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Just hours after the clock struck midnight to ring in the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops, the Xbox Live servers lit up like a Christmas tree as nearly one million players logged onto the Xbox 360 online game service… …

A new promotion for upcoming castle construction sim Stronghold 3 requests that fans vote via Facebook on which of four beasts ought to be used as trebuchet ammo. Shh, no one tell PETA… …

The YouTube leaks last week have done nothing to dampen our enthusiasm for Call of Duty: Black Ops’ “Five” mode, informally known as Pentagon Zombies. Five launches automatically after the closing credits of the campaign, and takes place inside the Pentagon. The unique characters and location make this the most interesting Zombie map yet.

The dialogue is hilarious, too – you’ll want to play several times as each character (John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Fidel Castro, Robert McNamara) to get the full experience. We won’t say anymore, in case you want to experience it for the first time with fresh eyes. Or, if you simply can’t wait till you’ve beaten Black Ops’ campaign, click through to watch it unfold right here… …

Call of Duty: Black Ops is full of hidden modes and secret codes – what’s surprising is how many of them are available as soon as you start the game. Wondering where to find the third version of Zombies? Want all of the intel information without having to locate all of the intel? Tired of being stuck in that stupid interrogation chair, and wish you could escape? Here’s how… …

According to Gamasutra, ‘industry soruces’ have confirmed that the next Call of Duty will be set in the future. This news, paired with Activision registering the domain ‘Call of Duty: Space Warfare’ earlier this year, seems to indicate that our next dose of CoD will have us leaving Earth for the second time (and maybe not dying as quickly as the first), and give us the shiny new laser guns we’ve wanted for so long… …

BioWare has just released a new teaser for Star Wars: The Old Republic, which shows off one of the game’s PvP Warzones. The scenario is set on Alderaan, where Republic and Imperial forces are battling for control of a planetary defense canon… …

Like it or not, there are few launches bigger than the launch of a new Call of Duty game. Black Ops apparently pushed almost one million players to Xbox Live on the morning it was released, and it’s already receiving flurries of compliments and criticisms. And by “criticisms,” we mean indignant rage… …

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is kind of a dick. He likes to get a rise out of his opponents. Over the years he’s made some statements that made our blood boil. However, being a dick, he’s also incredibly funny, and we have to laugh even when we dispute his claims. But we’re thankful that when it comes to Schwarzenegger v. EMA (the case focusing on California’s violent video game law), we agree with Scalia… …

Call of Duty: Black Ops has notched up more pre-orders at US games retail giant GameStop than any other title.

Senior VP of marketing and merchandising Bob McKenzie told Eurogamer, “As of last Friday we hit the largest number of reservations we’ve had on any release so far.

Jeepers, that’s quite a claim. We asked Bob if he was referring to just title’s released in 2010 or in GameStop’s history. “Both,” he replied.

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