Black Ops. - New 'shoot em up' video game

[TonyGosling]

Ploughing on into hostile terrain, all the time guided by our eyes in the sky, we took out a comms centre before abseiling down a power station wall; shooting out the windows; satisfyingly swinging in and letting rip on full auto. This was Black Ops at its very best; modern day swashbuckling in a way that Errol Flynn would find hard to keep pace with.
Not sooner had we unclasped however then our Blackbird was advising us that we had multiple hostiles inbound. It was time to load another clip and get back to work; CoD: Black Ops is a game that really doesn't let up.
Ducking, dodging and spraying bullets we vanquished a horde of CCCP soldiers and then exited the station... only to get caught in an avalanche that claims one of the squad!
Take no prisoners!
No time to mourn though; suddenly we were aiming loose and bullet-free on the new crossbow weapon, which let us opt for either stealthy takedowns or a more flamboyant take-no prisoners approach thanks to a plentiful supply of explosive bolts. We went for the latter. We've always liked to make an entrance.
And that about brought our demo to a close. We left nerve-shattered and aching to have another go, and in no doubt at all that Call of Duty Black Ops feels and plays like the fresh prime cut of gaming goodness the series deserves, It's a must-buy already - and we haven't even got to play the multiplayer modes yet!

Mark Lamia is the boss of Trevarch studios who developed this video game.

Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTEASmGA1U4

[TonyGosling]

Call Of Duty players log over 600 million hours in just 45 days
Posted in Games by Conner Flynn on January 2nd, 2011

Activision has released some amazing new statistics showing that more than 20 million Call of Duty: Black Ops players have logged over 600 million hours within the game…in just 45 days since its November 9 release.

The total amount of hours played is equivalent to over 68,000 man-years amounting to an average of 87 minutes per day for each player through to Dec 24th 2010. That exceeds the average daily usage of a Facebook user. Treyarch has got to be happy about the continued success of this game.

Microsofts Halo Reach had over 50 million man-hours of play in its first week, and when calculated over 45 days accounts for just 326 million man hours.

http://www.slipperybrick.com/2011/01/call-of-duty-players-log-over-600 -million-hours-in-just-45-days/