce the min specs in the near future.

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Hopefully that answers the majority of the outstanding questions not answered from our MP Reveal coverage. There are still some questions we do not have answers for at this time, so as always, we appreciate your patience. We will have all questions answered before November 9th.

Regards,
-JD, PC Dev, & the PC Team

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