When many gamers heard that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 would require Valve's gaming platform Steam installed in order to play, many were negative and sceptical and questioned Activision's choice. For many others it was the first time they had heard about Steam and because of not knowing what Steam was all about, opted for other games that could be played out of the box without installing a 3rd-Party application.

However, Steam is a great platform for gamers and for gaming. Not only is it free, a small download and simple to use, nut it also has a host of features that would require multiple applications and websites open together all at once to simply do what Steam does. From automatically updating and installing game patches and fixes, to online chat, from a fully loaded store to an effective download manager, Steam is a highly recommended tool for all games and with all it has to offer, one would question why anyone would not have it already installed.

Ask any gamer and you will find (and probably agree too) that the hardest part about playing any game is firstly deciding which game to buy. To make this part of gaming a little easier, why not try the game before you buy it?

Think about it... Why would you just buy a game  because the cover looks really interesting or the game trailer looks epic and amazing? Most times the game just isn’t all that entertaining when you get it home anyway!

Soon after the announcement of the release date for the highly anticipated sequel to Call of Duty 4, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, rumours started spreading across the Internet like wildfire about the seventh title in the ever popular series. As the rumours went around, based on little to hardly any facts, it was being suggested that the Call of Duty franchise would not return to the World War II theatre nor modern battlefields, but rather heading off to Vietnam.

Activision formally announced the seventh title release in the Call of Duty series on the 30th of April 2010 with the title Call of Duty: Black Ops set for release on the 9th of November 2010. A teaser website with a teaser trailer is live and the Noize Team has analysed the one minute teaser, to give you some insight into what Activision, along with Treyarch, have in store for us.