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Activision is set to release a new online service specifically for the Call of Duty series. This new service Elite is said to enhance (their words not mine) your Call of Duty experience by adding social functions and better stats tracking.

Call of Duty: Black Ops has returned to the top of the UK all formats videogames chart.

The newly released Marvel vs. Capcom 3 trails it in second place.

All formats week ending 19 February 2011

1 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS ACTIVISION 4
2 MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3: FATE OF TWO WORLDS CAPCOM -
3 DEAD SPACE 2 EA GAMES 2
4 TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED 2 ATARI 1
5 FIFA 11 EA SPORTS 3
6 JUST DANCE 2 UBISOFT 7
7 ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD UBISOFT 5
8 MARIO VS DONKEY KONG: MINI-LAND MAYHEM! NINTENDO 6
9 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: COMPLETE EDITION ROCKSTAR 9
10 LITTLEBIGPLANET 2 SONY COMPUTER ENT. 10
11 NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT EA GAMES 16
12 MARIO SPORTS MIX NINTENDO 8
13 DANCE JUNIORS UBISOFT 12
14 WII PARTY NINTENDO 18
15 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO 20
16 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO 13
17 TOY STORY 3 DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS -
18 MASS EFFECT 2 EA GAMES -
19 BEN 10 ULTIMATE ALIEN COSMIC DESTRUCTION D3P 17
20 JUST DANCE UBISOFT 15

Source: ChartTrack/UKIE

The 1.06 update for Call of Duty: Black Ops, which was released on PlayStation 3 earlier this week, has finally been squeezed out onto Xbox 360.

Check out the changelog after the break.

Treyarch has brought the PlayStation 3 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops up to version v1.06.

Check out the changelog after the jump:

The UK industry body UKIE has revealed the best selling games of 2010 and you won't be surprised to see Call of Duty: Blacks Ops at the top of the list.

Second place was taken by FIFA 11, by Ubisoft's surprisingly popular casual game Just Dance 2 taking third.

"2010 was another strong year for the video games industry, with record breaking sales figures from games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops. 2010 also saw casual gaming really take off, particularly on social networking sites and on mobile phones," Michael Rawlinson, Director General of UKIE. "With more video games than ever before being played, on an ever growing range of games consoles, PCs, mobile phones, mobile devices and internet enabled TVs, the industry has widened beyond all expectations and will continue to expand exponentially in 2011."

Check out the top 20 and the platform specific charts after the jump.

Call of Duty: Black Ops looks rather immovable at the top of the UK all formats videogames chart.

We really can't think of anything that will topple it before Christmas.

All formats week ending 11 December 2010
1 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS ACTIVISION 1
2 FIFA 11 EA SPORTS 2
3 WORLD OF WARCRAFT: CATACLYSM BLIZZARD -
4 ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD UBISOFT 3
5 GRAN TURISMO 5 SONY COMPUTER ENT. 4
6 JUST DANCE 2 UBISOFT 5
7 NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT EA GAMES 7
8 DONKEY KONG COUNTRY RETURNS NINTENDO 13
9 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE LOST FUTURE NINTENDO 10
10 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO 9
11 MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE UBISOFT 6
12 WII PARTY NINTENDO 8
13 MEDAL OF HONOR EA GAMES 14
14 MARIO KART WII NINTENDO 12
15 THE SIMS 3 EA GAMES 18
16 RED DEAD REDEMPTION: UNDEAD NIGHTMARE ROCKSTAR 15
17 KINECT SPORTS MICROSOFT 20
18 FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS 11
19 SONIC COLOURS SEGA 19
20 TOY STORY 3 DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS -

Source: ChartTrack/UKIE

Better late than never, it's our review of Call of Duty: Black Ops' multiplayer game.

According to the UK Interactive Entertainment Association (formerly ELSPA) the UK videogames industry saw its highest grossing week ever - an estimated £113.8 million.

The record breaking week is thanks to the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops and Microsoft Kinect.

