Get your trigger fingers ready, because Call of Duty: Black Ops is poised to drop in your hot little hands on November 9, 2010. To promote this upcoming event, Activision is holding a massive launch party on Thursday, November 2nd in Santa Monica, CA. I would think it’d make more sense to hold it on a Friday since you won’t have to stumble into work the next day with a massive hangover, but oh well.

Memorial Day weekend is here. I’m sure a lot of us will be kissing work goodbye and filling the void with more barbecue than we’d like to admit. Before you start off the festivities, you should know that Activision is doing its part in giving back to veterans. The Call of Duty Endowment is a non profit organization that helps returning veterans get back on their feet and find careers.

Activision Blizzard is creating an organization dedicated to raising awareness on unemployment amongst war veterans. The non-profit foundation, called Call of Duty Endowment (CODE), will focus on raising funds and assisting organizations dedicated to job placement and training for war veterans.

Activision Blizzard’s CEO, Robert Kotick, decided to invite veterans from different branches of the military to form the advisory board for CODE. They will be in charge of raising awareness for veterans’ causes and deciding which organizations receive grants from CODE.