Check out the official Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies trailer below. Download the game here [iTunes]

Fans of Black Ops’ Zombie mode that are also owners of an iOS device will be pleased to know that Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies will be landing on iOS tomorrow (1st December, 2011).

For $6.99 you’ll be able to play what is essentially a scaled down version on your iPhone or iPad. Black Ops: Zombies works best on third generation devices, and comes with the Kino der Toten and the “secret” top-down shooter Dead Ops Arcade. Up to four players can play co-op multiplayer online and there’s also voice chat support.

Treyarch’s charismatic Game Design Director David Vonderhaar has manned-up and admitted via Twitter – which has since been deleted - that he “f**ked-up” by including the universally hated Perk Second Chance in Black Ops. Second Chance allows players to survive a normally fatal amount of damage, albeit crawling like a gimp with broken legs, and use their pistol for up to 10 seconds.

See that gun to my head in my pic? That’s how I feel about 2nd Chance. We meant well. I f**ked up. Enough spam. Goodnight. <3 U moar.

Ask 100 Call of Duty gamers what they think of Second Chance and chances are the majority will tell you that it sucks and should not be included in FPS games. We’re glad that the now well-established Call of Duty developers Treyarch, which they have proved by producing the on-the-whole very well balanced game that is Black Ops, are capable of recognizing mistakes from previous outings and going by the tweet that Mr Vonderhaar sent out are capable of spotting and willing to rectify. Let’s hope the next Call of Duty title, rumored to be codenamed Iron Wolf, will top Black Ops and the just released, record breaking Modern Warfare 3.

This time around it was lethal kills that were under scrutiny, the top five of which can be seen in the video below. Well done Auptyk, Villa_fan29, Bolixfrolicker, SW6_1879 and kylebees.

Check out episode 1 here. Up next… First Blood Kills.

Commentary courtesy of JakeBroChill and SilentHawkk

Treyarch announced today that Mule Kick, the new Perk introduced in the latest Zombies map, Moon, is available for purchase in every Black Ops Zombies map, in addition to the other Perk-A-Colas. Mule Kick allows players to hold three weapons at a time “for a truly aggressive and varied attack”. The change should be in effect as-of-now on the PS3 and Xbox 360. So load up your favourite Zombies map, get yourself some Mule Kick and see if you and your friends can beat your previous record.

To celebrate Mule Kick’s addition to all of Black Ops’ Zombies maps, Treyarch have released the Kino der Toten music video shown at the Call of Duty XP Zombies panel. Check it out below.

Over the last week our forum members have been submitting videos for our new “Top 5 Clips of the Week” series. After receiving a bunch of awesome clips from our community the top 5 have been selected and the first video released. Check it out below. Episode 2 – “Top 5 Lethal Kills of the Week” – coming soon.

Got a special Call of Duty clip you’d like to submit for our second event – Top 5 Lethal Kills? Head on over to our forums and submit it on this thread.

The latest patch for Black Ops, patch 1.13, is now live on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Patch 1.13 brings fixes to a number of security issues, exploits and bugs, that should go some way to making the Black Ops experience even more enjoyable. The PS3 version of patch 1.13 also gets support for Rezurrection in preperation for the release of the fourth, all-Zombies map pack on the PS3 (and PC) September 22nd.

Black Ops Patch 1.13 Changelog

• • Security Updates.
• • Addressed an issue where Custom Private Match settings were carrying over to Public matches.
• • Prohibited clan tags can no longer be used.
• • A player’s win streak will now break if they quit out during a live match.
• • Players that are partied up are no longer allowed to go into party-restricted lobbies such as FFA.
• • Fixed a rare issue with Recent Games not showing the correct heat map.
• • Addressed an exploit copying another player’s emblem/playercard.
• • Added Rezurrection DLC support. (Launching September 22nd!) (PS3 ONLY)
• • Fixed some issues related to invites going from Zombie to Multiplayer. (PS3 ONLY)
• • Unlocked clan tag colors can now be set using the swapped X/O button configuration. (PS3 ONLY)

To celebrate the launch of the Rezurrection map pack, Labor day weekend and Call of Duty XP, Treyarch will be hitting the big red Double XP button.

The Double XP weekend starts on Friday, September 2 at 1 p.m. EST and finishes on Tuesday at 1 p.m. EST for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Wii. The ever-popular Nuke Town 24/7 playlist will be making a comeback on all platforms, too. Good times!