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Black Ops Zombies, Call of Duty franchise helped by ‘walking dead’ supporting cast
Creepy and addicting, Call of Duty has featured a strong supporting cast of zombies that begun with the 2008 release of Call of Duty: World at War.
Games like Call of Duty have become hugely popular, not just because of the realistic gameplay set in different war periods, but because of the zombie mode that players have come to love.
The fact is, the data doesn’t lie as provided by search popularity of zombies in Google’s search engine.
To give you an idea of just how popular zombies are in Black Ops, the exact phrase “black ops zombies” was searched globally over half a million times last month, according to Google Adwords, a search-based keyword tool that shows the number of actual queries made by people from around the globe. The phrase “black ops zombie” had nearly a quarter of a million exact searches, at 246,000 queries.
This week saw more excitement in the zombie-hunter community.
Zombie mode for Call of Duty Black Ops by Treyarch, got a healthy dose of fixes in Title Update 7 as reported by MTV’s gaming blog.
• Addressed an issue where the most recent match played in Zombies could overwrite the best match played on the leaderboard.
• Improved Zombies lobbies to prevent players from erroneously receiving the error “Unable to join game session” under certain circumstances.
• Addressed a number of community-discovered Zombies gameplay exploits.
Also, Treyarch, the developers behind Call of Duty: Black Ops, released a short trailer providing a different look at Ascension, one of five new maps in First Strike. As written on the Treyarch blog, “And, for those dying to begin the next chapter in the suspenseful co-op Zombies saga, Ascension offers the largest map yet, introducing new weapons, transports, perks, and enemies.”
You can watch the trailer below.
Readers, have a tip on Call of Duty Black Ops zombies? Let us know.
Call of Duty: Black Ops tops $1 billion in sales
The Press Association is reporting that global sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops have topped $1 billion.
To put things in perpsective, Adobe the publishing giant and software maker, reported record fourth quarter revenue of $1.008 billion. Not bad.
However, Call of Duty hit $1 billion in less than six weeks since the first video game went up for sale.
Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops tops GFK Chart-Track for fourth week
Activision’s first-person shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops, developed by Treyarch, has topped the GFK Chart-Track for “All Formats” ranging from the PC to the PS3 for the fourth week.
Here’s a look at the Top 40 entertainment software (All Prices) for the week ending Dec. 11.
| Rank | Title | Developer | Label | Publisher |
| 1 | CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS | TREYARCH | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
| 2 | FIFA 11 | EA CANADA | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
| 3 | WORLD OF WARCRAFT: CATACLYSM | BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT | BLIZZARD | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
| 4 | ASSASSIN’S CREED: BROTHERHOOD | UBISOFT (MONTREAL) | UBISOFT | UBISOFT |
| 5 | GRAN TURISMO 5 | POLYPHONY DIGITAL | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
| 6 | JUST DANCE 2 | UBISOFT (FRANCE) | UBISOFT | UBISOFT |
| 7 | NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT | CRITERION GAMES | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
| 8 | DONKEY KONG COUNTRY RETURNS | RETRO STUDIOS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO |
| 9 | PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE LOST FUTURE | LEVEL 5 | NINTENDO | NINTENDO |
| 10 | WII FIT PLUS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO |
| 11 | MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE | UBISOFT (FRANCE) | UBISOFT | UBISOFT |
| 12 | WII PARTY | ND CUBE | NINTENDO | NINTENDO |
| 13 | MEDAL OF HONOR | DANGER CLOSE/DICE | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
| 14 | MARIO KART WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO |
| 15 | THE SIMS 3 | THE SIMS STUDIO / EDGE OF REALITY | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
| 16 | RED DEAD REDEMPTION: UNDEAD NIGHTMARE | ROCKSTAR SAN DIEGO | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 |
| 17 | KINECT SPORTS | RARE | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT |
| 18 | FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS | OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
| 19 | SONIC COLOURS | SONIC TEAM | SEGA | SEGA |
