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Call of Duty: Black Ops PC online: our thoughts now that it works

ARS: It's a glorious bounty of riches! The server browser is here, and here's the console where you can adjust your settings! You can tweak your FOV right there in the options! Dedicated servers! It's almost like I'm back in college, playing an honest-to-goodness PC game again!

The patch for the PC version of Black Ops arrived almost immediately after our review went live, and I dutifully spent the rest of the evening playing the newly functional game. There are still some weird hiccups online, but the game was playable and stable for the most part. Although I took a break to engage some zombies with some Arsclan buddies, I think we can finally speak to the multiplayer portion of the game.

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Off-Map Exploration of Black Ops' Kino der Toten Reveals Cut Content And Secrets

The video on Black Ops 1 shows some separate rooms, assets, and other features which exist outside of the boundary of the game.

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Black Ops 1 Nuketown versus Cold War Nuketown '84

From DownSights: "Black Ops is not Black Ops without Nuketown. Following the tradition of releasing Nuketown for Black Ops games, the new Black Ops Cold War game also offers a revamped Nuketown called Nuketown '84.

Nuketown '84 has the same dimensions and map layout except for the aesthetics. The map's aesthetics have changed to fit the 80s theme, with destroyed buildings and graffiti-filled walls compared to a clean 50s suburban neighborhood seen in Black Ops 1."

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Looking back to 2010 and the excellence of Call of Duty: Black Ops

Jacob writes: "What do we have with the original Call of Duty: Black Ops? Quite simply, one of the best Call of Duty titles of all time."

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