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News Halo's Big Budget PS5 Remake Battered by Basic Black Ops Ports in Official PS Store Charts

Shoot to kill

The PS Store download charts for July have been revealed, and guess what topped them... No, it wasn't Halo: Campaign Evolved — the big budget, ground-up remake that marks Master Chief's PlayStation debut. Indeed, despite the crazy circumstances surrounding it, Campaign Evolved simply couldn't compete with two bare-bones Call of...

• Mon 10th Aug 2026
• PS Store
• PS5
• Sales

News Halo's No Match for Activision's Barebones Digital-Only Black Ops PS5 Ports

According to estimates

Activision’s digital-only Call of Duty: Black Ops ports dominated the PS5 in July, according to estimates from analytics firm Alinea. The sales tracker claims that the two PS3 games – rereleased on modern hardware with no improvements – sold a combined 11.2 million copies on the PS Store, more than every other game on...

• Wed 5th Aug 2026
• Activision
• Xbox Game Studios
• PS5
• Call of Duty
• Halo

News Black Ops 2's PS5 Port Receives Emergency Patch After Hackers Bricked Accounts

"You may briefly see an account ban notice"

Activision’s barebones Call of Duty: Black Ops ports have sold ridiculously well on the PS5, but they’ve been the subject of various legacy hack attacks which have been ruining the experience for everyone. This weekend, there were reports of hackers targeting unsuspecting players in

• Mon 3rd Aug 2026
• Activision
• PS5
• PS4
• Call of Duty
• Updates

News Black Ops Fans Sure Showed Up for PS5's Overpriced Call of Duty Ports

Back in Black Ops

Activision’s overpriced Call of Duty: Black Ops ports have sold like crazy on the PS5, with Circana analyst Mat Piscatella revealing both games breached the organisation’s Engagement Tracker for the week ending 11th July. This data is accurate for the United States, and takes into account total weekly players on Sony’s...

• Wed 22nd Jul 2026
• Activision
• PS5
• PS4
• Call of Duty
• Sales

News PS5's Call of Duty: Black Ops Port Reportedly Riddled with Hackers

Blooper

If there’s one thing well-known about the original Call of Duty: Black Ops, it’s that it’s hacked to bits on the PS3. While it hasn’t put a whole lot of effort into the port, one positive of Activision re-releasing the title on PS5 and PS4 is that it promised new servers – and surely some fixes to those old exploits, right? Nah,...

• Tue 14th Jul 2026
• Activision
• PS5
• PS4
• Call of Duty

News 'Bare Bones' PS5 Black Ops Ports Reportedly Have More Players Than Latest Game, Already Best Sellers on PS Store

Back in black

Sources of Call of Duty fansite Charlie Intel claim there are more people playing the “bare bones” ports of Black Ops 1 and 2 on the PS5 than the latest game Black Ops 7 across all consoles. While I haven’t been able to corroborate that information, it’s not a huge surprise. Engagement on the games has been through the roof...

• Sat 11th Jul 2026
• Activision
• PS5
• PS4
• Call of Duty

News Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 Out Now on PS5, PS Plus Members Get 50% Discount

They're £35 / $40 without PS Plus

Activision has shadow-dropped Call of Duty: Black Ops and its Black Ops 2 sequel; they're available right now on the PS Store for PS5 and PS4. They both cost £34.99 / $39.99 each, but PS Plus members can get them at a 50% discount until 6th August 2026. This brings the prices down to £17.49 / $19.99 for a...

• Thu 9th Jul 2026
• Activision
• PS5
• PS4
• Call of Duty

News Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 Will Get Native PS5 Versions

PS3 shooters ported to both PS5 and PS4

Activision’s recently announced Call of Duty: Black Ops ports will be available across PS5 and PS4, as confirmed by new Trophy lists on Sony’s servers. The publisher revealed its intent to bring these classic first-person shooters to contemporary consoles

• Wed 8th Jul 2026
• Activision
• PS5
• PS4
• Call of Duty