A few more details on Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops popped up today, answering a few of the more pointed questions arising from the game's debut trailer.
Intrigued by the presence of an SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft in the clip? According to this report (though be warned, the wording is vague), you're flying it. Wondering about the kind of guns that will be in the game? There aren't just guns, there are also crossbows. And yes, all that snow you can see means that you won't just be fighting in the jungles of Cuba and Vietnam; you'll also be blowing stuff up in Mother Russia as well.
The game will also feature 2-4 player co-op, with the game's main story focusing on two characters over "multiple covert international conflicts"
That's about all that can be gleaned from a depressingly brief "preview" over on USA Today, but the flying stuff will be interesting, since previous games have only let you roll a camera around, not the plane itself.
UPDATE - USA Today has three different previews up, two of which say you pilot the SR-71, but the third clarifies by saying that you only control the camera and give orders to ground troops, not the plane itself.
The two other posts had said "Players spy on suspicious activity while piloting a Lockheed SR-71 recon aircraft over the Ural Mountains" and "From the initial piloting of a reconnaissance aircraft to on the ground combat in the Soviet Union". Sorry to get your hopes up.
Subject: Black Ops 
Tue May 11, 2010 6:07 am
