Activision Blizzard, feeling they've been 'out-evilled' by EA recently (perhaps), has introduced microtransactions that are now sprinkled throughout Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on Xbox 360. They're called 'Micro Items' and they seem to be focused on vanity skins, and Activision's Dan Amrich affirms "none of them affect gameplay," but there are "small, specific ways to enhance" online play.
John Gibson, president of Tripwire Interactive, has some stark views on Activision's Call of Duty franchise. The Red Orchestra 2 developer feels they have "almost ruined a generation of FPS players." During Red Orchestra 2's testing, Tripwire got a lot of feedback complaints that it 'wasn't like Call of Duty'. He acknowledges it's "smart business, to a degree," when you 'give away kills'.
Dead Space 3 was the king of best-selling games in the US for the month of February 2013, according to the NPD. Crysis 3 came in third but was viewed as underperforming as it couldn't beat Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 in sales; the latter had been released back in November 2012.
Are you a PC/PS3 Black Ops 2 player who needs extra micro items to enjoy the game even more? You'll be glad to hear plenty of extra content is making its way over from the Xbox 360 version on April 12.
A marketing poster for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has revealed the next bout of DLC will be launching April 16th, exclusively to Xbox Live first, and includes four new multiplayer maps. A new zombies map is included too called 'Mob of the Dead'. The DLC is entitled 'Uprising' and is yet to be announced by Activision through a press release. Four DLCs total are planned.
The Personalization Packs downloadable content is now available for purchase on Xbox Live Marketplace for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, which adds a multitude of skins such as bacon and $50 bills for guns, shields and camo.
Activision has announced the second major expansion for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Uprising, which will be hitting Xbox Live Marketplace on the 16th April 2013. Other platforms will receive it later.
Major Nelson has revealed the upcoming downloadable content from the 10th April through to the 22nd April. The biggest highlight includes the second major expansion for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Uprising.
The votes are in and the Xbox Live masses have spoken through the ballot. Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 receives the award for 'Best Game', while Minecraft lands the 'Best Xbox LIVE Arcade Game'. The season pass for Black Ops 2 is apparently the 'Best Add On / Consumable'. Meanwhile The Walking Dead gets 'Best TV Series' and Ted 'Best Movie' and 'Best Comedy'.
The PlayStation Network content for the week in the European region features the full-game download of Netherrealms' DC Comics fighter Injustice: Gods Among Us and the Journey: Collector's Edition. The Knife of Dunwall DLC also debuts for Dishonored.
BioShock Infinite and the Xbox 360 ruled the roost in March 2013 in the United States, according to the NPD.
Xbox 360 owners based in the US, Canada, Latin America and Japan will be getting Xbox Live Gold for free this weekend, from the 19th April at 7AM PST through to the 22nd April at 10AM PST.
Irrational Games' BioShock Infinite has been knocked out of the sky by Superman and co. as Injustice: Gods Among Us has entered the chart in first place. Fire Emblem: Awakening for 3DS came third. It's been a while since a brawler has managed to take the UK chart throne. Tomb Raider has slinked down fourth, which is followed by MMO Defiance. FIFA 13, Black Ops 2, Luigi's Mansion 2 still in top ten.
Activision has announced that the PlayStation 3 and PC versions of the Uprising Map Pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be arriving on the 16th May.
It seems that the latest Modern Warfare title, which will be called Call of Duty: Ghosts instead of Modern Warfare 4, will be unveiled on the 1st May.
Gamers who visit the Call of Duty official site will get redirected to a strange page with the shadowy image of a skull. Running a mouse over the page features a magnifying glass showing tiny square pictures.
The only good bug is a squished one. Treyarch has released new title updates for Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Black Ops 2 with a different changelog provided for each. The latest Zombies map is tuned up. This comes ahead of the impending announcement of Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Ghosts. The studio has reverted the global spawn influencer due to "undesirable side effects."
Call of Duty: Ghosts is supposed to be revealed later today by Activision, but a leaked poster shows a 5th November 2013 release date for the next edition of the CoD series. The poster is a reward at GameStop for preordering the game.
Activision has officially announced the next Call of Duty game, and as expected, instead of going with the appellation Modern Warfare 4, the next game will be Call of Duty: Ghosts.
Techland's Dead Island: Riptide has managed to keep its rotting grip on the UK chart crown for another week, as Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is nipping at its heels in 2nd place. Tomb Raider held 3rd for another week, with Injustice: Gods Among Us sliding down 4th, followed by FIFA 13 5th. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins also held 8th.