Black Ops entered the chart in top place, meanwhile eight of Kinect's launch games made the top 40.

"The video games and interactive entertainment industry has already seen a great start to quarter 4 2010 and the success of Call of Duty: Black Ops and Microsoft’s Kinect adds to this," said the UKIE's Mike Rawlinson. "The positive sales figures of titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops, new hardware launches like Kinect, the emergence of casual/mobile games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope and social networking games such as Farmville show that video games and other forms of interactive entertainment continue to be played by more people than ever – with 1 in 3 people in the UK now being gamers."

"Given the huge audiences for games on all formats, 2010 has been a year of unprecedented activity and focus. And with more video games than ever before being played, on an ever growing range of games consoles, PCs, mobile phones, mobile devices and internet enabled TVs, the industry has widened beyond all expectations and will continue to expand exponentially in 2011."

Hardly a surprise here - Call of Duty: Black Ops has gone straight into the top of the UK chart selling over two million copies.

1 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS ACTIVISION -
2 FIFA 11 EA SPORTS 2
3 JUST DANCE 2 UBISOFT 4
4 KINECT SPORTS MICROSOFT -
5 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 SEGA 1
6 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE LOST FUTURE NINTENDO 5
7 FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS 7
8 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII NINTENDO 6
9 THE SIMS 3 EA GAMES 10
10 STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED II LUCASARTS 9
11 WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011 THQ 11
12 WII PARTY NINTENDO 12
13 DANCE CENTRAL MICROSOFT -
14 MEDAL OF HONOR EA GAMES 8
15 MOTION SPORTS UBISOFT -
16 FABLE III MICROSOFT 3
17 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO 16
18 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2011 KONAMI 14
19 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO 15
20 GOLDENEYE 007 ACTIVISION 13

Source: ChartTrack/ELSPA

Call of Duty: Black Ops has smashed the debut sales records of Modern Warfare 2 and become the biggest entertainment launch ever according to Activision.

The publisher's internal estimates put the total sell through for the UK and North America in the first 24 hours as $360 million. In comparison Modern Warfare 2 sold $310 million in the first 24 hours on sale.

In terms of units sold in the two regions that's 5.9 copies of the game compared to 4.7 million.

"There has never been another entertainment franchise that has set opening day records for two consecutive years and we are on track to outperform last year’s five-day global sales record of $550 million," said Bobby Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard, Inc. "The game’s success underscores the pop culture appeal of the brand. Call of Duty: Black Ops is the finest game that Treyarch has ever made and raises the bar for online gameplay by delivering the deepest and most intense Call of Duty experience yet. The Call of Duty franchise has over 25 million players around the world that are engaged in billions of hours of online gameplay, and we are committed to supporting them with new content and features on a more frequent and regular basis."

For once we actually feel the game deserves it. Check out our review.

In the first of two reviews, we take on Call of Duty: Black Ops' single-player campaign.

Can it erase the bad taste of Modern Warfare 2's single player offering and prove Treyarch is no longer the weaker partner in the franchise?

Activision boss Bobby Kotick says that we should expect to see the Call of Duty franchise become richer, deeper and more engaging.

Kotick told attendees at the Deutsche Bank 2010 Technology Conference that over the next five years technology will allow for a more engaging and emotional experience from the popular shooter franchise.

"I think when you see Black Ops this holiday, that’s going to give you a great sense of how different the games will visually look. But if you look at that game, it’s only going to get richer, the characters are only going to get deeper, the stories are only going to get more engaging.

"The characters you see on the screen are going to be much more realistic than they are today. They’re going to be more compelling, they’re going to be more believable, there’s going to be so many more things you can do from a gameplay perspective than what we can do today.

"When you see innovations like Kinect or Move, where you now have the ability to use voice to actually control what you see on the screen, and for motion to control what you see on the screen, those are going to be big changes in the interface that will probably broaden the appeal of videogames."

Source: VG247