Identification
- Identifier
- BO1-MULTI-WW-UNK-SAMPLE-001
- Exact printed title
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Common name
- Alleged Sample / TBC / provisional cover
- Family
- Promotional and preliminary releases
- Classification level
- Open lead
- Platform
- Non-platform leads
- Region
- Worldwide
- Distribution countries
- unidentified territory
- Manufacturing country
- Not recorded
- Date / period
- Not recorded
- Print run / reprint
- First print run
- Publisher shown
- Activision
- Distributor
- Not recorded
Languages and censorship
- Cover language
- English or local language
- Manual language
- Not recorded
- Interface
- Not recorded
- Subtitles
- Not recorded
- Audio
- Not recorded
- Censorship status
- Not documented
- Censorship details
- Not recorded
Physical item
- Physical media
- Media item or dummy box, to be confirmed
- Packaging type
- Provisional cover / store-display case
- Inclusion method
- Physical game included
- Origin of the difference
- Printed as part of the original packaging
- Product code
- Not recorded
- Disc / media identifier
- Not recorded
- Barcode
- Not recorded
- Age rating
- Not recorded
- Approximate dimensions
- Not recorded
Documented contents
- Call of Duty: Black Ops game
Main BO1 seated-Mason artwork used for a non-platform lead; text and age markings vary.
A high-resolution scan is required to record text, screenshots, logos, languages, copyright notices and distributor details.
Spine of the non-platform item to compare by product code and logos.
Photograph the disc or media label and record its identifier directly rather than inferring it from the cover.
Verify the manual’s language and reference independently from the cover.
How to identify this version
- Marking TBC
- Provisional age rating and date
- Non-final artwork
- Publisher or printer marking
- Rule out a press mock-up
Open research questions
- Dated original source
- Photograph of the media and back cover
- Provenance.
Direct sources
GameFAQs — physical-edition index
Worldwide index; thumbnails are sometimes too weak to establish a micro-variant.