Call Of Duty: Black Ops Is Clear Winner This Christmas.



Activision Blizzard's new First Person Shooter (FPS) game Call of Duty: Black Ops has been confirmed as the UK's number one videogame this Christmas. The game has beaten many other popular titles to clinch the top spot in the Christmas gaming charts, including FIFA 11 and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.

Call of Duty: Black Ops has sold over 3 million copies since launching last month and is one of only three titles to top the £100 million revenue mark in the UK. In fact, it has now been revealed that the title's total sales in the week before Christmas managed to amass a colossal £345 million in total revenue.

The full top ten for the week was as follows:

• 1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
• 2. FIFA 11 (EA)
• 3. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (EA)
• 4. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
• 5. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
• 6. Gran Turismo 5 (SCEE)
• 7. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)
• 8. Medal of Honor (EA)
• 9. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
• 10. Prof Layton and the Lost Future (Nintendo)

Source: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2010-12-20-black-ops-takes-uk-christmas-number-one

For fans of FPS games, this title is definitely one to own. If you haven't managed to purchase a copy yet, it might be worth spending a little of that Christmas cash and trying it out for yourselves. We promise that you will not be disappointed.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Launched at Midnight.

Video game producers Activision staged a midnight launch last night for the latest Call of Duty game, known as Call of Duty: Black Ops.

As part of the UK launch, entertainment giant, HMV opened 100 of its highstreet stores overnight, including its flagship Oxford Street branch, which was attended by approximately 350 gamers, some of whom had been queueing for more than twelve hours in order to get their hands on the game!

A free version of the special Prestige Edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops was handed to student Imran Chowdhury, who happened to be the first customer in the Oxford Street HMV store at midnight. Other prizes were also on offer for the store's first 500 customers.

All UK HMV branches are currently offering an Exchange Promotion on the Xbox and PS3 versions of EA's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which means that gamers can get the new Call of Duty: Black Ops game for £7.99 when they trade in an old copy of Modern Warfare 2. Unfortunately, this offer does not apply to the Nintendo DS. 

HMV were not the only retailer to take advantage of the midnight launch. Supermarket retailer, Tesco also opened up 362 of its UK stores.

Meanwhile, a special launch party was held at the disused Battersea Powerstation last night. A life size image of the Call of Duty: Black Ops logo was beamed onto the side of the building in celebration. The party included a celebrity tournament of the game and a performace by British rapstar Tinie Tempah.

The US launch was an even more lavish affair. GameStop opened a total of 4408 branches of its retail chain across the country, whilst Best Buy and Walmart also opened many of their branches at midnight as well. The US launch party was also headlined by a stage performance from rock veterans Metallica.

So far, one million sales are predicted for Call of Duty: Black Ops in its first week of sale alone, which could put it at the very top of the Christmas gaming market. Judging from the amount of pre-order sales alone, this is very likely.

HMV's Head of Games, Tim Ellis said: "Call of Duty: Black Ops is set to challenge last year's phenomenon Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to become the fastest and biggest selling title in games history." [sourced from: http://www.gamesindustrybiz/articles/2010-11-09]

Whether the game does indeed manage to top the Christmas gaming charts or not, one thing is for certain, with its use of  heart-racing action and an in-depth storyline which sees players engage in secret warfare, and millitary operations, as well as explosive conflicts across the globe, the Nintendo DS version of Call of Duty: Black Ops is definitely worth a try.