Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 succeeds in many ways, living up to promises of a branching campaign, expanded Zombies mode, and a new spin on multiplayer customization. The ideas coming out of developer Treyarch are exactly what the annual franchise needs, especially under the intense scrutiny of a vocal shooter audience. There's a charm missing from Black Ops 2, ...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 community votes for next personalization
Activision is crowdsourcing its next personalization pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Starting on Thursday, May 23, fans will be asked to vote for one of four new packs, each with their own custom weapon camo skin, three reticles and a calling card icon. One of Swords has preview images of ...
PSA: Black Ops 2 Uprising DLC out today on PS3, PC
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's multiplayer offerings grow stronger -- and undead-er -- with today's release of the Uprising DLC map pack for the PlayStation 3 and PC platforms. The pack is priced at $14.99. Uprising adds the Magma, Encore, Vertigo, and Studio multiplayer maps, the latter of which ...
Get Black Ops 2 for $40, Trials Evolution for $15 on Steam this weekend
Steam's deals for this weekend are action-packed, as Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is 33 percent off ($40.19), while the Deluxe Edition also on sale for $53.59 until May 13. Early birds can play the game for free until 1pm Pacific on Sunday. Trials Evolution is also part of the weekend sale, as the ...
Black Ops 2 updated with Arms Race Team Deathmatch and multiplayer fixes
A new update has gone out for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, adding a new Bonus Playlist game mode, a Connection Quality survey "to assess online gameplay connection quality," and a list of multiplayer tweaks. The new mode, Arms Race Team Deathmatch, gives players 150 ...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 'Uprising' DLC rallies on PS3, PC May 16
Black Ops 2's Uprising DLC pack will be available on Windows PC and PS3 on May 16 for $14.99. The DLC has been available on Xbox 360 since April 16, as part of Microsoft's exclusivity deal with Activision. Uprising includes four multiplayer maps: Magma, a Japanese village at the base of an erupting ...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 'Mob of the Dead' soundtrack out now
The moody tunes of Treyarch's Mob of the Dead, a special Zombies mode variant included in the "Uprising" DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, are now available for purchase. You can pick up the album on Amazon, iTunes and Google Play for $10; or you can purchase each track individually. Mob of ...
PSA: Black Ops 2, Dishonored, Forza Horizon DLC out today
Today is the day that the game about military battles in 2025 also becomes about Mafiosi battling zombies in the 1930s, and our world becomes incrementally stranger in the process. Black Ops 2's "Uprising" DLC is available on the Xbox Live Marketplace now for 1200 MSP. Other noteworthy, ...
Black Ops 2's 'Mob of the Dead' looks insane as ever
We're almost positive that the "Mob of the Dead" mode included in next week's Black Ops 2 Uprising DLC pack is from a parallel universe. We're open to hearing alternate theories, obviously, but at the moment that's the most plausible explanation for a 1930s mafia/zombie-themed Call of Duty ...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 'Uprising DLC' trailer calls upon The Replacers
There's some footage of the new Black Ops 2 'Uprising' DLC lurking in this trailer, which sees actor J.B. Smoove join Peter Stormare to form 'The Replacers,' which to us sounds like a stand-in band resigned to a self-fulfilling prophecy. Oh yeah, the DLC; that's out April 16 on XBLM for 1200 MSP. ...
Arkham City Wii U, Far Cry 3, AC3 on sale at Best Buy this week
Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition, the Wii U version, is $20 at Best Buy as part of its weekly deal offer. Also on sale are the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed 3 for $30, or PS3, Xbox 360 and PC editions of Black Ops 2 for $40 each. We found the Wii U version of ...
