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Call Of Duty Black Ops Gives Its Target Demographic What It Wants

OMG GUN GAME MONEY WAGER BETTING OMG GUN GAME.

Sorry about that, sometimes I get the douchey meathead version of Tourrette’s Syndrome.

Anyway, even though Infinity Ward has long left the Call of Duty franchise, Activision is still planning on releasing new CoD titles like clockwork. Developer Treyarch unveiled the multiplayer portion of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops last week and it looks like it’s taking the “earn xp in a gun game” mechanic to the next logical step – wager battles.

That’s right, instead of simply being content by earning the first person gaming equivalent of participation medals, you can now bet all those hard earned points you’ve built up from playing Call of Duty on blood matches.

Personally, I’m a bit sick of the grindy leveling up mechanic for multiplayer shooters, but you do have to hand it to Treyarch – no one’s done what they’re doing here before.

Watch the developer walkthrough video above for more info on the new gametypes in Call of Duty: Black Ops.

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New Call of Duty Details Leaked

call of duty 5 world at war logo

Scans from the latest issue of the UK’s Official Xbox Magazine show some more details about the next installment in the Call of Duty franchise.

As expected, the game is being developed by Treyarch and will be once again set in the World War II era.  It’s going to be using the CoD 4 engine and be on the PC, Wii, 360, and PS3 platforms.  Multiplayer apparently will include the same perk system that CoD 4 did and also add vehicles.

Yadda Yadda Yadda.  Frankly, my excitement level for this game is almost nil because:

a) It’s not developed by Infinity Ward (the developers who created the franchise)

b) I am sick to death of WWII

c) We just had a new Call of Duty game come out about 8 months ago – and it was pretty damn good!

At least Activision has the decency to not officially call it “Call of Duty 5.” My money’s still on gratuitous in-game footage in the next season of Chuck though.

Read more details [videogaming247.com]