Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis
The newest installment in the biggest action series of all time and the follow-up to last year's blockbuster Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops launches on November 9, 2010.
Amazon.com Product Description
table border="0" tbody tr td table border="0" tbody tr tda name="product_description" emCall of Duty: Black Ops/em is a first-person shooter with stealth and tactical play aspect that puts players in the role of a shadow soldier fighting in a variety of historically representative fictional Black Ops missions of the Cold War era. Created with the input of actual Black Ops soldiers from the time, the game mixes traditional emCall of Duty/em tactical shooter gameplay with new gameplay options designed to expand the players' experience. Additional features include extensive multiplayer options, along with new vehicles and explosive new weapons. style type="text/css" .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: -15px; } table.callout { font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1. 3em; } td.vgoverview { height: 125px; background: #9DC4D8 url(http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/callout-bg.png) repeat-x; border-left: 1px solid #999999; border-right: 1px solid #999999; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 250px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; } /style p table align="left" width="210" tbody tr td valign="top"img align="top" alt="Call of Duty: Black Ops game logo" border="0" height="64" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/videogames/detail-page/cod.bo.logo.200.jpg" title="Call of Duty: Black Ops game logo" width="200" //td /tr /tbody /table strongPutting Out the Hotspots of the Cold War/strongbr / Follow-up to 2009’s blockbuster emCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2/em, emCall of Duty: Black Ops/em breaks new ground in the emCall of Duty/em series and the video game industry at large by delving into the not-so cold conflicts of the Cold War./p p table align="right" cellpadding="10" width="200" tbody tr td height="202" valign="top" div align="center"img align="top" alt="Black Ops solidier with face in shadow from Call of Duty: Black Ops" border="0" height="169" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/videogames/detail-page/cod.bo.01.sm.jpg" title="Black Ops solidier with face in shadow from Call of Duty: Black Ops" width="300" /br //div center span class="caption"Relive the Cold War COD style.br / View larger./span /center/td /tr /tbody /table Inspired by the experiences of real Black Ops soldiers of the era, the missions of emCall of Duty: Black Ops/em take the player to a wide variety of settings, ranging from snowbound mountain strongholds in historical Soviet held territories, to the jungles and urban settings of Vietnam War era SE Asia. Throughout all, care has been taken to maintain the traditional essence of emCall of Duty/em style combat, while also introducing new types of player action that add to the gameplay experience. Additional features include co-op, versus and team-based multiplayer options, new vehicles like the SR-71 Blackbird and lethal new weapons such as explosive-tipped crossbows./p pstrongKey Game Features/strong/p ul liSeventh installment of the emCall of Duty/em series, based on the live fire conflicts of the Cold War era./li liDiverse variety of play setting ranging from urban air and ground combat in SE Asia, to snow combat in Soviet region and jungle combat./li liBlending of traditional emCOD/em, and new first-person character scenarios designed to both retain the essence of the emCOD/em gaming experience and ensure constantly flowing and varied action./li liNew arsenal of weapons and vehicles tied to the Cold War era, including the SR-71 Blackbird and sited explosive-tipped crossbows./li liWide array of play modes including single player, local multiplayer versus and online co-op and multiplayer./li /ul strong3-D Game Featuresbr //strong ul liFully playable in stereoscopic 3D: the game will be compatible with 3D-ready HDTVs and 3D PCs utilizing state-of-the-art active shutter 3D glasses, delivering true depth of field and an unprecedented level of immersion that is perfectly suited for the emCall of Duty/em action experience./li liAwesome 3D experiences: aim down the sights of your weapons, fly in helicopters, rappel down mountains, move through highly detailed environments and more./li liThe experience is seamless to use with a simple menu option to enable stereoscopic 3D or disable it at any time whether playing in the single player campaign, multiplayer or Zombie mode./li liPlayable in both 3D and non-3D on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.em Call of Duty: Black Ops/em for Windows PC is NVIDIA(R) 3D Vision(R)-Ready and supports stereoscopic 3D gaming using 3D Vision active-shutter glasses and NVIDIA GeForce GPUs. For Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system consoles, 3D features require a compatible 3D-ready HD TV. /li /ul /td /tr /tbody /table strongAdditional Screenshots/strong:br / table align="center" cellspacing="0" tbody tr td div align="center" table align="center" cellpadding="3" width="200" tbody tr tdimg alt="Base jumping off a snowcapped mountain side in Call of Duty: Black Ops" border="0" height="150" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/videogames/detail-page/cod.bo.02.sm.jpg" title="Base jumping off a snowcapped mountain side in Call of Duty: Black Ops" width="200" /br / center span class="caption"Variety in gameplay action.br / View larger./span /center/td /tr /tbody /table /div /td td div align="center" table align="center" cellpadding="3" width="200" tbody tr tdimg alt="Ground units in an urban Vietnem War setting in Call of Duty: Black Ops" border="0" height="150" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/videogames/detail-page/cod.bo.03.sm.jpg" title="Ground units in an urban Vietnem War setting in Call of Duty: Black Ops" width="200" /br / center span class="caption"COD style multiplayer.br / View larger./span /center/td /tr /tbody /table /div /td td div align="center" table align="center" cellpadding="3" width="200" tbody tr tdimg alt="Soldier decked out for snow combat in a Soviet setting in Call of Duty: Black Ops" border="0" height="150" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/videogames/detail-page/cod.bo.04.sm.jpg" title="Soldier decked out for snow combat in a Soviet setting in Call of Duty: Black Ops" width="200" /br / center span class="caption"Diverse play settings.br / View larger./span /center/td /tr /tbody /table /div /td td div align="center" table align="center" cellpadding="3" width="200" tbody tr tdimg alt="US gunship firing at ground targets in an urban Vietnamese setting in Call of Duty: Black Ops" border="0" height="150" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/videogames/detail-page/cod.bo.05.sm.jpg" title="US gunship firing at ground targets in an urban Vietnamese setting in Call of Duty: Black Ops" width="200" /br / center span class="caption"Cold war themed action.br / View larger./span /center/td /tr /tbody /table /div /td /tr /tbody /table /td /tr /tbody /table