[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.
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.
As expected Nintendo has announced that the Wii U will be released on November 18 and just like the Japanese counterpart it will come available in two bundles.
For $299.99 you will get the basic set which has a white Wii U console, gamepad, HDMI cable, sensor bar and 8GB hard drive. The deluxe set is a $50 bump up in price to $349.99 and comes with a black Wii U, gamepad, HDMI cable, docks for the console and controller, sensor bar, AC adapters, 32GB hard drive and will come packed with NintendoLand.
Nintendo is giving you a good amount for the deluxe set but it is still about $50 overpriced to me. I was expecting a $249/$299 combo.
Now don’t let the name fool you, this actually is a pretty cool service. The Wii U will allow you to view all your content from your Netflix, Hulu Plus or Amazon Prime services not just on your console but on the gamepad as well. You will also be able to watch live TV and set your DVR timers from the Wii U.
The show Modern Family was shown and as the show played on the TV you were able to see bullet points of what was happening on the show and could mark favorite parts of the show, put emoticons on them to show how they made you feel and even tweet or connect to Facebook the parts of the show you liked. This is a good show of just how different the Wii U gamepad can be when it is used for things besides games.
Even sports were given the Wii U treatment with highlights shown from last year’s Alabama/LSU game (Roll Tide) and live scores were shown on the gamepad as well as what looked like stats and even campus locations shown on maps.
Nintendo had a pretty good lineup of games to show but it wasn’t a whole lot different from what was shown at their multiple E3 press conferences.
They did have the announcements that Bayonetta 2 would be coming as a Wii U exclusive and Activision showed off some playable footage of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 which showed off how you can do multiplayer using the gamepad as a seperate screen. This actually excited me about the future of online multiplayer in games on the system because it gets rid of the need for splitting the television screen in two.
It seems like as of today that Super Mario Bros. U and NintendoLand are the only launch day titles known right now. Nintendo said that more will be announced closer to November 18 but that doesn’t instill confindence for day one purchasers. Anyone that has bought a Nintendo system knows of the dreaded term “launch window” title. And that was thrown around a lot today.
The event today left me honestly exactly 50/50 about the Wii U. As a Nintendo fanboy it is hard for me to resist a day one purchase but there are still some wants that need to be fulfilled.
What I liked:
What I didn’t like:
Did today’s event convince you one way or the other on a Wii U? What about the price point? Let us know what you think and stay here for more Wii U updates as they come.
Not to be outdone by Borderlands 2’s Loot Chest, Activision has announced the Care Package for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. The chest comes equipped with all the bells and whistles that will let everyone know in the parking lot of Gamestop that you love Call of Duty more than anyone. A steelbook edition of the game, excluisive DLC maps, 360 avatars, PS3 themes are what to expect with any type of collector’s edition of a game but the real draw of this has to be the remote-controlled MQ-27 Dragonfire Drone because….well it flies. Yeah.
The Care Package will set you back $180 so get to saving.
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