September 03, 2010 | Author: Boyle111

A few bits of new information comes from the the Painkiller Already Podcast while GameTrailers interviews the executive producer for Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Painkiller Already » recorded their latest podcast yesterday in a live stream and were joined by Treyarch's Community Manager, Josh Olin.

Thanks to Vorvu » on our forums for the heads up and for gathering the information together!

Josh stated that the Tactical Insertion will be returning but that there will be ways to flag boosters. He used the theater mode as an example because it will allow players to record and upload their clips, hence having the ability to catch and report boosters in the act. He also said that they will have the mechanisms to ban boosters.

Theater mode was also touched on more. You can watch a film or a clip with a party rather than on your own. You just open a lobby, load up a film and then watch it together. He also said that you will be able to render and upload a clip to the web and that it will be optimized for web and mobile viewing.

Dogs are a one-bite kill, hence why they're an 11 killstreak. The SR-71 Blackbird can't be shot down and the radar blips don't have a delay but you can see the direction the enemy's are facing.

Barebones is in the game. Barebones is a playlist that disables perks and other options in order to allow the player to play with just his gun and other items.

The console versions of the game don't really need dedicated servers at the broadband Internet service provides are cable of hosting 18-player games. He also mentions that the connection depends on host selection and matchmaking, hence why they decided to add locale matchmaking.

When earning a chopper gunner you will control the gunner on the door whereas the gunship is a fully controllable helicopter that you can fly using thumbsticks and you can use the right and left triggers to shoot rockets and the minigun. If an ARC angel comes towards your gunship then you can shoot it out of mid-air.

The restriction of party chat in Modern Warfare 2 led to many mixed opinions. In the latest Black Ops build it's only restricted in Search and Destroy and they're aware that there are pros and cons to both sides of the argument but they're still not sure where they'll land on the debate.

Lightweight and Marathon have been toned down. It's believed that Marathon is now a longer extreme conditioning rather than unlimited sprinting. Deathstreaks won't be in the game as it's not their opinion to reward players for dying, but they believe that Combat Training will help newcomers ease into Multiplayer.

They will have the ability to moderate the leaderboards in Black Ops, so this means that we may see less hackers and cheaters at the top of the boards.

The Ballistic Knife is a secondary weapon and you can still use your regular knife by using the right thumbstick.

You can dive to prone by holding crouch while sprinting but it can really only be used as a defensive maneuver. Before you can fire again there is a short half-second recovery which is similar to switching weapons. Treyarch have their own dropshooter in their studio (who they despise) and he agrees that the diving to prone mechanic doesn't help his case. Although it can't be used for dropshotting, there are a few ways it can come in handy, such as capping flags, diving through a window to avoid grenades or even diving round the corner of a building to avoid enemy fire.

To listen to the podcast, head over to Painkiller Already » now. You can also watch a GamesTrailer interview » below which includes yet more awesome mouth-watering gameplay footage. But as a side note, we believe that a new trailer will be debuting during half-time of the England v Bulgaria match tonight. Josh Olin hasn't announced this yet (strangely enough) but a magazine  » that leaked before the multiplayer reveal did mention it. It may be a completely new trailer or it may be the wager match trailer, but either way, we will find out in a few hours.

Geoff Keighley » has also said that the newest issue of Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Ed Harris and Gary Oldman will be doing voiceovers for the game. Oldman will likely be reprising his role as Reznov.

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