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Call of Duty: Black Ops II already sold to several people + photos of the disc

Where first we thought it was just a showpiece of the Hardened Edition, is now also handle book with disc leaked Black Ops 2. It appears that the individual is not the only one who is in possession of the hardened edition and more people give their pictures free copy. Conveniently, this is definitely not for Activision, it is only incidentally concerns the PS3 version.

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Zuperman4199d ago (Edited 4199d ago )

There must be a snake working for Activision!

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SnakeYukin4199d ago

Seems that early copies are becoming more and more frequent; defiantly with high profile games.

Nimblest-Assassin4199d ago (Edited 4199d ago )

I know

First borderlands, then dishonored, then Halo 4, then AC3 and now Black ops 2( but really, not many people care about BO here)

2012, the year where street dates don't matter

admiralvic4199d ago

There was also Killzone Trilogy, Littlebigplanet Vita (no matter what they say, it was still early) and most likely more. However, this happens every year, but the important thing is that they're extremely rare, isolated cases.

Bobertt4198d ago

Mw2 came out like 2 weeks before release date where i live. I got it a week early. I was gonna wait but when i logged on to psn a bunch of my friends were already playing it so i gave in and bought it early. I got to finish the story in time for the launch.

killerhog4198d ago

Here in the U.S. its usually the mom and pop shops selling them early to beat the competition (aka giant franchise stores). I don't mind ps3 leaks, as its highly unlikely to be uploaded and if uploaded, even less likely a lot of people will download it. It's the Xbox leaks/broken street dates devs gotta watch out/worry for.

Soldierone4198d ago

In our state its ALWAYS Target doing it....and then they play stupid when they get caught. "oh we didn't mean to!"

I've walked in there and saw new games on shelves days before release. Or they will be "stocking" and the games that are not out yet will be sitting in the open.

We don't really have mom and pop stores anymore. All of them ended up closing, even a few Gamestops have closed....

Neko_Mega4199d ago

To bad this doesn't mean I will get my Care Package early.

frankiebeans4199d ago

Too bad you actually bought the care package -.-

BX814199d ago

I have my copy already. I'm just gonna keep it at gamestop till I'm ready to play it. Maybe around the 13th of Nov, or so.

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Please, can Call of Duty leave awful Netflix-style menus behind

Call of Duty games used to be streamlined experiences, but COD 2024’s UI could be another nightmarish clutter of streaming tabs.

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LucasRuinedChildhood1d 17h ago

Let's just leave Call Of Duty behind.

anast1d 2h ago

The isn't for you anymore.

BlackCountryBob22h ago

If we’re beating that drum, can we also stop forcing anyone who wants to play only the single player to download Warzone and all updates BEFORE they are then able to do another download from the menu of the single player campaign. I don’t see why I need 150gb of downloads in several ways to play the single player mode only from a bloomin disk which should have that campaign on it already.

DefenderOfDoom219h ago(Edited 19h ago)

The UI is confusing to me because I have not purchased a Call of Duty iin like 8 years .Only bought CoD MW3 because 3 of my friends I have known since to 70s are playing zombies . But I am used it now .

smolinsk18h ago

The UI is the least of the franchise many problems these days. But yes the UI is also terrible.

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Players claim Fortnite ruined Call of Duty by letting in more corporate greed

Do you remember what gaming was like before Fortnite entered the gaming space? One of the biggest arguments was about loot boxes. Now we have conversations about crossovers, battle passes, and community outreach.

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GoodGuy0913d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Idk. Loot boxes did disappear and battle passes and in game purchases are all cosmetic. We get free weapons and maps post launch, any gameplay affecting content. I could care less about all the cosmetics.
I absolutely hated the days where weapons were locked behind a less than 1% chance lootbox pull where it'd take 5+ hours to have enough tokens to do a single pull and lazy remastered/remake maps cost you $15 each wave or $50 for the season pass that you didn't know what you'd get and these maps were only available to those that bought it so you get a smaller pool of players match with.

Tacoboto11d ago

The "good ole days" are actually what drove me away from COD and Halo 3/Reach. Halo 4 becoming a COD-like drove me away from that only a week or so after it launched and I beat its campaign.

It sucked way back then, going a month or two without playing online-shooter-of-the-moment, and then needing to buy a $15 map pack to play with the majority of the population or your favorite playlist. The "community" rejecting Spartan Points in MCC killed that game's support, too. No revenue = no support, plain and simple.

Cacabunga11d ago

That headline could easily be something Spencer could have said 😅 I had to check if it was really an opinion piece

KyRo11d ago

As times gone on, the COD battle pass has got ALOT worse so they can push people to buy the more premium battle pass which itself is a huge rip off and nearly half the price of the base game.

The cosmetics can be fine but they've taken it to far to the point of no return. Why make a military themed game then have rabbits, dinosaurs, cats, rats & z list rappers as skins? You wouldn't add a Lamborghini to a fantasy RPG to replace a horse and you would never see Mario have limb dismemberment because they know what they are. COD is having identity crisis but kids and streamer but then all

franwex11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Call of duty can simply not copy the bad aspects of Fortnite? Or is that too out of this world? Like COD, a realistic shooter-just HAD to have Nicki Minaj running around? Or super heroes?

Inverno11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Exactly! Trends don't all need to be followed. Plus where Fortnite got somewhat better with it's monetization, Acti got worse. Or at least Fortnite has lended itself more to the wacky stuff, and has put more effort and quality into that stuff.

jjb198111d ago

I prefer the battle passes with free maps than the $50 season pass that divided the community. I definitely feel that Fortnite had some influence on CoD having loot boxes with Blackout being introduced in 2018 with Black Ops 4.

PRIMORDUS11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Actually Fortnite bullshit ruined Unreal Tournament. Epic are sellouts and I will never have that shitty store on my PC, fuck them and that shit bag Tim Sweeney. At least the community keeps the games alive, I still play UT2004.

StoneTitan11d ago

I mean cant really blame them for supporting the game that made them the most money and the most people player...ever?

Psychonaut8511d ago

Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance.

Ra303010d ago

100% correct! The makers of Call of Duty ran out of ideas long, long ago so they take ideas from other games like Ghost Recon, Fortnite and any other FPS game hat had success hell CoD remasters maps that they've remastered several times already then charge you again for it. Call of Duty is simply a cut, copy and paste and then put the $70 price on it every year. Activision and now Microsoft has been essentially remastering Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare every year since it was released in 2007 its to the point it's worse than the sports game like the Madden, NBA and others yearly sports franchises.
@Psychonaut85 is spot on "Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance"!

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Massive new COD Black Ops Gulf War leak lifts the lid on loadouts

The Black Ops Gulf War leaks continue with a list of weapon descriptions giving more info on what you can expect from new and returning weapons.

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