[amazon_link id=”B007XVTR3K” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Call of Duty: Black Ops 2[/amazon_link] released its newest DLC pack today on Xbox Live. Called Revolution, the pack comes with four new multiplayer maps, a zombie co-op map called Die Rise and a special Peacekeeper SMG weapon.
Revolution costs 1200 MS Points or if you hold a Season Pass for the game you just hit the download button.
The guys at Mega64 are back with their “best of” awards for 2012. Everything from Black Ops 2, Tokyo Jungle, One Direction and Gangnam Style are among the groups big winners. Compare their picks and if they match up with any of yours then please stop playing games, watching movies or just generally being a nerd.
Watch below for the funny. And check out their previous awards from the past few years.
[amazon_link id=”B007XVTR5S” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Call of Duty: Black Ops 2[/amazon_link] continues on its record breaking pace and proves that it is not near any kind of decline.
The newest game in the Call of Duty series has grossed 1 billion dollars in its first 15 days of release, one day faster than last year’s Modern Warfare 3. Every year people begin to wonder if this is the year that Call of Duty hits a saturation point and every year sales indicate that the military shooter is still the biggest gaming event of the year. Now we know this can’t last forever but who can blame Activision for riding this train for as long as they can.
Activision Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick had this to say about sales of the newest Call of Duty.
“The release of Call of Duty has been one of the most significant entertainment events of each of the last six years. Since Call of Duty was launched, cumulative franchise revenues from players around the world are greater than current worldwide box office receipts to date for the top-10 grossing films of 2012 combined. Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for Harry Potter and Star Wars, the two most successful movie franchises of all time.”
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Of course, that technically starts on Saturday because Friday will be about cold early morning lines, running over the weak and seeing how that old lady with the Wii U can handle a punch.
That’s right it’s Black Friday, which over the past few years, has begun to take over Thanksgiving as well to where most people have just enough time to finish their family time of thanks and goodwill then head out for battle. We here at Nerd Rating are here to help you on your journey into the deepest, darkest of holiday humanity with a buyer’s guide that will show you the best of the deals that most retailers are offering for TV’s, tablets, video games and more.
Be sure and hit the links to compare to Amazon.com because the online retailer is matching or even beating a lot of the advertised prices out there.
If there was any doubt that Call of Duty is the undisputed biggest game in the world right now, then I have a few numbers for you.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 grossed over $500 million within its first 24 hours of being released. That is over double what Halo 4 made in its first day (Black Ops is multi-platform though) and is over $100 million more than Modern Warfare 3 made last year. The game is now the biggest entertainment release of the year.
Not only that but Gamestop has reported that over 1 million copies of the game were sold at midnight launches around the country Monday night which would make it the biggest launch in the company’s history.
Have you picked up your copy yet? Or are you on COD withdrawal?
Gamestop’s Black Friday ad has leaked online and the retailer is not letting Best Buy and others outdo them during the biggest shopping day of the year. Leading the way this year is what is probably the best bundle available this holiday season. They are offering the Xbox 360 250GB Holiday Bundle which comes with the console, a copy of Forza Motorsports 4 and a download code for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Then just to sweeten the pot you will get a copy of the biggest game of the year, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
Hear that shoppers? Gamestop wins the bundle war.
Here is a rundown of the deals that will be available on Black Friday from the retailer.
-Xbox 360 250GB Holiday Bundle w/Forza Motorsports 4, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim AND Call of Duty: Black Ops 2- $249.99
– Playstation 3 500GB Console w/ Infamous 1&2 and Uncharted 1&2- $199.99
– Playstation Vita (White) Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation Bundle- $199.99
– Xbox LIVE 3 Month Gold Subscription- $12.49
– Forza Horizon (360)- $39.99
– Dance Central 3 (360)- $29.99
– Fable: The Journey (360)- $29.99
– Battlefield 3: Premium Edition (360, PS3, PC)- $29.99
– Medal of Honor: Warfighter (360, PS3, PC)- $29.99
– Need For Speed: Most Wanted (360, PS3)- $29.99
– Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale (PS3)- $39.99 w/ new Playstation 3 console purchase
– Little Big Planet Karting (PS3)- $29.99
– Jak and Daxter Collection (PS3)- $19.99
– Diablo 3 (PC)- $39.99
– Lego The Lord of the Rings (3DS, Vita) $19.99
– Lego Batman 2 (3DS, DS, Vita)- $14.99-19.99
– Mortal Kombat (Vita) $14.99
– World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (PC)- $9.99
– World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (PC)- $19.99
– Nintendo 3DS Bundle w/ Super Mario 3D Land and choice of Nintendogs game- $169.99
– Buy 2 Get 1 Free on all Pre-Owned games and accessories
– Double Trade-In Credit On Systems
– 25% extra trade-in credit when trading 2 or more games
– Skylanders Giants Starter Kit (Wii, 360, PS3)- $54.99
– Dishonored (360, PS3)- $29.99
– Assassin’s Creed 3 (360, PS3)- $49.99
– Batman: Arkham City GOTY Edition (360, PS3)- $19.99
– Doom 3: BFG Edition (360, PS3)- $19.99
– Max Payne 3 (360, PS3)- $19.99
– Borderlands 2 (360, PS3)- $39.99
– EA Sports titles-Madden NFL, NCAA, FIFA and NHL 13 (360, PS3)- $39.99
– Sleeping Dogs (360, PS3)- $39.99
– Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (3DS)- $19.99
– Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition- $49.99
– FIFA Soccer 13- $49.99
– Scribblenauts Unlimited- $49.99
– Game Party- $29.99
It seems there is a rather cool Easter egg awaiting players of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. With just a little exploration you can find Mjolnir, hammer to the God of Thunder, Thor.
