This week is arguably one of the biggest video game releases of the year with Activision and Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops hitting the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on November 9th. We've been covering the game for ages and have given you every morsel of goodness we could muster from it. We've covered the 6 player combat training co-op mode and we've covered the four player zombie survival mode. We've even covered the mode that Activision apparently doesn't want us to see - the co-op Dead Ops mode. We know you're excited for the game, we know you're going to play the heck out of the game, so why not enter a contest for a chance to win prizes JUST FOR PLAYING THE GAME.

Co-Optimus is joining up with popular game tracking service Raptr to complete such a task - and the contest is a huge one with over $5000 in prizes. This contest is valid for anyone in the US and Canada (Quebec excluded) and will work on the Xbox 360 and PC versions - sadly Sony doesn't allow Raptr to track PS3 hours played.

The contest itself is a form of co-op - cumulative time playing for the Raptr and Co-Optimus community is tallied up and at certain levels new prizes unlock. For instance - once the total amount of hours playing Call of Duty: Black Ops reaches 3 million hours - you'll be entered for a chance to win a custom PC gaming rig from Alienware. You'll also be entered to win prizes once you've individually accumulated a certain amount of hours.

This is playtime is for ALL game modes including single player, online versus, and co-op!

Here's the complete list of prizes:

Global unlocks (Gameplay time accumulated by the Raptr community): 250,000 hours - 4000 MSP (Or PSN equivalent) 500,000 hours - Gunnar Shades – Call of Duty Limited Edition 750,000 hours - Splitfish Pirahna Controllers for PS3 (PC & Mac compatible) 1,000,000 hours – PS3 Move (Move Sports Champion Bundle) 1,250,000 hours - Logitech Headset & Controller 1,500,000 hours - Logitech Keyboard 1,750,000 hours - Gunnar Shades – eSports Edition 2,000,000 hours - Logitech Ultimate Gear Pack 2,250,000 hours - Swag bag from the Kartel 2,500,000 hours - Mad Catz Black Ops Pro-Gaming Headset 2,750,000 hours - Activision Triple Pack – 3 Games Your Choice 3,000,000 hours - PC Gaming Rig with custom paint job 4,000,000 hours - Mystery Prize for the greater good Individual unlocks: 30 hours - Xbox 360 Kinect 20 hours - Rude Gameware Primal Wireless Headset for Xbox 360 10 hours - Splitfish Shark Controller for PS3 (PC & Mac compatible) 5 hours - Gunnar Shades – Call of Duty Limited Edition 1 hour – Raptr T-shirt x 5

Ok - so now here's where it gets good. The Co-Optimus community gets their crack at an exclusive prize pack once we there is one million hours triggered. The prize is a Logitech Gamepad F310 and Wireless Gaming Mouse G700 with a total value around $125. Just reply to this thread after entering the contest to be automatically entered to win that prize!

Again - to enter the contest head right here, sign up for a free Raptr account if you don't have one, and click Enter the Contest. The contest ends November 21st so you and the community have a little less than two weeks to get 3 million or more hours.

Good Luck!

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