Black Ops Officially Leaked. New Footage Found - Hooked Gamers

Hooked Gamers: "Yesterday we reported about retail copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops being stolen from a printing press in Alabama. The authenticity of the disk was no longer in question when Activision sent Hooked Gamers a copyright infringement notification, demanding the photo's to be removed from the site.

Today we dig deeper into this story, uncovering additional details and video footage. WARNING: If you don't want to see the first few moments of Black Ops, do not view the video!"

[Kiriel]

from the game being played :)

[xTHRASHx]

Theres a good interview, gives a seriously awesome view point. GREAT READ

[BaneWilliams]

We also talked all about this on the HookedCast this week - you can check that crap out over at http://n4g.com/news/629961/...

[Red_Orange_Juice]

big deal, game got leaked

[Eamon]

Exactly. Every game gets leaked. Why are people making news out of it?

[vsr]

can someone tell that is this worth 50 dollars?

[Red_Orange_Juice]

good for gamers, how come?
this is not good for gamers, to play this leaked copy you need a modded Xbox (pirates), which means you can't play on Xbox Live, which means, you probably never pay for games cos what's the point just for single player and you can get it for free, so saying this is good for gamers doesn't make sense, because how something happening everytime can be good, it's more like a standard, those gamers or more like pirates are not like "Yey, we got it, in your face Activision and Microsoft" they;re more like "Finally". You know what I mean? Your comment didn't do much sense to me.

I don't believe there is a gamer who will mod his/her Xbox just to play pirated Black Ops cos 50 bucks is too much, and after being banned will continue buying legit copies. Will you? do you consider it saying it's good?

[farhsa2008]

It couldn't happen to a nicer company...Activision :-)

[xTHRASHx]

Lol Bane I bet the FBI did get involved. Lol

Additionally I feel for JD, its sad that folks in forums as such bash people like that but he did threaten to shut their site down.. he had to expect crap for that

[BaneWilliams]

Yeah I have no doubt the FBI actually got involved, but are Activision/Trey going to actually go out and say that? No. In fact they are staying dead quiet, apart from sending us legal take down notices *rolls eyes*

[emeralderin]

Hooked Gamers is really on top of this story!

[ChrisPriestman]

Either way Jeff, it's too late now, the game is out. The end!
Internal affairs should probably look into this one though...

[Fishy Fingers]

I want Black Ops charged with tracking down the leak. That would be rad, possible story line for Black Ops 2 :)

[ChrisPriestman]

That would be awesome, hilarious and nothing short of epic :)

[DontShoot-Me-Bro]

YES! F U ACTIVISION! SHAME! IN YOOO FACE, BIG DISGRACE, TO THE HUMAN RACE, TIE YOU TO MY SHOE LACE, CANT KEEP UP WITH MY PACE....ummm....okay thats all, but still shameee!!!!

[NYC_Gamer]

black-ops will still top millions of copies at retail anyway

[BX81]

I agree with that. The problem I see is that this far out from the games release means spoilers. This sucks for the players who waited till release date to purchase. I know it's not going to happen but I wish they would push the release date to the left so we can get our hands on it before it's ruined for us.

[Nihilism]

"WARNING: If you don't want to see the first few moments of Black Ops, do not view the video!""

LOL yeah I'm sure it will ruin the non existent story.

[Kiriel]

hehe

[JeffGUNZ]

did you see it? All it showed was some guy putting the game in the 360 and getting to the main menu. How could that possibly ruin anything? Were we not suppose to expect a main menu ?

[ChrisPriestman]

You know how people are sometimes...

[BaneWilliams]

Imagine if I didn't put that in - everyone would be 'omg spolerz' -_-

[JeffGUNZ]

I don't know, if you worded it better I think it would have been fine. You said the first few minutes of black ops. I expected some first mission gameplay. All I got was a little main menu action haha.

All in All, good post and a good read/view. Keep up the good work!

[OpiZA]

What a resounding waist of time

[bobrea]

Well it isn't on thepiratebay yet. I actually want nothing to do with this game anyway, pirated or not. After COD4 I want nothing to do with COD anymore. It's too bad, they used to be so good.

