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"The team's work can speak for itself, so we're gonna jump right into the game. We're gonna take you to a weapons manufacturing facility deep behind enemy lines in the Soviet Union. This is WMD."
After this brief introduction by Treyarch's Mark Lamia at an event in Los Angeles earlier this month, I was treated to a first look at the annualized, even-year Call of Duty production by Treyarch. Amidst all the legal posturing, accusations, departures, hires, and general unpleasantness (read all about it), Call of Duty: Black Ops is nearing the end of its two-year development cycle and heading toward a November 9 release date.
While Black Ops isn't the next "Modern Warfare" game, it is a modern warfare title. The seemingly short jump from World War II's 1940s setting to the Cold War in the 1960-70s might not sound like much, but it's brought Treyarch's game into the modern era in a big way. The demo starts with a pilot -- decked in full pressure flight suit, appearing more astronaut than aviator -- climbing aboard a massive SR-71 Blackbird, a "strategic reconnaissance aircraft" built in 1964 and a fabled "black" project.
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