As the long-awaited Call Of Duty: Black Ops finally arrives, we provide a round up of some of the trailers that have appeared in its wake…
As anyone who’s ever held or console controller or tapped the WASD keys in anger will already know, today sees the release of the eagerly awaited Call Of Duty: Black Ops. The game officially launched at midnight, when stores up and down the country began selling the first copies of Black Ops to shooter-hungry customers.
But while sales of Black Ops are expected to be colossal, opinions are split over just how big the final figures will be. Neil Ashurst, the head of PR for the Game chain of stores told the Daily Mail that Black Ops could well top Modern Warfare 2, and become “The fastest selling videogame of all time.”
Analyst Doug Creutz, meanwhile, is rather more conservative in his estimates. According to Games Industry.biz, he expects Black Ops to sell around 20 per cent less than Modern Warfare 2, which managed to sell 4.7 million copies within 24 hours.
Even if Black Ops does fall short of Modern Warfare 2’s yardstick, it’s still sure to make Activision plenty of money. EA’s rival FPS, the rebooted Medal Of Honor, sold approximately 1.5 million copies in its first week and was still considered a big success by its publisher – if Creutz’s predictions are correct, Black Ops should comfortably beat that number in a single day.
So as the Black Ops juggernaut clunks into gear, here are a couple of trailers that have appeared in the blockbuster’s wake. The first is the Black Ops launch trailer that appeared a few days ago, while the second is a rather amusing TV commercial that looks like an 80s straight-to-video action movie. Just what are they all shooting at?
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