[js726]

I'll admit, I actually quite enjoyed Modern Warfare, but they just went batshit crazy with Modern Warfare 2.

The multiplayer was always quite enjoyable for me, though I never continue to play it for long, which I guess says something in and of itself.

[snaileri]

There is no piracy on consoles.

[bobrea]

360 uses DVDs. Mod a 360 and you can play pirated games. It's actally been quite a problem and Microsoft has banned a ton of people for modding their consoles.

So basically, you're 100% wrong.

[bobrea]

Not to mention that the PS3 has been recently jailbroken

[DelbertGrady]

The problem with piracy on the 360 is that you need to constantly update the firmware to avoid being banned when you go online. Then you need the right game releases that have 'stealth patches'. Piracy on the PS3 is still more or less non-existant.

I did it for a while when I was studying and didn't have much money. Now that I've gotten rid of the modded console I end up spending much more time with the games, getting all achievements etc. It's much more satisfying than playing a game for 15 minutes before switching to the next. And it feels good supporting the devs for their hard work.

[Sweeet]

There hasn't been a new firmware released for the xbox dvd drive in nearly a year now. iXtreme 1.61 was the last and that was released Oct/Nov 09. Some still say you can be caught but I'm still convinced that as long as you stealth your games properly you won't be. c4ever covered every command that queries the firmware and made it produce the appropriate response, so really playing badly stealthed games is all that's left.

I don't download games, I only play backups so I can ensure my game is stealthed properly, and I've never been banned.

[js726]

Piracy may not be *as* rampant on consoles as it is on PC, but it's most definitely a thriving entity that is causing quite a bit of trouble.

[BX81]

@snaileri I get your /s my friend!

[Acquiescence]

My heart really goes out to the company if they lose a lot of money because of this little mishap. Actually no it doesn't: fuck 'em. I'm glad this happened.

[js726]

Amen.

[NYC_Gamer]

agree....none of us should feel sorry for activision after all their greedy ways

[JeffGUNZ]

Yeah, but it's a shame for Treyarch, who developed it.

[HSx9]

thats what happens when you sell your soul to the devil. (activision)

[JeffGUNZ]

Treyarch has been developing these games before any of you hated activision. Activision is really doing nothing THAT BAD. At the end of the day, this is a business and they are doing extremely well.

[Paralex]

You all sound like dramatic 16 year old girls.

[CaptainPunch]

Who cares the game comes out in a few weeks anyway

[js726]

It's the fact that this comes out in a few weeks that it matters.

Obviously this is going to happen after the game releases, but tons of people would want the game at launch. Now, plenty of those people can be enticed by not only getting the game before its release date, but getting it for free.

How much this would actually affect numbers is kinda up in the air, though, because many people will want in on the multiplayer aspect, and I'm pretty sure pirated copies prevent you from doing that. Though...not definite on that one.

But, most people will still just wait for retail, as pirating on a console is just a hassle.

[AntoineDodson]

Yea but this kinda kills the anticipation for some people. Not to mention people will post the entire singeplayer and multiplayer on youtube or anywhere else. So yea... HA at you Activision :D

[JeffGUNZ]

Yeah, but who really cares? People who want to be surprised will just not watch any videos. I actually don't care either way, I like seeing some of the multiplayer videos to get a sense of how the game will play. I am still just as excited as I was before it leaked.

Also, you KNOW microsoft will ban anyone online prior to 11.09.10. At least ban the pirated copy.

[theEx1Le]

I hope its only the pirated versions they ban, i'm getting it on the 8th so :(

[CombineElite]

Went to view video and the Nazi Leak Game Footage Cops have removed the video per request by Activision.

Oh well!

Even though Most companies leak their own stuff to stir up buzz or create controversy for their new game right before release

Hint Hint Medal Of Honor

[Deathcakes]

What I want to know is how long this game is. The length of past CoD games have been quite a letdown for me, as have the focus on MP, which I don't use much anyways.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Aww poor Activision :'( I feel so bad for Bobby Kotex. Faggot! :-P

[bviperz]

Black Ops indeed. Sounds like stuff out of a spy movie. The stuff they go through to leak it to the interwebs. I give them an A for effort and Fail for hacking. That still won't stop then though.