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Call of Duty: Black Ops set the world of online multiplayer ablaze today. The latest trailer provided us with the first ever look at what combat over Xbox Live and PlayStation Network would entail for Treyarch fans come this November. There's a lot of stuff to be excited about, so if you haven't watched the actual trailer for yourself, be sure to do so below:

Then, once you're done with that, If you're still not clear what all the hubbub is about, here is an easy-to-read bullet point list. Doesn't get much simpler than that, does it?

Break Down Features:


Customize Everything

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Note The Smiley Face as the Red Dot Sight

Customization is a big deal for any massively popular multiplayer game. Players need to look as different as possible so their personalities can stand out amongst the millions of other character models online. Well, Black Ops not only lets you customize things like your emblem and title (both of which pop up on your opponent's screen when you kill them) as Modern Warfare before it, but it now allows you to customize the appearance of your red dot sight. The guy in the trailer used an adorable little smiley face, but there's sure to be massive amounts of other options to make your soldier your own.

Kickass Replay Editor

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This is gonna be awesome.

Now anyone can hop into Black Ops and create their own sequences that will surely be better than the trash that was Far Cry. The system seems similar to what Bungie did for Halo in that the game stores entire rounds for your perusal. You can stay in your first-person camera angle or hop out and free roam to (presumably) anywhere on the map, decide what footage is worth keeping, then save it to your sequence. It also appears that these clips can be pulled from different games and put into the same sequence with simple transitions between pieces of gameplay. You'll then upload your sequence (or screenshot) to somewhere on the web. Whether that's an Activision community site, YouTube or something else entirely remains to be seen.

Dive, Dive, Dive!

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Note the guy on the right side of the screen.

Much like Kelsey Grammer in Down Periscope, gamers will now have the ability to dive to the ground in-game. We're not exactly sure how this is going to work control-wise, but we think it'll either be a button re-mapped to new functionality or some sort of jump-to-prone combo move. Either way, the implications are huge in the land of multiplayer. It could either ruin the experience if people can exploit the mechanic (diving under levels or into objects) or it could change the entire series for the better. It's just up to Treyarch to solidify the mechanic so there isn't a bug in sight (good luck, guys).

Spy Technology

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Spy technology at work.

The camera spike might've seemed like a needless accessory in its short time in the multiplayer trailer, but I think the implications for the new piece of surveillance equipment are huge. Sure, you can plant it in a secluded corner of a room and just watch, but when that room contains a flag that your team needs to guard, the camera's abilities become a perfect fit. Not to mention the fact that you can have eyes in the back of your head so you can guard that open door without having to continuously rotate to check on it every few seconds. Now I'm just hoping you'll be able to detonate your camera and kill any enemy who approaches.

[size=18New Things That Go Boom... And Some That Don't [/size]

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Those guys are screwed.

There were quite a few new armaments shown in the first multiplayer trailer. The ballistic knife was probably my favorite. Perhaps not for overall usability, but the cool factor of being able to toss the knife into an enemy's back, then run up and double-stab his buddy's face is pretty great. But then there's also the new sticky grenade, the napalm kill streak ability that brings fire from the sky, the remote control bomb car kill streak ability, and the user-controlled rocket (we're not sure if it's a perk, kill streak ability or a simple weapon).

Saving Kills [New]
I will have the pic up soon

There is a sort of bullet-time effect after someone dies, complete with a video editor to save those Black Ops kills but only if theyve been recorded by that CCTV camera placed by the player. Thats new, and very cinematic sure to be a boon to players pulling off dramatic kills. You are able to save your best kills and edit them to make them awesome. For CoD Killcam Youtubers This Means everything.

Destroying Care Package Chinooks:
View a Example in the Video at the top of the post, skip to 0:33-0:38, look above the care package

In Black Ops when you get a care package, Chinook helicopters drop off a random killstreak reward or ammo. The Only Bad Thing is Treyarch made them much slower and vulnerable. It Has Take About As Much As it takes to Destroy a Attack Heli in Cod 6 to destroy a chinook. Good if you dont have the care package, bad on the other end. Be Careful Where you Use Your Care Package

Ark Angel:
View a Example in the Video at the top of the post, skip to 1:03, look at the back where he is shooting and notice the explosion.

So far the most deadly killstreak in the game. It is a Stealth Bomber that drops a explosive bomb that stays in flames and burns enemies for a few seconds.

No More Hiding:
View a Example in the Video at the top of the post, skip to 0:49-0:56 and watch the heli shoot and the player

Usually When a Heli comes people without Cold-Blooded hid in buildings, NO MORE. Helis will be able to shoot into buildings so find a new way to hide

In-Level Action:
View a Example in the Video at the top of the post, skip to 018-0:22 and look at the space craft taking off

If you watched the video you will see the rocket about to take off. looks like Black Ops multiplayer levels actually do things, rather than just being a space for you to play the game. Wonder if its possible to stand on top of that rocket while it takes off, or knock a rival under its jets for a roasting?

New Predator Missile Control:
View a Example in the Video at the top of the post, skip to 0:55 to 1:00 and watch the missile fly over the RC C4 Car

Apparently thats the new Predator Missile. As you can see you can see it zips around corners, flies through buildings and is very manoeuvrable. Thats new in previous Modern Warfare outings all you could do was aim it straight down from the sky and knock out whatever it hit directly from above.

The New Throwing Knife:
Firing The Throwing Knife:
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Melee Attack:
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Picking Up The Ballistic Knife and kill symbol(view the bottom left corner:
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The Ballistic Knife is a type of knife that appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops. It is placed in the player's inventory, and can be drawn like Claymores and C4 in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Bouncing Betties in Call of Duty: World at War. When drawn, players can fire the knife's blade, which kills in one hit, like the Throwing Knife. The blade can be picked up, and loaded back into the handle to be used again. It does not replace the normal melee knife, as shown in the multiplayer teaser, a player is shown knifing (with a different animation) while the Ballistic Knife had no blade in it. Killing a player with the Ballistic Knife's ranged attack gives the player the message "Skewer" at the top of the screen, similar to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 "Bullseye!".

2 Game Editions

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Hardened Edition:

Call of Duty: Black Ops full game
Premium, special-edition SteelBook case
Limited edition Black Ops collectors medal w/display case
4 additional co-op maps not included in the standard edition of the game
Special Black Ops Xbox Live or PlayStation Home avatar outfit
ZOMBIES

Prestige Edition:

The Prestige Edition is what every hardcore Call of Duty fan needs. It includes everything in the Hardened Edition, along with a real remote-control vehicle modeled after the in-game RC-XD killstreak reward! The RC-XDs features include:

Video & audio sent wirelessly to remote transmitter (200 ft. range)
2 backlit TFT 220 x176 color screen built into RC controller
Digital proportional steering and throttle
Independent suspension
High and low speed settings
Custom pistol grip style RC controller
Display stand
The RC-XD included in the Prestige Edition is a fully functioning surveillance device that is remotely controlled and transmits wireless video and audio back to the RC controller in real time. Every detail is modeled after the in-game RC-XD killstreak vehicle.

Both the Hardened and Prestige editions will be in limited supply.

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