Black Ops Zombies confirmed, pretty much...

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Big news! A GameStop employee ran his mouth and showed a CoD:HQ member papers indicating Zombies will return in Black Ops. HOAX or truth?

GameStop is known to say anything to get people to buy games, truth or not... But these scans actually look pretty convincing, wouldn't you say? When lilmike002001 » walked in to his local GameStop to upgrade his previous pre-order after hearing about the prestige and hardened editions », he started talking to one of their employees. He asked the guy if there was more information on these limited editions, and he handed him a pamplet of 4 pages stapled together.

These pages included a lot of information about the limited editions that were just announced, and we honestly believe these are as legit as can be. But we also don't really trust every stunt GameStop pulls, so let's be careful about saying Zombies are confirmed right about now. On the papers it says the following:

"Four exclusive Zombie Maps from World at War updated for Black Ops engine ($15 value)"

You be the judge of it yourself, and let us know on our forums what you think this means! If true, it means that Zombies will be returning in Black Ops and that those who purchase the collector editions will also receive the 4 Zombie maps from World at War.

It's not yet clear what the the World at War Zombie maps look like or how different they will be but it is clear that they have been updated to fit in with the Black Ops engine. Considering this new engine has a lot of enhancements », we can only think of how awesome these updated maps will be. Better visuals, incredible photo-realistic lighting, huge draw distances, explosive destruction and effects, mind-blowing character details and texture streaming all give us a mouthwatering taste of what to expect.

Not to forget that these engine improvements also include massive changes to the physics, jungle, water and fire technology. This and the possibility of new weapons and more makes us want to hear the official confirmation from Treyarch NOW. Either way, it seems pretty certain right now that Zombies will be in Black Ops, old and new.

But if this GameStop talk isn't enough to convince you, Best Buy are also confirming Zombies. The Canadian website » states that the hardened edition contains "Four Zombie Maps Pack made famous from COD: World at War". So there you have it, Zombies is even closer to being a reality in Call of Duty: Black Ops!

Discuss this "proof" on the DW24/7 forums »

Thanks @karamvirsingh23 », @HenryManning », Delta_Canuckian » and everyone else for the news submit.

BETA Confirmed?

Who would have thought that the two most popular requests (Zombies & BETA) would be hinted at on the same day? There has been little information and news in the past few weeks and then this week has had a LOT of news. From a Multiplayer teaser to the Collector editions and then to hints for Zombies and now a Beta...

PejeXD » was messing around on the Bling search engine when he searched for "Call of Duty Black Ops Beta" and stumbled upon callofduty.com/beta ». It's clear that this is a Beta page on the official Call of Duty but has this always been there for previous Betas or has it only just appeared for a upcoming Black Ops Beta?

The page when registering » on the official website also has another interesting hint for a Beta. The page says that as a member you will have clearance to "First-in-the-world access to REDEACTED -- you are not yet cleared for this information". Could this mean a Beta?

The callofduty.com/beta » page now appears to redirect visitors to the Call of Duty homepage, either because this is a old page that is no longer needed or because they noticed the page was getting views and thus giving away hints to a Black Ops Beta.

Yet again, take this with a pinch of salt rather than a confirmation. You be the judge, does this confirm a Black Ops Beta or not?

Discuss this Beta hint on the DW24/7 forums »