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Call of Duty Black Ops 3 Release Date Was Announced

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Call of Duty Black Ops 3 Release Date Was Announced

 

The third installment of Call of Duty Black Ops is set to be released on November 6, 2015. Open betas are not really their thing if you think about it, their last CoD game to feature an open beta prior to release was World at War.  With Black Ops 3 all of that will change and everybody that pre-orders the game will have access to the open multiplayer beta.

The game will be available on PC and on the next gen consoles, such as PS4 and Xbox One, but it will not come out on PS3 and Xbox 360.

The beta will most likely feature three, different sized maps but no official statement was made as of yet. Treyarch’s studio lead, Mark Lamia confirmed that the multiplayer beta will be accessible by everybody who pre-ordered the game. He also stated that by doing this, they hope to attract more people that will play the game, prior to its release.

The PC version will be compatible with Windows 8.1 on 64 Bits, Windows 7 on 64 Bits and Windows 8, also on 64 Bits. The game will most likely be compatible with Windows 10 as well.

They have also released the minimum system requirements for PC along with a short preview. If you were to compare it with last year’s CoD Advanced Warfare, you will see that Black Ops 3 is only a little more demanding, only in the GPU region.

Treyarch said that they are putting a lot of emphasis on PC stability and good performance, showing a lot of confidence by releasing the minimum system requirements so early.

Minimum System Requirements for Call of Duty Black Ops 3

OS: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit / Windows 8.1 64-Bit

Processor:  Intel Core i3-530 at 2.93 GHz, or AMD Phenom  II X4 810 at 2.60 GHz

RAM: 6 GB Memory

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 at 1GB, or ATI Radeon HD 6970 at 1GB

Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Network: Broadband Internet Connection

DirectX: DirectX 11

Last year’s CoD was exclusive to Flipkart, but because of the announcement, saying that that they will no longer act as a marketplace for the gaming scene, it is unlikely for the same deal to repeat this year.

The game’s story is set in a futuristic world, where, trough the use of biotech and cybernetics, they have created a new type of super-soldier. You get to play as a commando, in a world where technology is pushed to its limits, in a four-man-co-op campaign.

Activision’s communications manager, Scott Lowe, said that the new “movement system” will allow players to move more naturally throughout the environment and, at the same time, maintain full control over his weapons.

CoD Black Ops 3 will also feature a specialization system and a weapon customization option.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops III Trailer Reveals 4-Player Campaign

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Call of Duty Black Ops III

The first trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops III has finally been set free by developer Treyarch.

The trailer sheds a light on the time frame of the franchise’s new installment – it’s somewhere in the near future.

There is a huge difference between Black Ops III and last year’s Advanced Warfare; after all, there  are different developers on board this time. Even though is set a little bit further in time than its predecessor, in 2060, there is absolutely no connection between the games. The new game will focus more on robot soldiers, and cyborg enhancements – the developers probably all saw Neil Blomkamp’s Chappie, and thought what a great idea; hopefully with less Die Antwoord present.

The trailer looks amazing. It starts with Rolling Stone’s Paint It Black – with gunshots synchronized to the drum’s beat – and it showcases a world in turmoil. Man against machine, fighting to the very end of extinction.

Ow, did I forget to mention that the zombie mode will most likely be present in Call of Duty: Black Ops III? The last 3 seconds of the trailer blatantly hints us that zombies will make a reappearance in the new installment. Zombie mode will have its own experience point-based progression system, set apart from the campaign mode, and the multiplayer fiasco. I say fiasco, because that’s the truth. Everyone runs around, shooting everything in sight. At least, that what happens in pub games.

The graphics looks great, but we aren’t just excited for more eye candy games. I, for one, can’t wait to play the game with my friends. Black Ops III features a 4 player co-op campaign – and it will also include a two-player split screen option.

With that in mind, the games has taken a different path, starting with how maps are constructed – you should expect wider, and larger maps. Cinematics and cut scenes will also be somewhat new – from the perspective of both soldier-mounted cameras, and third person view. Who knows, maybe we’ll see cut scenes from a robot’s point of view. Maybe they aren’t all that bad, maybe they are all misunderstood sentient, blood thirsty beings. Who knows?!

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Exo-suits won’t make a reappearance in CoD: BO III, but the player will still be able to jump high in the air, and manoeuvre himself both in singleplayer, and multiplayer.

Only 4 out of the 9 classes for the on-line mode have been announced:

  • Reaper – a little gun wielding robot;
  • Seraph – in charge of a powerful revolver that will blow you to smithereens;
  • Outrider –  master of bow and arrow; high tech compound bow that is;
  • Ruin – who has his mind dead set on explosives, and how to kill you with said explosives;

If you’ve played Titanfall, you’ll be happy to know that Call of Duty has paid attention to its own community, and others as well. The new game will feature wall run, and unlimited sprint.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III will be available on the 6th of November for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. If you pre-order the game, you’ll have access to the multiplayer open beta.

 

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