Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike trailer is a power ballad
What better way to celebrate the new Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack than with a music video showing two soldiers on either side of the Berlin wall, singing, crying, and playing air guitar as their guns jet gouts of flame? The answer is none. There is none better way. First Strike adds four new multiplayer maps to Call of Duty: Black Ops, and will be coming to PC sometime this month.
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