Call of Duty Black Ops

Call of Duty: Black Ops earned a ridiculous amount of money for Activision. However, Activision also lost out on a huge sum due to piracy.

Many PS3 gamers are about fed up with all the glitches, patches, and hot-fixes, and some across the forums and other gaming sites claim they'll just trade Black Ops in for Dead Space 2. Ouch.

Yes, another "Call of Duty: Black Ops sold lots of copies" story. Black Ops has now passed the $1 billion mark in worldwide sales, by Activision's estimate.

To no one's surprise, Call of Duty: Black Ops will be getting downloadable content. The first map pack, entitled "First Strike," will be released through Xbox Live on February 1st.

In a recent interview, Riccitiello points out that Activision is putting their load in the wrong boat with Treyarch and that their sales aren't all that impressive with Call of Duty.

Research and marketing analyst Michael Pachter believes that even with all the angry cries from consumers, Treyarch and Activision will walk away from the Black Ops mess unscathed.

In this day and age $60 gets you a game that may not even run coming out of the box. It makes you question, who really wants to buy the next game in the series?

Yesterday Treyarch released a sizeable update for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops. Unfortunately, it seems to have caused connection issues for the PS3 version.

In a recent interview Activision's CEO Eric Hirshberg thinks the community is misinterpreting what Activision is about and there are plans to reverse the perception the community has on the company.