Call of Duty: Black Ops

"We need to bring him back."

- Unknown doctor in the trailer

Call of Duty: Black Ops will be the seventh main installment in the Call of Duty series. It is currently being developed by Treyarch. The confirmation of the game's development was leaked by David Kim, a senior animator at Treyarch back in May of 2009. The game is said to be set in various locations including Vietnam and Cuba, and judging from weaponry and dates given in the trailer, it is set at any point between 1960 to 2010. It is planned to be released on November 9, 2010. It has been announced that a full gameplay trailer will be shown on ESPN on Tuesday, May 18, at 8:30pm, during the second game of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Treyarch has stated that Black Ops will be much grittier than Modern Warfare 2 and that the differences between World at War and Black Ops will be as significant as the differences between Call of Duty 2 and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The trailer released on 18 May 2010 at 10:00PM EST indicates that the game will have a story stressing the fine lines between good and evil, as well as a greater amount of story featuring the Vietnam War than previously suspected. They have also said that Black Ops will feature considerably more stealth than any previous entries in the Call of Duty series.

Settings
Vietnam, Cuba, the Arctic, Laos and Russia have been confirmed as locations in the game.

Friendly

 * Studies and Observations Group

Enemy

 * North Vietnamese Army (NVA)
 * Viet Cong
 * Russian Forces

Multiplayer

 * Vehicles will return, but they will be very different than those in Call of Duty: World at War.
 * There will be a dedicated co-op campaign, supporting up to four players, will use different levels than singleplayer campaign.
 * Treyarch is considering releasing a beta-build test.
 * Matchmaking is being changed so that it is easier for friends to play together.
 * Some campaign levels will be based off of multiplayer maps instead of the typical vice-versa.
 * Create-a-Class 2.0 will allow players to customize their appearance in addition to their loadout.
 * The customized kill streaks will return, but the game-ending Tactical Nuke will not. Also, kills earned from kill streak rewards will not count towards increasing a player's kill streak.
 * The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 perk Commando will not return.
 * The PC version of the game will most likely feature dedicated servers.

Assault rifles

 * AK-47 (Definite)
 * AR-15 Variant (Definite)
 * AUG (Definite)

Submachine guns

 * MP5 (Definite)
 * MAC-10 (Definite)

Light Machine Guns

 * RPK (Definite)

Shotguns

 * SPAS-12 (Definite)

Pistols

 * M1911 .45 (Definite)

Launchers

 * M202 "Grim Reaper" Rocket Launcher (Definite)

Attachments

 * Swarovski Scope (Definite)
 * Suppressor (Definite)

Alternate Ammo Types

 * Dragon's Breath
 * Explosive bolts

Grenades

 * M67 (Definite)

Special grenades

 * Smoke Grenade (seen on the cover of OXM)

Other

 * Crossbow (Definite)
 * Knife (Definite)
 * C4 (Definite)

Missions

 * "WMD" - This mission takes place in the year 1968. It is set in the Ural Mountains. The mission features the SR-71 Blackbird and a new weapon, the Crossbow.


 * "Payback" - This mission allows the player to control an actual helicopter.


 * "Victor Charlie" - This mission takes place in the Huong River in a crashed helicopter, where the player swims upriver with only a knife.

Recent news

 * Recently Activision confirmed to Eurogamer that Call of Duty: Black Ops will launch on the Nintendo Wii.


 * In an article by CVG, Activision's CEO Mike Griffith admitted that Call of Duty: Black Ops is not expected to exceed sales of Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.


 * Much more about the game will be revealed in May in the Official Playstation Magazine, according to an MTV article.


 * This article contains information about multiplayer features in the game.


 * A website has also been launched by Treyarch.


 * Gibbing and dismemberment from Call of Duty: World at War may return, as in some of the pictures above it is possible to see a soldier exploding into a cloud of blood and limbs and a soldier getting his legs blown off.


 * It is reported that players will be allowed to play as members of the SAS in a close-quarters mission based off 'Prince's Gate', the terrorist attack on the Iranian embassy in the 1980s.


 * It has also been hinted that the 'zombie mode' from "Call of Duty: World at War" will be featured in this game.


 * The playable characters will now be able to speak

Trivia

 * In the beginning of the trailer the numbers 2010:3:2 are visible on a digital clock. This was the day Call of Duty: Black Ops was announced (March 2, 2010). It is also possible that the date of the scene in the beginning is March 2, 2010.
 * There is a pilot in a full pressure flight suit right before the frame with the SR-71 Blackbird. This leads players to believe that the player takes the place as a spy plane pilot or co-pilot, or possible even be inserted via spy plane.
 * There is a missile launch; this could be due to tensions between either the Soviet Union or Cuba.
 * At the end of the trailer you can see a man holding a pistol. The name "Sally" can be seen on the pistol.
 * Treyarch will employ a motion capture technology similar to the one used in James Cameron's Avatar films, which will capture the whole performance of the actor, as well as allowing accurate facial expressions.
 * Unlike previous practices, Call of Duty: Black Ops is the only game Treyarch is working on at the moment, with different teams working on different game modes.
 * Both Major John Plaster, who served in the MACV-SOG during the Vietnam War, and Sonny Puzikas, a former Soviet special forces operative, are being consulted by Treyarch for the game.

Trailers
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2FaicWeI4s