I am still evaluating last nights reveal first files where public then they where not . If I have positive answers to the following questions it could be that thing are not that bad at all.
We plan to open the game up for modding sometime post-launch. We do not know yet to what extent you will be able to mod the game. There are some purely technical issues related to engine and internal tool enhancements that do not easily fit the modtools paradigm. We have looked at it close enough to see that it is non-trivial and we will have to pick it up again post-launch. Right now we are completely focused on finishing the game. ...
Activision/Treyarch announced that DLC will be sold and not given for BlackOps. Due to events in history paid dlc does usually mean that there will not be any modtools since that would interfere with...
Not a dedi or mod announcement but... Due to reasons that i am too old to explain the ptrm forum part is only accessible for registered visitors from this point.