With the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops and the relative fall of the usual press embargo has been published all the reviews of the major international titles with ratings assigned to the new title of the famous series of war. Votes that seem to be quite high, on average, with several guest above 9, some excellent and only a few sporadic votes between 8 and 7.

Here is the list of reviews:

• Eurogamer - 8/10
• Joystiq - 4/5
• Games.On.Net - 4.5/5
• Gamekult (French) - 7/10
• USA Today - 4/4
• JVN (French) - 18/20
• GiantBomb - 4/5
• Kotaku - No score
• CVG - 9.3/10
• IGN UK - 8.5/10
• IGN US - 8.5/10
• Exophase - No score
• GameReactor - 9/10
• OPM UK (via KingPS3) - 9.4/10
• The Guardian - 5/5
• 1UP - A-
• GameTrailers - 9.3/10
• Videogamer - 9/10
• GameInformer - 9/10
• Tweakers - 9.5/10
• Eurogamer.cz (Czech) - 8/10
• Metro - 9/10