Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 News

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has finally been added to the Xbox One's backwards compatibility library.

The family of Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi have filed a €1m lawsuit against Activision over his portrayal in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

Nearly 12 million people are still playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

UPDATE 10/04/2015: The recently-updated Call of Duty website has been data-mined and thus we have new information about Call of Duty: Black Ops 3.

As reported by CharlieIntel.com, an official description for Treyarch's upcoming shooter was discovered within the source code of the Call of Duty website.

It confirms Black Ops is set "a dark, twisted future" where "the lines are blurred between our own humanity and the technology we created to stay ahead". So, we're going sci-fi again.

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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former military dictator against Call of Duty maker Activision.

Activision is trying to have a lawsuit brought by former military dictator Manuel Noriega against the Call of Duty maker thrown out of court - and it's drafted in the ex-Mayor of New York City to help.

A robber was caught when his burglary was overheard on Xbox Live voice chat.

Earlier this month we had Mean Girls and Freaky Friday star Lindsay Lohan suing Rockstar over allegedly using her likeness in Grand Theft Auto 5. Now, we have an ex-dictator suing Activision over allegedly using his likeness in Call of Duty.

Activision wants you to know that 100 million people have played Call of Duty since the release of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in 2007 - the game that fired the series into the stratosphere.

UPDATE: Activision has revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's final DLC expansion will be Apocalypse, due on 27th August on XBLA.

Pre-orders for Call of Duty: Ghosts are down compared to pre-orders for last year's game, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - and Activision reckons it knows why.

A Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 developer has appealed for calm after fans erupted in anger at a patch that tweaked three in-game weapons.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's Vengeance DLC came out last week on Xbox 360 and now it's been dated for 1st August on PS3 and PC.

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UK online retailer ShopTo is refusing to sell Activision games following a row over Call of Duty: Ghosts, Eurogamer can reveal.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's Uprising DLC that came out last week on Xbox Live has now been given a 16th May release date on PSN and PC, Activision has announced.

Update 2: Activision has released a trailer for Mob of the Dead, starring Ray Liotta, Michael Madsen, Joe Pantoliano and Chazz Palminteri as 1920s mobsters fighting zombies on Alcatraz. Get a load of its debut trailer below. It's the cat's meow!

Update: The Black Ops 2 Micro Items are available today on Xbox 360. There are nine Personalization Packs, each containing one gun decoration (all listed below), three targeting reticules and a custom player calling card. The Personalization Packs cost 160 Microsoft Points each.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's Revolution DLC that came to Xbox Live users last month will be coming to PSN and PC on 28th February for $14.99. It's also included as part of the season pass.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 in-game Twitch.tv broadcasting is now live on Xbox 360.

DmC: Devil May Cry didn't upset the chart for long: Black Ops 2 is back on top this week followed by FIFA 13 in second and Far Cry 3 in third.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 were more popular on Xbox Live in 2012 than Halo 4.

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 DLC map pack Revolution lets you play as a zombie for the first time in the gargantuan shooter series.

The first Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 downloadable content has been leaked.

UK tabloids The Sun and The Daily Express have blamed video games for the tragic US school massacre.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has taken the top spot for a fifth week on the trot, equalling Lego Batman 2's 2012 top-spot tally.

It's December and the charts are frozen solid; it's still Black Ops 2 on top, Far Cry 3 second and FIFA third.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 made $1 billion a day quicker than Modern Warfare 3, Activision has announced.

UPDATE: The Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 leaderboards have been re-enabled, Treyarch has said.

Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime reckons third-party games like Call of Duty “look dramatically better” on Wii U.

UPDATE: Activision has published the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Xbox 360 title update patch notes, as promised.

The 26MB update that released yesterday fixed many glitches and made improvements to the live streaming.

Made infrastructure and performance improvements to Live Streaming.

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UPDATE: Treyarch has added the Chaos Moshpit bonus playlist to Black Ops 2 in response to the outcry over the removal of the Nuketown 2025 map.

UPDATE 2: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 sold fewer copies than 1.7 million in launch week in the UK.

Activision has released a patch to combat the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 system lock-ups some were experiencing on PlayStation 3.

These freezing issues were occurring in online play, specifically when entering a public multiplayer lobby.

Activision said yesterday that it was aware that some were still experiencing system lock-ups despite installing the patch “and we are doing everything we can to get to the bottom of it as quickly as possible”.

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Black Ops 2 is probably the highest earning Call of Duty game in the space of 24 hours, Activision has announced. But actual sales figures weren't revealed.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 isn't even a week old, but that hasn't stopped word of the next game in the all-conquering first-person shooter series hitting the internet.

UPDATE #2: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 developer Treyarch has told gamers they should contact Activision's customer service if they experience "issues" with their game disc.

UPDATE: Blockbuster has been in touch to let us know that it will open over 450 stores at midnight tonight to sell Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

Treyarch has published its Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 security and enforcement policy, outlining the behaviour that will result in a ban.

UPDATE: Simply Games has removed its promise to ship Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 tomorrow from its Facebook page.

A day after EA announced Twitch support for Origin, Activision has announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's eye-catching live streaming feature links with YouTube.

The Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has leaked onto the internet a week ahead of release.

Activision has released a video showing gameplay from the Nuketown 2025 map for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

Nuketown 2025 is Black Ops 2's version of Black Ops' popular Nuketown map. Its retro futuristic US nuclear test suburb aesthetics and happy go lucky mannequins are crammed into one of the smallest play spaces in the game.

To get the map you have to pre-order the game. Doing so also nets you a double XP weekend.

