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Josh Olin of Activision studios has been speaking out about Call of Duty: Black Ops to MCV, on the expectations after Modern Warfare 2, and if developer Treyarch plays 'second fiddle' to Infinity Ward. When asked how Black Ops would raise the bar after MW2, he replied “Modern Warfare 2 is an extremely successful entertainment launch, record selling, which is absolutely phenomenal. Every Call of Duty game has ratcheted the bar up for the next one, and we’re just ratcheting up the bar one step further. I think Black Ops is going to exceed expectations. This game is going to be huge.”

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He also went on to say how Black Ops will end the sterotype that developer Treyarch is shadowed by Infinity Ward. “We’re going to let Black Ops speak for itself,” he said. “We’re always trying to make the best game we can possibly make, and with Black Ops it really is the best work we’ve ever done.” Olin also admitted Black Ops would have some touch competition from games like EA's Medal of Honor and Ubisoft's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, but the game will still “stand out in true Call Of Duty fashion”.

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It's nice to see Activision acknowledge the efforts of Treyarch and not just focus on the success of Infinity Ward and Modern Warfare 2. I'm also not quite sure why they're worried about other titles, they themselves must know the Call of Duty series is completely dominant in the First Person Shooter genre.

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I think Treyarch mentioned destructible environments, even in the second trailer a shack is blown up by an RPG so we can only hope.

Honestly, what bar is there to raise from Mw2? All that is required to raise the bar is simply not have a game that got exploited with in a few months of release....

Couldn't have said it better myself :beer:. MW2 didn't set the bar very high in order for other games to kick it to the curb.

By the looks of it so far, it looks like the graphics are great. But I hope it doesn't have the cheesy feel to it that WaW did. They said they took nothing from MW2 and it's all their own work. This game is going to be great though, whole new take on the series, and I have high expectations for this game, they have gotten a lot of ideas from the community, and they are putting a huge effort into listening to what we want. And they all know what we don't want put back into the game.

alot better than mw2

Now my question is, will it be hackable as I won't enjoy seeing my jtag covered with dust

At a first look, for me seems a cod WaW combined with modern warfare 2 so It will have the power of WaW and the tactic of MW2
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yea treyarch has got to deliver this year.hopefully it wont be filled with 100 hacks and glitches in the first week like MW2 was.

Hope Black Ops won't be a second WaW,i mean WaW is completely the same like Cod4,even though it is very nice