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The decline of Call of Duty is a well documented phenomenon. The only problem is, it looks like sales are back on the up. Activision has revealed that retail sales of Black Ops III are up both on last year’s Advanced Warfare and 2013’s commercially disappointing Ghosts. Digital sales of …
Read More »Amazon will deliver Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 at midnight
Online retail is trying to muscle its way into the midnight launch market. Traditionally gamers who feel they must get their hands on a game the very moment it’s released instead of nine hours later when the shops open can either queue up in the dark and cold for a …
Read More »No Season Pass for Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 on PS3 and 360
The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will not receive all of the post-release DLC pencilled in for the PS4 and Xbox One versions. Players on older machines will not be able to buy a Season Pass to access the content, either. "Season Pass …
Read More »PS3 and 360 versions of Black Ops 3 will miss series’ 60fps benchmark
Although games running at 30 frames per second are pretty standard nowadays, Call of Duty is a series that has always valued the benefits of 60fps. However, it has now been confirmed that the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will fall …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 does away with ‘archaic’ campaign level lock
Fancy skipping straight to the last level of Black Ops 3’s campaign? That’s not going to be a problem. The game’s director of campaign and Zombies mode Jason Blundell has told Eurogamer that the title’s entire campaign will be accessible from the start. "It gives them the flexibility to consume …
Read More »Platform holders pick up Japanese Call of Duty publishing duties
Square Enix is no longer the publisher of Call of Duty in Japan. This year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will be published by Sony on PlayStation. For Xbox, Activision will serve as publisher and Microsoft and distributor, according to Siliconera. Sony has also published previous Activision titles in …
Read More »Competitive Call of Duty switches from Xbox to PlayStation
Sony’s new marketing tie-up with Activision’s Call of Duty will extend to the eSports arena. Having enjoyed a marketing partnership with Xbox for many years (which included a timed exclusivity period on all DLC), Sony announced at E3 that it was now the game’s official partner. As well as the …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops III multiplayer beta on PS4 launches next month
Treyarch has announced the multiplayer beta test for Call of Duty: Black Ops III will start next month on PlayStation 4. The studio revealed the news onTwitter, stating the PS4 version will kick things off on August 19th. Multiplayer beta tests for Xbox One and PC will arrive sometime after …
Read More »VIDEO: Call of Duty: Black Ops III tease sets the stage for upcoming shooter
Activision has released a live-action short that lays out the premise for this year’s Call of Duty instalment. Black Ops III will be set some 50 or so years in the future at a time when man is struggling with the morality and social impact of biological implants, prosthetics and …
Read More »UPDATE: Call of Duty: Black Ops III launching later this year
Call of Duty developer Treyarch has released a new video teasing an upcoming official reveal for Call of Duty: Black Ops III. At least, all signs point to Black Ops III. The video’s is titled Back in Black” and ends with the Roman numeral for three. Black Ops protagonist Alex …
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