Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops II was released for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows on Nov. 13 and is getting good reviews from the gaming industry and players.
The first-person shooter will be taking on other heavyweights in the genre like recently released "Halo 4."
"The team at Treyarch could have played it safe and Black Ops II would have sold well, but instead they challenged assumptions and pushed the series forward in awesome new directions....Combined with the host of subtle and overt improvements to the array of other systems, the additions to make it more appealing to Esports, and the more fleshed out Zombies mode, this is not just a fantastic Call of Duty game, but one of the best shooters of the last decade," said IGN.
In an industry where gaming sequels regularly fail to live up to its predecessors, it seems Call of Duty has bucked the trend.
"Call of Duty: Black Ops II is the most evolved sequel we've played in recent memory as it challenges the status quo at almost every turn," GameTrailers said. "The elastic story provides plenty of incentive to replay the campaign, the strikeforce levels aren't executed perfectly, but they're a glimpse at the future, and the multiplayer features are tweaked to make every play style relevant and to level the playing field. It does so many new things so very well, making it the most groundbreaking Call of Duty since the first Modern Warfare. Shooters simply don't get much more deep, varied, surprising, or rewarding than this."
Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision, said the company wanted to deliver a marquee game that would push the series forward.
"From the very beginning, our goal with Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was to deliver a new high watermark for the franchise," he said. "And thanks to the hard work and creative brilliance of our team at Treyarch, I think that's exactly what we've done.
"In addition to an amazing and innovative game, we're also proud and humbled to see the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 creating yet another legitimate, pop cultural phenomenon," he added.
Hirshberg said the latest installment was "all for you" and According to MTV.co.uk, the new Activision game is earmarked to beat out Halo 4 and FIFA 13 in Holiday sales.
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