Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer looks great

I think most of the reader base here at GU really enjoyed Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer gameplay, if only for a short time. Of course as we've discussed to death, the problem wasn't the game, rather the peer-to-peer match-making system and segmentation of the community with "5 map packs. That's why it's a delight to know that the next iteration of the Call of Duty franchise, Black Ops, looks to be just as fun and isn't giving dedicated server support the cold shoulder. Check out the trailer and prepare to get a wee bit excited.

[Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_fsM6LBi54]

As the trailer teases, we can expect a full multiplayer reveal September 1st.

but is DLC going to be map packs?

Who knows. Probably, I think is the answer. But if the gameplay is solid, as is dedicated server support, I might even be happy to shell out for map packs.

problem isn't buying mappacks yourself - need other people to do it too for them to be worth it :/

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Have you jumped to another game all ready?!

You seem to have a problem with people playing new games, Chad?

No I have no problem with people playing new games, though I find it oddly amusing for somebody talks so highly of a new game coming out, that they jump ship onto the next best thing as soon as it appears. COD:MW2, then it was ME2, SC2, now COD. Though more power to you.

Indeed, I've played them all. I'll probably play the next incarnations, too.

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New medal of honor is what i am waiting for made by the makers of BFBC2 ^_^ looks alot more fun and from memory i dont think i have ever had been charged for map packs.
CoD never screamed out True FPS for me, i have always been someone for just guns and maybe call in for a mortar strike, but when you can be killed 6 -8 times in a Row by weapons you cannot counter that is just plain annoying..

After looking at this vid i jumped on the the ps3 fired up CoDM2 and turned it off shortly after, giving players that excel at the game in already and increasing there kills by giving them abilities that no one can stop except try and hide from is just stupid never really was a fan of this game, Quake III Arena (instagib) was loads of fun and the original medal of honor i played for days at a time trying to improve my skills, seems in CoD games all you have to do is get a good streak and get orsum abilities..

I am in awe of the players that can get something like 25kills in a row with out getting fragged them selves but then you obtain a nuclear warhead? seriously.

P.S sorry for the Rant..

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I was thoroughly unimpressed with the Medal of Honor multiplayer beta - it's not even on my radar anymore unfortunately.

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I was thoroughly unimpressed with the Medal of Honor multiplayer beta - it's not even on my radar anymore unfortunately.

Fairenough just hit the spot for me :)

yeah, wasn't impressed with MoH - but i agree with you, chaosengine, MW2's killstreak bonuses do nothing but stop new players from wanting to keep playing. fucking dumb decision IMO.

that looked awesome.
maps packs will be paid for from now on, even on medal of honour and bc2.
you might get the first one free like bc2 did but no more

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awesome!

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No I have no problem with people playing new games, though I find it oddly amusing for somebody talks so highly of a new game coming out, that they jump ship onto the next best thing as soon as it appears. COD:MW2, then it was ME2, SC2, now COD. Though more power to you.

Ah, the world does move on mate. Games develop. What I once thought was awesome at 12 years of age is now still awesome in its own right, but I find other things more awesome now :D

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awesome!

Yay! You're here!

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Yay! You're here!

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I had another account I'm sure but I couldn't find it :P. No emails or anything!

Looks pretty good; I like the ROV killstreak reward.

I love that skewer knife thingy he did.... SHOOTY KNIVES FTW!!!!

meh, ranged knives are for those that lack the skill to get in close for a REAL kill ;P

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lets see where they got the Gun Game mode from .. aka CS .. still should be the goods.

They've dropped real dedicated server support and are handing it to some fkn company so if you want a dedicated server you have to get it through them, these idiots have ruined it again, not even pre ordering!

No surprise really, bunch of idiots this lot

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They've dropped real dedicated server support and are handing it to some fkn company so if you want a dedicated server you have to get it through them, these idiots have ruined it again, not even pre ordering!

whats wrong with that? its still dedicated servers

Same as BC2? No issues with that.