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Update: Infinity Ward has denied meeting with Murray about Modern Warfare 4. "Interesting news today, but it's not true," said the developer on twitter. "We've not talked with any voice actors, so all news is speculation."

Activision has released a live action Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 trailer that is littered with celebrity appearances.

The Guy Ritchie-directed TV spot, dubbed Surprise, sees Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr in a jet.

Whose face can you recognise?

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The Wii U GamePad may have a mic on it, but it won't support voice-chat. Instead, you'll have to use a third-party headset that plugs into the tablet-like controller.

Activision's announced that Call of Duty: Elite will be turning free for Black Ops 2 but, hold your horses, map packs will be sold separately. Ha! As if they wouldn't.

The internet has discovered a Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Season Pass.

Can an $89 replica gun controller really make you better at Call of Duty than a traditional pad?

Activision has released the first image of the Nuketown 2025 map for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

Treyarch design director David Treyarch took to the stage at Eurogamer Expo this afternoon to discuss what it's like to be in charge of the design of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and dish the dirt on the game's new prestige system.

Treyarch will remain quiet on Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's exciting new zombies mode right up until release because it wants players to find out how it works for themselves.

Last week Activision teased a zombie mode in Treyarch's upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, but now we can see it in action in the full trailer below.

The zombie multiplayer modes will be available for up to eight players, according to a report by Polygon.

In addition to the usual Survival mode - where you fend off waves of the undead - there will be two new modes, Tranzit and Grief.

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Update: Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed has been added to this list.

Original Story: The Wii U will launch in the UK with just seven fully-fledged retail titles, Nintendo has announced, including FIFA 13, Rayman Legends, Mass Effect 3 and New Super Mario Bros. U.

Mini-game compilation Nintendo Land is one of that number - despite coming free with the more expensive Wii U Premium model.

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This s*** just got realer! Realer? More real. Corporeal. Manifest. Substantial. Etc. Yes, we're very pleased to reveal that at this year's Eurogamer Expo we will have Treyarch presenting a Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 developer session at 3pm on Friday 28th September.

This news is a little late, but important nonetheless: The PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 won't support Windows XP, because the engine has been upgraded to DirectX 11.

Fans of streaking rejoice! We're very happy to reveal that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Multiplayer will be playable at this year's Eurogamer Expo.

When it comes to video game special editions, Call of Duty does it like no other. But Activision may have outdone itself once again with the ultra edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

Two special versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 have been outed online - but neither option will include a Call of Duty: Elite premium subscription.

60 frames or not 60 frames? When it comes to military first-person shooters, that is the question.

Treyarch hopes the changes it's made for the multiplayer portion of Black Ops 2 will make Call of Duty a team game again.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's eye-catching live streaming function works on console, Treyarch has said.

Treyarch has lifted the lid on Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 multiplayer at a special event at German show Gamescom, confirming the series' famous kill streaks have been ditched and new e-sports focused features have been added.

A new trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - below - shows off the upcoming first-person shooter's multiplayer.

Being that Treyarch's sequel is the first Call of Duty to take place in the future, there's an array all new gadgets like mechs, transforming microwave emitters, controllable drones and peculiar qaud-propellered aerial crafts.

For more info, our Nick Cowen previewed Black Ops 2 and said, "it certainly looks more explosive than anything Treyarch has done before."

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Are your house-dwellers fed up with the sound of explosions? Do you dial down the volume for a timid war experience?

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor is scoring the theme to Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

One year, seven months and 21 days late, Cold War romp Call of Duty: Black Ops has been announced for Mac.

Activision will offer a Limited Edition pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 that includes a new version of Black Ops' Nuketown map.

Nintendo hopes that the Wii U GamePad could become the "preferred" way of playing Call of Duty games.

The PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will support ranked dedicated servers, developer Treyarch has confirmed.

Former Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero studio Neversoft is making a Call of Duty game, it's announced.

Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, Battlefield - for years western military first-person shooters have featured US soldiers killing terrorists. Now, the Middle East is having a go at its own take on the genre.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will launch on Wii U this November, leaked scans from Nintendo Gamer magazine have revealed.

There will be no Call of Duty XP event this year, Activision has confirmed.

All Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 DLC will arrive on Xbox 360 first, Microsoft exec Don Mattress has just confirmed.

The exclusivity deal follows similar agreements for previous Call of Duty titles.

A live gameplay demo of Black Ops 2, set in the near future, showcased an American city under siege from terrorists. The French president is pinned down, and you have to rescue him.

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In a battle to precede the war, both EA and Activision will debut new television adverts for their shooter mega-series Call of Duty and Medal of Honor during Saturday's Champions League final.

A 20-year-old man has been jailed for 18 months after making thousands of pounds by distributing a Call of Duty hack that was really a virus.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 doesn't need a brand new game engine to improve the graphics over previous games in the series, Treyarch has insisted.

Black Ops 2 brings "disruptive innovation" to the Call of Duty series, Activision has promised.

Almost every first person shooter released today loses money, according to the co-founder of Free Radical, the now-defunct UK studio responsible for the TimeSplitters franchise.

Call of Duty players will enjoy a "visual overhaul" for Black Ops 2, Activision has claimed.

Activision has announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for release on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on 13th November.

The pre-order description on the official Call of Duty website reveals basic story details. Black Ops 2 is set in the near future, during a 21st century Cold War "where technology and weapons have converged to create a new generation of warfare".

The debut trailer is currently linked to but set to private on YouTube. Leaked images show the game's quadrotor, teased in videos released previously. There's box art too.

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