The hammer is on the mission called Celerium. It is hidden away in a cave embedded in a chunk of rock. It appears that nothing can free the hammer but you never know what Treyarch may have in store . No word yet on any other Marvel items lurking about in the game but Black Ops 2 was just released yesterday.
Take a look at the video walkthrough below to see how to find Mjolnir.
It seems that some PC owners are going a little bit farther in the future than they were promised with today’s launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
Forums began getting reports this morning that some PC owners of the newest Call of Duty game were given a Mass Effect 2 disc for the second disc of the game. This disc art reads correctly but when installed into the users PC it said that the information on the disc was a copy of Mass Effect 2. That is not the kind of thing that people want to see especially on the release of the biggest game of the year.
How many copies of Black Ops 2 that are affected by this are not yet known. Users with a Steam account can download the second disc info from the site so let’s hope they have a good internet connection or it may be a much longer wait to play Black Ops 2 than anticipated.
[amazon_link id=”B007XVTR3K” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Call of Duty: Black Ops 2[/amazon_link] (360, PS3) $59.99
The biggest game of the year is here. Whether you like it or not, yearly COD’s are massive events that make Activision a metric s*** ton of money so until it hits a saturation point, get used to it. It’s Treyarch’s turn on Call of Duty and they are taking the franchise into the future (not too far don’t worry) for this sequel to 2010’s Black Ops. If you are buying this for the story then you are the 8% that should be applauded for still caring about stories in first person shooters.
[amazon_link id=”B002I0H09Y” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified[/amazon_link] (Vita) $49.99
This game has been in development for less than a year by a studio that has already released one bad shooter (Resistance) on the Vita and has already announced a name change and that they are getting out of console gaming, focusing on mobile games instead. Spend 50 bucks at your own risk.
[amazon_link id=”B007MM9E42″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Epic Mickey 2; The Power of Two[/amazon_link] (360, PS3, Wii) $39.99-49.99
Mickey is back and this time teams with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to try and stop the Mad Doctor who has returned to cause havoc on Wasteland again. The Playstation 3 version supports the Move but there is no Kinect function for the 360.
[amazon_link id=”B0096QQDPK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Sony’s Wonderbook w/ Book of Spells[/amazon_link] (PS3) $79.99-Wonderbook Move Bundle $39.99- Wonderbook: Game of Spells- Game Only
Honestly it’s best if I let a video explain what this is and let you decide. Parents of Harry Potter fans should definitely give this a look.
[amazon_link id=”B008J16AHE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Hip Hop Dance Experience[/amazon_link] (360, Wii) $39.99
Do you love Just Dance or Dance Central? Is there too much Bee Gees or Katy Perry in your game and not enough autotune? Does Ubisoft have a game for you!!
Later this week we will have our Wii U release day blowout so be sure and check back for that and next week sees the return of Agent 47 and the Playstation characters go Smash Bros.
Happy gaming!!!
You have to hand it to the folks at Activision. Call of Duty is the biggest game on the planet and doesn’t need big marketing but the company still makes some great commercials for it.
The new commercial titled ‘Surprise’ is standard Call of Duty fair much like past ads that featured Kobe Bryant, Jimmy Kimmel and Jonah Hill but they go even larger this year with the brilliant Robert Downey Jr. going bigger and better as he normally does.
Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 releases on November 13th.
http://youtu.be/4wIZp_E2CxQ