Call Of Duty 7 "Black Ops"

Current Confirmed Weapons in Call Of Duty BlackOps

•AK-47 (Assault)
•AUG (Assault)
•MP5k Prototype (Sub MG)
•MAC-10 (Sub MG)
•RPK (Light MG)
•Crossbow (Bows)
•Spas-12 (Shotgun)
•M1911 (Pistol)
•M202 Rocket Launcher (Launcher)
•Swarovski Scope (Attachment)
•Suppressor (Attachment)
•Dragon's Breath (Alt. Ammo)
•Explosive bows (Alt. Ammo)
•Smoke Grenade


COD BlackOps Basic Info:

•Cuba, Vietnam, the Arctic, Russia and Laos are going to be as locations in the game.
•BlackOps will have a cooperative mode for two to four players and an online multiplayer mode.

Multiplayer Info:

•Dedicated Co-Op campaign supporting 4 players.
•"Barebones" Mode which removes perks, attachments, killstreaks.
•Vehicles will be returning and will be different than COD:WaW
•There will be a beta-build test for COD:BlackOps

**Matchmaking algorithm changed so its easier for friends to play with each other.

•Customizable Killstreaks are going to be in. Tactical Nuke will not be in the game, nor will Commando perk.

Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter spoke about "paying to play" after software sales fell 15% these past couple of months. The fault? Online multi-player games that give alot of replay value but at the same time make those same people less inclined to buy new video games.


"...we think that the overall decline was due to a very large number of people playing multiplayer online games for free on PlayStation Network, and for an annual fee with unlimited game play on Xbox Live," Pachter noted. "We estimate that a total of 12 million consumers are playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 for an average of 10 hours per week on the two platforms’ respective networks, and the continued enjoyment of this game (along with an estimated 6 million Halo online players, 3 million EA Sports players, and 5 million players playing other games, such as Battlefield, Red Dead Redemption, Left 4 Dead and Grand Theft Auto) has sucked the available time away from what otherwise would be spent playing newly purchased games."

Some so called "evidence" of possible future pay to play system.

Infinity Ward spawned one of the bigger controversies in gaming last year when they announced the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 would use peer-to-peer matchmaking in lieu of traditional dedicated servers. That's a history that won't be repeating itself with Call of Duty: Black Ops, though, as Treyarch president Mark Lamia has confirmed they're sticking with dedicated servers.
"I think dedicated servers are excellent. I don't see any reason not to see them unless... well, I just don't see any reason not to," Lamia said to PC Zone magazine (via CVG). "It seems people like them and we're excited about what we're doing right now."

Even still, Lamia also said they're working on bringing some of the console matchmaking features to their dedicated servers, while maintaining the customizable nature of the dedicated server experience. "We do work very hard to reconcile the desire to manipulate and modify those dedicated servers with offering them the persistent experience and benefits that the console system provides," Lamia said. "We're working very hard to marry those two things, so people can run dedicated servers and also participate in the communal experience the console players get to have, given they're all on first-party servers."


Meanwhile, CVG also reports that a new Black Ops preview in the Official Xbox Magazine reveals the game won't just have vehicles the player rides in, but can control entirely. This apparently includes the SR-71 Blackbird we've previously heard about (and which was previously unclear whether it was entirely in the player's control or not), as well as helicopters that the mag "stresses" are fully controllable, which will even provide helicopter-vs-hellicopter air battles.

Call of Duty: Black Ops is launching on the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii on November 9.

will Call of Duty: Black Ops be pay-to-play?

The answer to that question is NO. Josh Olin, Treyarch community manager, has squashed rumours of a subscription-based Call of Duty game. Confirming this on his Twitter (JD_2020), Olin writes

No, you will not have to ‘Pay to Play’ #CODBlackOps Multiplayer either. Rumor -> Squashed. – Josh Olin

Cpt_IRON wrote:damn .. theres some new rumors about the pay to play ... activision seems to want more money from PC and console users.. they want to charge 10 box per month for a premium online gaming...

they will do a press conference on September 1st about it

Kinslayer wrote:Wow that's just insane. It's not like they're not making money off the single act of selling one game at 60$. Correction, selling MILLIONS OF GAMES AT 60$. Fucking greedy bastards.