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That could be linked to the less positive reception of last year's Modern Warfare III, and the fact that Black Ops instalments are among the series' most popular.

"My paintings are nothing else but the reflection of nature," he once wrote in a 1963 questionnaire for New York's Museum of Modern Art.

The CoD Black Ops spin-offs are generally well-regarded by fans for their single-player campaigns and the developers will be hoping this one lands well after the poor reception of last year’s Modern Warfare 3.

Last October, she admitted she "should have done better" after it emerged some passages in her book, The Women Who Made Modern Economics, had been lifted from other sources without acknowledgment.

Bennett's final record Grit was given the Modern Scottish Classic award.