Treyarch announced today that the loved by the World at War community “Cooperative Zombie” game mode will return in Call of Duty: Black Ops. The game will be released around the world on the 9th of November by Activision Publishing.

The Zombie game modes were introduced in the Call of Duty: World at War game which enabled up to four player cooperative game play and, while it became an instant hit.

Treyarch Studio Head Mark Lamia said that zombies have been such a hit with their community that they are committed to bringing the brand new zombie experience to Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Activision Publishing announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops is in development by n-Space for the Nintendo DS portable gaming device.

“Call of Duty: Black Ops for the Nintendo DS is going to take the handheld Call of Duty experience to a new level,” said Dan O’Leary, n-Space Studio Head. “From taking the controls of an attack helicopter to flying an experimental stealth fighter jet, players will have a wealth of new features to utilize.”

The Nintendo DS version of Call of Duty: Black Ops will feature unique online multiplayer mode with a Perk system, with six player max. A multiplayer online two-player cooperative mode will also be featured, as well as Arcade and Challenge modes.

Activision Publishing announced that the second downloadable map package that contains new multiplayer maps for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 military first-person shooter is now available in North America for the Sony PlayStation 3 Computer Entertainment System and all over the world for Windows-Based Personal Computers.

The downloadable Resurgence map package for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be available today, the 7th of July, 2010, for the Sony PlayStation 3 gaming console in Europe and Australia.

One of the leading video game publishers worldwide, Activision Publishing, and Microsoft, announced today that all Call of Duty game add-ons and downloadable content packages will be first released on the Xbox LIVE Online Entertainment Network exclusively, courtesy of the multi-year agreement between the two companies.

The agreement officially began in 2009, and now extends for all downloadable content packages for the mega-blockbuster Call of Duty Franchise throughout the year 2012, which includes Call of Duty: Black Ops.

The second downloadable content package for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 entitled The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Package, will be available to download today from 6.00 PM UK Time and 7.00 PM CET. The pack will be released on the Xbox LIVE Online entertainment network. The second map pack follows the ground breaking records from the first map pack, with millions of gamers around the world joining the actions in its opening days.

Developed by Infinity Ward, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack adds five additional multiplayer levels, including three all-new locations along with two updated classic locations from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

The second downloadable content package for Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 military first-person shooter video game will be released exclusively on the Microsoft Xbox 360 video game console on the 2nd of June, 2010. Infinity Ward and Microsoft released a video in which they review the five new multiplayer maps from the latest “Resurgence Package” downloadable content.

Like the first downloadable content package known as the “Stimulus Package”, the second batch of downloadable content, “The Resurgence Package” will deliver three all-new multiplayer maps for the game

Activision Publishing revealed today some releases for the iPad that are now available on the Apple App Store. The releases include Geometry Wars: Touch and Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies, and utilize better graphics and faster processing in order to enhance the experience and immerse the player deeper into the non-stop shooter.

In addition to all that, the iPad version of Geometry Wars will exclusively feature a brand new game mode entitled “Titans” added to the classic Deadling, King, Evolved, Pacifism, Waves and Sequence game modes.

The special interest media group, Future, confirmed that the June releases of its Official Xbox and PlayStation Magazines in the United Kingdom will reveal the first in-depth previews of the upcoming title Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Future’s Official PlayStation Magazine and Official Xbox Magazine will deliver the first hard facts about the game directly from the studio of the developers in California. Teased from the Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer, gamers will no longer have to look at the rumors on the internet. The Call of Duty: Black Ops first-person shooter is expected to release on the 9th of November, 2010 according to the announcement trailer.

Activision Blizzard announced better than expected financial results for the first quarter of the year 2010. For the quarter that ended on the 31st of March, 2010, Activision Blizzard’s GAAP net revenues were one point three billion USD, with its non-GAAP net revenues 714 million USD.

For the quarter that ended on the 31st of March, 2010, Activision Blizzard reported that the GAAP earnings per diluted share were 0.30 USD, and that the company’s non-GAAP earning per diluted share were 0.09 USD.

The publisher of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 video game hit has announced that a second downloadable content pack for the game is currently planned to arrive in the second half of 2010, which means it will release sometime between July and December.

Activision Blizzard COO Thomas Tippl explained that they plan to release the second map pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 while discussing the company’s lineup for the “Black half of the year” during today’s investor conference call.