Call of Duty 7: Black Ops | COD7: Black Ops

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PC Version

* The PC version has everything that the consoles do, including extras.
* Dedicated servers are only rentable from GameServers.com
1. Highly customizable unranked servers.
2. Ranked servers allow you to earn XP and COD Points.
3. Max 18-24 players per server.
4. Servers will run on top quality hardware and infrastructure with excellent bandwidth.
5. There will be a ton of official servers at launch for everyone.
* Brand new server browser = no "console lobbies".
* Leaderboards are confirmed.
* COD7 is a Steam exclusive.
1. Auto-updates via Steam, no manual patching required.
2. No LAN mode + you need to be connected to the internet.
3. VAC will be used as anti-cheat, no PunkBuster.
* Spectator mode included.
* Profile data is stored globally and accessible from anywhere on the internet.

Activision Allows COD: Black Ops Dedicated Servers but There

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Call of Duty: Black Ops will definitely have dedicated servers. That is, as long as you get them from gameservers.com. We can compare that with Henry Ford's legendary statements that customers can have a car in any color as long as it’s black. The gameservers.com statement goes,

"GAMESERVERS.COM SELECTED AS THE EXCLUSIVE DEDICATED SERVER PROVIDER FOR CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS. GameServers.com, in an exclusive contract with Activision and Treyarch studios, announces that they will offer dedicated server rentals for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops release scheduled for November 9, 2010. We are extremely excited about this unprecedented relationship with Activision to offer dedicated servers exclusively for Black Ops”, says David Aninowsky, CEO of GameServers.com. “We are placing a great amount of pressure on ourselves to ensure that we exceed any and all expectations."

What does this mean? It basically boils down to Activision Blizzard, Inc. still wanting control over what kind of content is played on the servers and not allowing the development community to do as they please. For gamers, this means that there won’t likely be many if any mods much like MW2. The exception, though, is that there could be a possibility for a competition mode of the game, but that’s still, of first, last and only resort.
GameServers.com effectively have a monopoly
on COD: Black Ops server hosting. They also have limited the ranked multi-player to 18 slots just like MW2. If in theory want to have more, you can pay for an unranked server for $.99 per player per month.

CoD, you and I are through! we're DONE professionally.

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Call of Duty 7: Black Ops | COD7: Black Ops

Activision Allows COD: Black Ops Dedicated Servers but There

CoD, you and I are through! we're DONE professionally.

BC2 had the same shit. nobody complained

sure we did. go look at the threads on GON about people pissed that they still hadn't been authed to host their own servers yet.

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We can compare that with Henry Ford's legendary statements that customers can have a car in any color as long as it’s black

Except that he never actually said that. in fact, they came in every colour except black :p

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Except that he never actually said that. in fact, they came in every colour except black :p

I've seen the photos, they were all black! =)

but yeah, you'd best go update wikipedia and all the other websites quoting from his autobiography. also all the references to the Model T shipping in black only from 1915 to 1925 :P

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I've seen the photos, they were all black! =)

but yeah, you'd best go update wikipedia and all the other websites quoting from his autobiography. also all the references to the Model T shipping in black only from 1915 to 1925 :P

I just remember watching QI recently where they researched it and basically said that he never said those words - and that the photos were originally all B&W so the coloured vehicles looked black and greys :p

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Any colo(u)r, so long as it is black

In Henry Ford?s 1923 autobiography "Henry Ford - My life and work" he quotes himself as saying "Any customer can have a car painted any colour he wants so long as it is black.".

According to the BBC program QI the quote "People can have the Model T in any color - so long as it's black." OR: "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." Was never actually said by Henry Ford or at least there is no evidence he did do.

Luke Corcoran, United Kingdom

Really? I won a table quiz on that quote as a kid. I'm disillusioned.

* He did say this; the quote is from his autobiography. Incidentally, the spelling of colour with a 'u' is intentional. Despite being an American, that is how it is spelled in his autobiography. 137.201.242.130 14:54, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

* I think the point being made in QI was that, whether or not Henry Ford said it, it was untrue - early Model T Fords were not black. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 11:42, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

* Exactly -- he generated this quip after the more fully adopting the assembly line. After he realized that drying paint took the longest of any step, he had his factory switch to the fastest drying paint they could find, which, of course, was black. --JamesDMurray 14:42, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

There ya go. So nobody can prove he actually said it; and the first lines weren't in black, but were later. :P
Take it with a grain of salt though...it IS wikipedia :p

Maybe some of you didn't start playing bc2 to begin with but I assure you there was nothing but complaint about bc2 and the way the servers operated.
Do you see any of us still playing?
This might be fine for those who want to hit connect and join any server and kill randies but for the others who enjoy the competitive side of things I think it will be nothing but shit for it

Did you mean MW2?

