Call of Duty series is one of the most happening and most popular First person shooter gamers play.Activision also believes in making the next sequel to Call of duty : Black Ops larger than life with never before gameplay reports from N4G.IGN stated “The launch for Call of Duty: Black Ops is going to be huge. Really huge.” During their second quarter fiscal earnings call, Activision emphasized that the marketing budget for Black Ops will be far larger than last year’s marketing budget. The preorders for this entry in the Call of Duty franchise have already outpaced Modern Warfare 2.

According to Activision COO, Thomas Tippl, Black Ops will release on a wider variety of platforms than any other Call of Duty title. He also went on to state that this game will drive Call of Duty to (once again) be the best entertainment event of the year. Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick also participated in the call and stated that Black Ops’ will see a larger financial investment by the company than any other game that they have ever released.

Kotick also explained that this game will not be targeted only at hardcore gamers. It will have a much broader audience. Black Ops won’t see competition just from other shooters, but also from other games that appeal to a wider audience. Call of Duty Black Ops is expected to launch on November 9th in North America and it will retail for $59.99 (US) for the Standard Edition.

If you are so excited to see it in action how it will be then here is some good news for you.The very first multiplayer trailer for the massive FPS title from Activision has been released. The multiplayer trailer may only be a teaser, but it reveals a huge amount of info for Call of Duty: Black Ops.

New information for the multiplayer component consisted of new gadgets in the form of a camera that you can place on the ground (seen in the first part of the video). As well as new weapons in the form of the crossbow, that seemingly has a timed bomb in the arrow to kill your opponent (seen at 26 seconds) and the use of dual wielding knives which can be used for short range fire and a double backstab ability (31 seconds).

For the first time in the history of the series, there is an ability to dive forward, a first for the CoD games. Don’t blink or you will miss this one, at 36 seconds at the right of screen.  New killstreak rewards were also revealed, including a remote control car that is fitted with explosives, there is a missile that is shown above the car, no idea what that would be used for, possibly as a guide for the car.

Most fascinating feature is the recording of the multiplayer matches, giving players the ability to record the game and cut/edit the match and save them to your console/PC. The ability to upload the file is seen, but whether it will save to Youtube or to the Call of Duty website is unknown, but it will be able to get uploaded somewhere which is great for the community.

More details will be released for the multiplayer on September 1, with the full game releasing on November 9th for the DS, PC, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360. Watch the full teaser trailer below.