Call of Duty: Black Ops is a 2010 first-person shooter game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It was released worldwide in November 2010 for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360, with a separate version for Nintendo DS developed by n-Space. Aspyr later ported the game to OS X in September 2012. It is the seventh title in the Call of Duty series and the sequel to Call of Duty: World at War. Wikipedia

Research exclusive to this game

Healey, Gareth. “Proving grounds: Performing masculine identities in call of duty: Black ops.” Game Studies 16, no. 2 (2016). Gender Representation Identities in Games

Reisner, Clemens. “’The Reality Behind It All Is Very True’: Call of Duty: Black Ops and the Remembrance of the Cold War.” Playing with the Past. Digital Games and the Simulation of History (2013): 247-260. Cold War Era Historical Video Games

Research that includes this game in its sample

Pötzsch, Holger, and Vít Šisler. “Playing Cultural Memory: Framing History in Call of Duty: Black Ops and Czechoslovakia 38-89: Assassination.” Games and Culture 14, no. 1 (2019): 3-25. Cultural Memory Historical Video Games

Other games in the franchise

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (1)

Call of Duty: Black Ops (3)

Call of Duty: Black Ops II (1)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2)

Call of Duty: Warzone (4)

Call of Duty: World at War (1)

Call of Duty: WWII (1)

Call of Duty 3 (1)

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2)