| 20 | TOY STORY 3 | N-SPACE | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS |
| 21 | ART ACADEMY | HEADSTRONG GAMES | NINTENDO | NINTENDO |
| 22 | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO |
| 23 | HARRY POTTER: THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 | EA BRIGHT LIGHT | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS |
| 24 | JUST DANCE | UBISOFT (FRANCE) | UBISOFT | UBISOFT |
| 25 | NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO |
| 26 | HALO: REACH | BUNGIE | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT |
| 27 | WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011 | YUKE’S | THQ | THQ |
| 28 | WII SPORTS RESORT | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO |
| 29 | LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 | TRAVELLER’S TALES | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE | WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 30 | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 | SPORTS INTERACTIVE | SEGA | SEGA |
| 31 | SUPER MARIO ALL-STARS 25TH ANNIVERSARY | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | NINTENDO |
| 32 | FABLE III | LIONHEAD STUDIOS | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT |
| 33 | GOLDENEYE 007 | EUROCOM ENTERTAINMENT | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
| 34 | DANCE CENTRAL | HARMONIX | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT |
| 35 | PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011 | KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT | KONAMI | KONAMI |
| 36 | THE X FACTOR | HYDRAVISION | DEEP SILVER | KOCH MEDIA |
| 37 | DISNEY EPIC MICKEY | JUNCTION POINT STUDIOS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS | DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS |
| 38 | RED DEAD REDEMPTION | ROCKSTAR SAN DIEGO | ROCKSTAR | TAKE 2 |
| 39 | 007: BLOOD STONE | BIZARRE CREATIONS | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD |
| 40 | DEAD RISING 2 | BLUE CASTLE GAMES | CAPCOM | CAPCOM |
Ever wanted to get paid to play Call of Duty? Treyarch is hiring a Production QA Tester
Treyarch, the game development company behind the best-selling video game ever with Call of Duty Black Ops, is hiring.
If your dream job is to work in a game development studio and get paid to test out games, this might be your opportunity.
Based in Santa Monica, California, the company is looking for a Production QA Tester. Responsibilities include:
Perform day to day analysis and examination of entertainment media and associated material as assigned by the Management. Perform tests, report anomalies, and verify implemented fixes throughout the Project’s Development cycle.
Get the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops / Treyarch updates fast, follow @JD_2020 on Twitter
For the latest information, tips and updates on Call of Duty: Black Ops, follow Josh Olin @JD_2020 on Twitter, at http://www.twitter.com/JD_2020
Josh Olin who has over 100,000 followers on the micro-blogging service, is Treyarch’s community manager and runs the Black Ops forums on callofduty.com.
If you’re not on Twitter, you’re missing some of Josh’s best stuff. Get on Twitter, Josh writes:
For those of you not aware, Twitter is a great one-to-many communication tool which allows Community Managers to broadcast singular important bits of information to the entire community. That is why I, like many CM’s, utilize it extensively.
Some have asked “why use Twitter when we have the forums here on CallOfDuty.com?” A forum is a great tool for discussions – and if you want to spark discussions off of an update / announcement that’s fine. However, at the rate discussions take place on these boards, a single post doesn’t get nearly the amount of exposure as one might think. Usually a post gets pushed pages back within hours, or just overlooked entirely lost in the “sea of posts.”
Of course “Stickies” exist to prevent that, but also serve a different purpose entirely. If I made a sticky for each one-off bit of news I had to share, we’d have an entire page of stickies in a matter of days. Not to mention many users are used to scrolling right past the stickies (figuring they’ve already seen them), so again it’s not necessarily the best medium to use.
Instead, Twitter allows me to make the statement, collect the feedback (via @ replies), and branch discussions off with any number of followers – all the while, not disrupt the discussions taking place about CoD on the boards. Win-win, win.
Read more about why you should follow Josh Olin on Twitter (and why).
Gamers, are you on Twitter? Which gamers, game developers or game writers do you follow and why?
