Eerder waren er geruchten dat we zouden moeten gaan betalen voor de multiplayer van Call of Duty: Black Ops. Tot grote opluchting van vele gamers ontkende Josh Olin, community manager Treyarch, deze geruchten. Sinds vandaag boort ook Mark Lamia, hoofd Treyarch, deze geruchten de grond in.

In een interview met MCV vertelt Lamia dat Treyarch niet de intenties heeft om geld te vragen voor de multiplayer van Black Ops. De reden hiervoor is dat Call of Duty vooral bekend is om zijn multiplayer. Door geld te vragen voor de multiplayer zou Treyarch riskeren dat ze een hoop potentiële gamers zouden kunnen verliezen.

“I want to take that in the other direction and bring consumers really great reasons to keep their games, rather than trade them in,” he said. “Multiplayer is critical to the success of this series. It has such tremendous staying power – there are millions of people playing Call of Duty every day."

“It’s entertaining people on a magnitude that’s mind-blowing and we work really hard to make sure it’s supported for a long time."

“The effort that goes into the multiplayer is a living thing – we have a team that continues to work on it for World At War. We’ve done that for a long time and expect to do so for this game."

“We’re going to support the hell out of Black Ops. That will be our focus post-release: making sure we keep our fans engaged, and hopefully as a result, they’ll want to keep playing our game and won’t want to trade it in.”