For the first time ever, Nintendo fans won’t be getting a watered-down Call of Duty experience. Call of Duty: Black Ops II from Treyarch will feature the full HD experience. The game features the most advanced textures, lighting and shadowing systems in series history, all of which are on full display on Wii U. Utilizing Wii U’s second-screen experience with the Wii U GamePad, Black Ops II players can join the action in a full Call of Duty experience from the second-screen. The developer talks about the launch game in the exclusive video interview below.

Activision is embracing the power of Gamescom by using the annual gaming convention as location for the world premiere of Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer. Treyarch will detail the multiplayer experience to gamers at an event on August 13th and then open up hands-on for attendees on August 15th in Hall 6 at booth A21/B30- A31/B30 to compete in the massive Call of Duty Multiplayer arena and go hands-on with award-winning developer Treyarch’s new title. Mark Lamia talks about the new shooter in the exclusive video interview below.

LOS ANGELES – The only thing scary about performance capture is wearing those skin-tight motion capture suits. But that didn’t stop horror icon Tony Todd, best known for the Candy Man and Final Destination films, from going virtual. Treyarch enlisted the actor to star in its new Call of Duty: Black Ops II game. Todd, who’s a big gamer, talks about starring in the game franchise that he plays all the time in this exclusive video interview from the House of Moves in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES – Treyarch is taking the story of the new Call of Duty Black Ops II game very seriously. With David S. Goyer involved from the very beginning this time around, the characters are more developed. The game employs full performance capture, allowing multiple actors to work together just as they would on an action movie. Actor Celestin Cornielle talks about the experience and his own Call of Duty background in this exclusive video interview below.

Nuketown, the most popular multiplayer map in Call of Duty®: Black Ops, is being reimagined for the hotly anticipated release of Treyarch’sCall of Duty: Black Ops II, published by Activision Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. The Nuketown 2025 multiplayer map will be available with launch units of Call of Duty: Black Ops II.  Anyone who pre-orders the game at participating retailers worldwide will get their copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops II at launch, which will include the Nuketown 2025 downloadable bonus map.

With The Amazing Spider-Man set to hit Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in a matter of weeks, Activision will be introducing the best of both worlds when it comes to the web slinger’s gaming adventures.  On the one hand, the development team at Beenox is handling the game, and you already know about the work they did on Shattered Dimensions and Edge of Time.  On the other, they’re going with the open level design that worked so well in previous Spider-Man games before that.  You can’t lose.

A little while back, you might have read an article on Gamerlive.tv called "Modern Warfare 3 On Wii: Is it Still Relevant?".  (You can read it at this link if you haven't seen it yet.)  We had to ask the question because most "hardcore" gamers tend to stick to their Xbox 360 and PS3 guns, leaving us wondering if the Wii version was important anymore.  We gave it the benefit of the doubt, but Activision sent us a copy to check out anyway, out of sheer curiosity.  And while you won't mistake it for one of the "higher-up" versions on the market, Treyarch is to be commended for not only remedying mistakes from previous Modern Warfare mistakes, but delivering on the goods in both single and multiplayer.

Activision and Treyarch will be releasing Rezurrection, the all-Zombies content pack for Call of Duty®: Black Ops on the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network on August 23rd and we've got the latest screenshots and preview trailer to show all the zombie goodness off. Rezurrection hurls players into orbit with Moon, the climax of the Call of Duty Zombies saga and the first in the series to drop zombie-slaying into low-G lunar battlegrounds. With new outrageous weapons, high-tech gear, and a bloodthirsty undead menace, Moon is the most challenging and thrilling Zombies adventure yet, Activision claims. Check out the new trailer and screenshots after the break.

Call of Duty Elite beta is live. The pre-release of this new digital community platform, built expressly for the 30-million strong Call of Duty fanbase, begins its staged launch today on Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE utilizing Call of Duty: Black Ops.  The beta will be activated in phases for feature testing, with limited invitations rolling out in the coming weeks.

With the future of video games looking more and more like it’s in the cloud, traditional retailers like Gamestop are expanding into the digital realm with games. The world’s largest retailer of video games is offering gamers Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation DLC as an exclusive pre-order at U.S. GameStop locations. Annihilation is the third downloadable content release for Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops, the most successful video game franchise in the world.

Today, Activision announced the release date for their new map pack, titled Annihilation, hitting retail and virtual shelves on June 28. The maps include Hangar 18, Silo, Drive-In and Hazard--in addition to the new zombies level Shangri-La. We have the trailer and screenshots for you--including interviews with Treyarch below.

 Have you ever wanted to keep stats for your performances in shooters but were limited to just a few stats that the game keeps? Did you ever want to join clans and organize on something other than your console? Call of Duty Elite is a brand new subscription service that's being introduced to the series, allowing for deep stat tracking as well as serving as a platform for you to organize with friends and compare yourself to the rest of the world. While the trailer that was released promises something new and innovative, it really is something we've already seen before.