BC2's DedServers werent fantastic out of the box; but they're better now.

mw was terrible, even for pub play it was unbearable. That matchmaking wouldn't even let a game start and god forbid if you tried to make a team with mates but from what I remember of bc2 servers weren't too bad but I definitely didn't use fantastic :)

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Maybe some of you didn't start playing bc2 to begin with but I assure you there was nothing but complaint about bc2 and the way the servers operated.
Do you see any of us still playing?
This might be fine for those who want to hit connect and join any server and kill randies but for the others who enjoy the competitive side of things I think it will be nothing but shit for it

I think people stop playing was because of DICE are working on MOH instead of putting content out for Bc2. Bc2 got boring fast, faster than ageis slapping someone for using frontpage software.

The way bc2 was made cause updating the server browser interface to be nightmare for all.

Both BFBC2 and MW2 sucked balls from a server perspective. Especially considering games that have been around for years have done it better.

It's a joke.

I and I think a few others stopped playing due to their blatant lack of interest to the competitive side of the game. Nothing to do with their continued content.

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I just remember watching QI recently where they researched it and basically said that he never said those words - and that the photos were originally all B&W so the coloured vehicles looked black and greys :p

re: teh photos bit - that's what we call 'a joke' .. and you reckon your mechanic doesn't have a sense of humour ;P

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There ya go. So nobody can prove he actually said it; and the first lines weren't in black, but were later. :P
Take it with a grain of salt though...it IS wikipedia :p

if i wrote an autobiography in which i stated something, you could refer to it as "Lars [said|stated|imparted|etc.] [whatever that something was - probably milenko's a tad gay]" =)

i wasn't saying every single one was black (in fact i even mentioned the time-frame when they were done in black!), was just refuting your statement that they came in every colour EXCEPT black :P

re: BC2 servers, the setup annoys me (everyone here knows my love of LAN support in games) but my BC2 gaming has dwindled due to the lack of new content - and because the LAST new content was a total fucking cheat.

Shutup Lars.

Smash you bro.

mwa =)

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games.on.net and Internode partner with GameServers.com to deliver Australian servers for the biggest game of 2010, Call of Duty: Black Ops

Adelaide, September 17, 2010. games.on.net and Internode are proud to partner with GameServers.com, exclusively offering Australian servers for 2010's biggest game, Call of Duty: Black Ops. By hosting these servers directly within Internode's award-winning, high-performance network, Aussie gamers can rest assured their Black Ops experience will have the lowest possible latency, and the smoothest connection available.

GameServers.com servers will initially be hosted in Adelaide and Sydney, making Internode and games.on.net the only ISP and gaming site to offer fully public servers for Black Ops in Australia directly on their network. Internode customers will enjoy free, unmetered data to and from all GameServers.com hosted servers. Of course, any member of the gaming public can join and play on these servers, regardless of their choice of ISP.

Australian gamers will also be able to rent local Black Ops servers directly from GameServers.com, hosted on the same high-quality Internode infrastructure. These servers can be ranked or unranked.

"We are extremely excited to partner up with Internode to help ensure a proper deployment of Call of Duty : Black Ops into Australia", says Anthony Quon, COO, GameServers.com. "This partnership is built around the premise of being able to bring Black Ops closer to the players and with Internode's network infrastructure, we feel very confident in the success of Black Ops in this region."

Matt Lyons, Server Administrator for games.on.net, says of the announcement, "This partnership between games.on.net and GameServers.com is a win for everybody, especially the Australian gaming public. By working with GameServers.com we are able to provide Call of Duty: Black Ops servers free to the public and accessible Australia-wide. This will ensure rock solid performance for both GameServers.com and Internode customers."

Head to games.on.net and Internode partner with GameServers.com to deliver Australian servers for the biggest game of 2010, Call of Duty: Black Ops for regular updates about the launch of these servers.

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