Threeview: Call Of Duty: Black Ops II Reviewed By A Critic, An Analyst, And An Academic

New 'Call Of Duty' Reviewed By A Critic, An Analyst And An Academic
FILE - This video game publicity image released by Activision shows a scene from "Call of Duty: Black Ops II. "When the latest installment in the wildly popular "Call of Duty" video game franchise is released Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, it will transport fans to a completely new place: the future. Setting half of "Call of Duty: Black Ops II" in the year 2025 could be the riskiest gambit yet for the successful shoot-'em-up series known for its relentless past-and-present realism. (AP Photo/Activision, File)
FILE - This video game publicity image released by Activision shows a scene from "Call of Duty: Black Ops II. "When the latest installment in the wildly popular "Call of Duty" video game franchise is released Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, it will transport fans to a completely new place: the future. Setting half of "Call of Duty: Black Ops II" in the year 2025 could be the riskiest gambit yet for the successful shoot-'em-up series known for its relentless past-and-present realism. (AP Photo/Activision, File)

The video game industry has a number of mega-franchises -- Warcraft, Halo, The Elder Scrolls -- but none of these command the same level of attention (or profit) as Activision Blizzard's first-person shooter blockbuster, Call of Duty. The most recent outing from this military series, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, debuted again to a star-laden commercial blitz and a midnight launch.

But can Black Ops II sustain Call of Duty's amazing momentum? We turn to industry analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities and Soraya Murray of the University of California at Santa Cruz to provide additional perspective on how the success of this latest Call of Duty game.

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