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Few expect that Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops can equal last year's smash launch of Modern Warfare 2, but one analyst says it may at least come closer than initially expected. Even though it doesn't launch for another six months, the game is already holding stalwart on the top 10 bestseller lists on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. "This is a very impressive display of strength," says Cowen and Company's Doug Creutz, who ...
Jason Manley is leaving the posts of president and CEO at Massive Black, the game art outsourcing company he founded and led for six years, as co-founder Chris Hatala takes up the reins. According to a statement made by the San Francisco-based studio today, Manley will remain on the company's board of directors, but plans to spend more of his time tending to his websites ConceptArt.org and The Art Department. Both sites have been long-time ...
While the original BioShock was a critical smash for Irrational Games, critics did realize that the moral choices that were so central to the game were black and white -- either a player would choose to be good or evil. Kill a little sister or let her live. But game designers are realizing that there is a grey area that resides in between good and evil. Jordan Thomas, creative director at BioShock 2 developer 2K ...
Treyarch has confirmed its involvement in the next Call of Duty game with the announcement of Call of Duty: Black Ops for a November 9, 2010 launch. The studio first teased the announcement via a new website. In its official announcement, publisher Activision, in the midst of a highly-visible reorganization of the Call of Duty brand, is positioning Black Ops as a "follow-up" to Modern Warfare 2. "Black operatives" are generally intelligence agents capable of ...
