Activision's juggernaut first-person shooter returns for its annual
assault on the bad guys with a focus on clandestine operations and
deniable missions in Call of Duty: Black Ops. Developed by franchise
veteran Treyarch, Black Ops marks a departure for the series, in that
the action unfolds in neither WWII nor the nebulous "Modern" arena, but
in the vast expanse of the Cold War. Players take control of several
soldiers from the Studies and Observations Group (SOG), a multi-service
special operations unit that, despite its seemingly innocuous name,
carried out devastating precision assaults on enemy targets, captured
opposition leaders, rescued downed pilots, and even conducted
psychological