Tech Olive

Treyarch confirmed today via their community forums that gamers would be getting modding tools for Black Ops shortly after the game’s release. Also, the developer console is confirmed. We may not be getting any Collector’s Editions of the game, but this news is far better than any special helmet or R/C car included in the over-priced packaging.

“We plan to open the game up for modding sometime post-launch. We do not know yet to what extent you will be able to mod the game. There are some purely technical issues related to engine and internal tool enhancements that do not easily fit the modtools paradigm. We have looked at it close enough to see that it is non-trivial and we will have to pick it up again post-launch. Right now we are completely focused on finishing the game.

And, dev console: confirmed.”

[Official Forums]