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The past week’s best news and featured content you might have missed, as well as a preview of the week ahead…

We Taste the Soup: Dinner Date Preview
- While gameplay experiences like „Dinner Date” will always struggle to appeal to the average gaming masses, we at Tech Olive just can’t get enough of all the risk-taking experimentation and the ingenuity that comes from indie game developers, and „Dinner Date” is no exception. We were fortunate enough to get a near-complete build of the game, so let’s quickly dive right in!

Hands On: Amazon’s Exclusive Black Ops “Laser Cel” Pre-Order Bonus
- Taking advantage of Amazon’s $5 off, $0.99 release-date shipping, and an exclusive limited edition Laser Cel, I pre-ordered my Call of Duty: Black Ops and it arrived today. After tearing open the packaging, I got a glimpse at the exclusive Laser Cel. Join me for some hands-on and size-reference images of this exclusive Laser Cel.

First Day of Call of Duty: Black Ops Sees Tons of Gamers, Issues Ensue
- It’s no surprise that the first day of Call of Duty: Black Ops brought in a lot of gamers — 77,609 at one time in fact, according to Steam’s statistics. Of course, this wouldn’t be a story without mentioning the expected issues that gamers are currently experiencing.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Sells 5.6 Million in First Day
- If you’re wondering how well Treyarch‘s newest Call of Duty installment did on its first day, you’ll be pleased to know that 5.6 million copies of the game were sold in the US and UK.

Review: Call of Duty: Black Ops
- So, here we are. Another year, another Call of Duty title in the colossal franchise. This time around, we get an installment that sets itself apart from previous titles. Perhaps only by a small margin, but it’s enough to breathe fresh life into the long-running series, but is it enough to rekindle the love we felt with the release of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare? World at War and MW2 couldn’t do it. What about Black Ops?

A preview of the upcoming week:

- A couple of interesting editorials!
- An unboxing of Call of Duty: Black Ops that you won’t want to miss!
- A new “I Could Eat” feature!
- Dinner Date Review!