Everyone loves to roll their eyes a t the thought of a "new" Call of Duty game; after all, we've played games from this franchise a half-dozen times now, and the bloom is off the rose.

Campaign has multiple endings; great changes to multiplayer; zombie mode is good

Slo-mo explosions are overdone; RTS missions are broken and annoying

For gamers, there is something magical about the Call of Duty franchise. It's had its fair share of ups and downs, and has taken us through World War II and the modern day. After the fiasco with Call of Duty star developer Infinity Ward, the franchise was effectively put in the hands of developer...

Excellent single-player campaign and multiplayer; Plenty of fun extras; The best Call of Duty yet

Some scripted gameplay; Plot remains convoluted for too long

Here it is, the game you've all been pining after/patiently awaiting/inherently ignoring is finally here, and doesn't it all look so very exciting/samey/vomit-inducing? Set once more against the backdrop of the cold war, COD9:BO2 takes the FPS to places you never thought possible… like Cambodia and...

Chris Watters infiltrates the Cold War in this video review for Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Thrilling variety throughout campaign; Fractured story creates an intriguing atmosphere; New multiplayer currency system is invigorating; Combat training lets anyone enjoy multiplayer excitement; Theater lets you share and enjoy triumphs and failures

Short campaign

When a franchise consistently delivers massively popular, high-quality games, each new entry in the series comes laden with expectation. Call of Duty: Black Ops has some big shoes to fill, but it does so admirably.

Thrilling variety throughout campaign; Fractured story creates an intriguing atmosphere; New multiplayer currency system is invigorating; Combat training lets anyone enjoy multiplayer excitement; Theater lets you share and enjoy triumphs and failures

Short campaign

The visual dazzle and cinematic set-pieces are let down by bad scripting, glitchy multiplayer and increasingly dull firefights.

Although its seven titles have brought in over $3 billion in sales, Call of Duty: Black Ops has a lot to prove. After a tumultuous year, which resulted in one of the messiest breakups in gaming history, Treyarch had to prove that they were no longer the series B-team, and make people forget all...

Treyarch and Activision did release a patch within a couple days to fix a lot of the lag/CPU usage issues, and overall the MP experience is a lot better with the stuttering reduced in most situations dramatically.

First Impressions My reaction is Latest Videos Call of Duty: Black Ops special edition will provide tools for surveillance As I type out this review, I can't help but feel as if thousands of Call of Duty players are peering over my shoulder, scrutinizing everything that I type.

Do golfers love sniping or do snipers love golf? I don't know, but Treyarch definitely suspects some kind of direct correlation between the two. I don't have any bold answers for this perplexing brain teaser, but I can say it is frankly ridiculous the amount of times I've had to leap for cover...