A promotional poster has been leaked on Black Ops 2 official forum, suggesting that the first DLC for Black Ops 2 will be released on X360 this January. Naturally, we expect to see this DLC hitting other platforms at a later date. According to the poster, the DLC will be called ‘Revolution Map Pack’ and will come with four multiplayer maps, a new Zombies map and a bonus weapon for PC, X360, PS3 and WiiU. Activision has not revealed anything as of yet, so expect more news about this DLC in the following days. You can view below the promotional poster in all its glory! Continue reading Black Ops 2 – Revolution Map Pack DLC Revealed – Coming On January 29th→
As you may already know, Activision is preparing an FPS title, based on the ‘The Walking Dead’ franchise. While the big publisher has not revealed anything – officially – as of yet, Guru3D’s member ‘Stone Gargoyle’ has shared a video from what looks like a prototype version of that FPS game. It looks kind of meh and generic, though we should note that the final game may not look anywhere close to it. Enjoy the video after the jump! Continue reading Activision’s The Walking Dead FPS – First Footage Unveiled?→
As promised, Treyarch has released a massive update for the PC version of Black Ops 2. This update will be auto-downloaded and – among other things – improves loadtimes with AMD hardware, improves ambient occlusion, fixes reported issues with 16:10 displays, adds SFX to sliders in options menu and increases Friends list limit to 300. You can view the complete changelog below. Enjoy! Continue reading Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – Massive PC Update Released→
Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops II has crossed the $1 billion mark in worldwide retail sales, according to Chart-Track retail customer sell-through information and internal company estimates. The game achieved this milestone in just 15 days after its launch on 13th November, 2012. Last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 reached $1 billion in retail sales in 16 days. The box office record set for feature films in 2009 by “Avatar” was $1 billion in 17 days. Continue reading Call of Duty: Black Ops II surpasses $1 billion retail sales in 15 days→
Treyarch has released a new update for the PC version of Black Ops 2 that improves performance – in every campaign – on PC systems with two or four CPU cores, increases FOV to 90 and improves dedicated server matchmaking. This update will be auto-downloaded and you can view its complete changelog below. Unfortunately we’ve uninstalled Treyarch’s title so we can’t see whether those performance improvements are noticeable. Enjoy! Continue reading Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 PC Patch Improves Performance On Multi-CPUs, Increases FOV to 90→
Jason Rosete has informed us about a new live action web-series, based on the Zombies mode of Activision’s latest Call of Duty title, Black Ops 2. According to its description, three agents find themselves on a seemingly abandoned island. Equipped with only their skills and an unexpected ally, they hope to survive the limitless horde of zombies. You can view its freshly released trailer below. The web-series will kick off on January 15, 2013. Enjoy! Continue reading Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Zombies Gets A Fan-Made Live Action Web-Series – Trailer Released→
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 is finally here with us, so it’s time to see how Treyarch’s title performs on the PC platform. Treyarch decided to scrap the DX9 in favor of a brand new DX11 renderer that is said to be better optimized than the previous one. And it seems that the company was partially right. Unfortunately though, Black Ops 2 is still a CPU-bound game and does not take advantage of more than two CPU cores. This is an issue that has been present since Modern Warfare 2, and although Black Ops 2 is not as CPU-bound as the first Black Ops game (or World at War), it still needs a high clocked CPU in order to be enjoyed. Continue reading Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – PC Performance Analysis→
