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01-09-2012, 11:00 AM
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Activision, by proxy, has bought BlackOps2.com. Fusible (http://fusible.com/2012/01/sequel-may-be-closer-as-activision-secretly-acquires-blackops2-com-domain/) did the detective work on this, which posits Activision bought up Black Ops domains (http://fusible.com/2011/08/activision-may-go-up-to-modern-warfare-6-black-ops-6-with-its-newest-domains/) last year -- up to Black Ops 6 -- through brand protection company MarkMonitor (https://www.markmonitor.com/). Black Ops 2 domains were missing from the previous list (http://fusible.com/2011/08/activision-may-go-up-to-modern-warfare-6-black-ops-6-with-its-newest-domains/), but it appears that's being rectified.
Now, none of this guarantees that Black Ops 2 is on the way as this year's Call of Duty, but it does mean that MarkMonitor is under orders to protect the brand for the future.
Call of Duty: Black Ops had a record-breaking (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/17/activision-modern-warfare-3-sales-reach-775-million-in-five-da/) debut of $650 million in sales during its first week at retail in 2010, which it held for one year until Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 crushed that with $775 million.http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)Report: Activision scoops up blackops2.com (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/09/report-activision-scoops-up-blackops2-com/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Activision, by proxy, has bought BlackOps2.com. Fusible (http://fusible.com/2012/01/sequel-may-be-closer-as-activision-secretly-acquires-blackops2-com-domain/) did the detective work on this, which posits Activision bought up Black Ops domains (http://fusible.com/2011/08/activision-may-go-up-to-modern-warfare-6-black-ops-6-with-its-newest-domains/) last year -- up to Black Ops 6 -- through brand protection company MarkMonitor (https://www.markmonitor.com/). Black Ops 2 domains were missing from the previous list (http://fusible.com/2011/08/activision-may-go-up-to-modern-warfare-6-black-ops-6-with-its-newest-domains/), but it appears that's being rectified.
Now, none of this guarantees that Black Ops 2 is on the way as this year's Call of Duty, but it does mean that MarkMonitor is under orders to protect the brand for the future.
Call of Duty: Black Ops had a record-breaking (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/17/activision-modern-warfare-3-sales-reach-775-million-in-five-da/) debut of $650 million in sales during its first week at retail in 2010, which it held for one year until Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 crushed that with $775 million.http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)Report: Activision scoops up blackops2.com (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/09/report-activision-scoops-up-blackops2-com/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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