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enThu, 23 Nov 2023 12:43:12 +0000The next Call of Duty is a Black Ops game set during the first Gulf War, according to reportshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-next-call-of-duty-is-a-black-ops-game-set-during-the-first-gulf-war-according-to-reportsEdwin Evans-ThirlwellThu, 23 Nov 2023 12:43:12 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-next-call-of-duty-is-a-black-ops-game-set-during-the-first-gulf-war-according-to-reportsCall of Duty: Black OpsPCAction AdventureMultiplayer CooperativeSingle Playern-SpaceXbox OnePS5First personActivision BlizzardCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIPS4ActivisionPS3Nintendo WiiSquare EnixShooterXbox Series X/SCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarXbox 360Nintendo DSCall of Duty: Black Ops 2Nintendo Wii UTreyarchCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIIAspyrMultiplayer Competitive

If rumour speak true, the next Call of Duty game will be another entry in the Black Ops series. It'll also, allegedly, take place during the first Gulf War across 1990 and 1991, in which a US-led coalition of countries including the UK, Saudi Arabia and Egypt invaded Iraq in response to the Saddam Hussein government's conquest of Kuwait.

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Bobby Kotick thinks videogames could use Elon Musk's brain tech, according to reportshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bobby-kotick-thinks-videogames-could-use-elon-musks-brain-tech-according-to-reportsEdwin Evans-ThirlwellWed, 11 Oct 2023 16:24:18 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bobby-kotick-thinks-videogames-could-use-elon-musks-brain-tech-according-to-reportsAction AdventureActivision BlizzardCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIMultiplayer CooperativeSingle PlayerTreyarchShooterActivisionMultiplayer CompetitiveMicrosoftFirst person

Once you've finished screaming, let me re-emphasise that this story is one of those "according to report" stories. It comes from unnamed sources at Activision-Blizzard, describing a recent all-hands meeting during which CEO Bobby Kotick laid out his vision for the company and gaming at large following Activison's acquisition by Microsoft, which is tipped to finally conclude this week. Amongst other things, Kotick allegedly discussed machine learning, Guitar Hero and the apocalyptic power of Microsoft R&D. Activision hired James Corden to host the meeting, the sources claim. It sounds like a David Lynch fever dream.

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Every Call of Duty campaign rankedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/every-call-of-duty-campaign-rankedJeremy PeelMon, 29 Nov 2021 16:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/every-call-of-duty-campaign-rankedCall of DutyCall of Duty: Black OpsPCAction AdventureMultiplayer CooperativeSingle Playern-SpacePS2Xbox OnePS5KonamiCall of Duty: Modern WarfareFirst personCall of Duty: Infinite WarfareSimulationActivision BlizzardCall of Duty 2Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIeSports relevantCall of Duty: VanguardCall of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023)PS4ActivisionCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Call of Duty: GhostsPS3Call of Duty: World at WarNintendo WiiSledgehammer GamesCall of Duty: Advanced WarfareSquare EnixRaven SoftwareCall of Duty: United OffensiveShooterXbox Series X/SCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarInfinity WardXbox 360Nintendo DSCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)Call of Duty: Black Ops 2Call of Duty: WWIICall of Duty 4: Modern WarfareNintendo Wii UTreyarchCall of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022)AspyrMultiplayer Competitive

Like a zipline descending into Verdansk, the quality curve of the Call of Duty campaign trends ever downward, year-on-year. Or so a casual observer might assume. But this is Task Force 141, soldier: we don’t do casual observation. Take my binoculars and you’ll soon see that the real story is far more complicated and compelling.

For every Ghosts in the graveyard of CODs past, there’s an unlikely space adventure to rival Titanfall. And no matter how many times Captain Price tells you to let ‘em pass, there’s always an experimental RTS mechanic or Hitman-lite stealth mission waiting around the next corner. Call of Duty has been far more brave and changeable than it’s given credit for, and while the best ideas haven’t always stuck, they’re still very much playable. What’s more, they rarely outlast a weekend - which counts for a lot in an age of life-consuming AAA releases.

Over 20 years of service, I’ve played every single COD campaign, and can share my intel freely with allies like you. So hop in for a ride through the ups and downs of the series. Just don’t take the helicopter - those things never land softly around here.

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Steam Charts: Doing my dutyhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-doing-my-dutyGraham SmithMon, 19 Jun 2017 14:06:26 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-doing-my-dutyOri and the Blind ForestSteamTekken 7Dying LightFriday the 13th: The GameOri and the Blind Forest: Definitive EditionCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIFeatureGrand Theft Auto VBlockbusterArma 3H1Z1: King of the KillPUBG: BattlegroundsCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveChartsDying Light: The Following

John has been writing these charts for just a few weeks and already he's had to book a week off in order to recover. I am made of more sterling stuff, and while he's gone it falls to me to share the details of which games sold the best last week on Steam.

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Activision plan for 'many years' of Call of Duty movieshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/activision-blizzard-studios-call-of-duty-movie-universeAlice O'ConnorThu, 06 Apr 2017 17:25:28 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/activision-blizzard-studios-call-of-duty-movie-universeCall of DutyCall of Duty: WWIICall of Duty: Black Ops IIIShooterActivision Blizzard StudiosCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

Activision Blizzard Studios are planning for potentially years of Call of Duty movies, drawing inspiration from the interwoven Marvel Cinematic Universe. Activision reckon that Call of Duty could carry a series, jumping between the first-person shooter's sub-brands for different perspectives on war. Chinny reckon.

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Have You Played... Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/have-you-played-call-of-duty-black-ops-3Graham SmithFri, 03 Mar 2017 15:30:39 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/have-you-played-call-of-duty-black-ops-3Call of Duty: Black Ops IIITreyarchHave You PlayedFeatureShooterActivision

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3's multiplayer is fun. I know, right? You're waiting for the but, in which I'm going to remind you that its willy-waving jingoism is uncomfortable, its level design is brown and dull, its killstreaks reward the best players with frustrating special abilities... but mostly those things aren't true.

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Steam Charts: They Said It Could Never Happenhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-octoberAlec MeerTue, 04 Oct 2016 09:49:05 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-charts-octoberSid Meier's Civilization 6Cossacks 3SteamQuantum BreakDoomAction AdventureOsiris: New DawnCall of Duty: Black Ops IIINBA 2K17Grand Theft Auto VBattleriteMafia IIH1Z1: King of the KillCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveDivinity: Original Sin 2ChartsArk: Survival Evolved

I had all the characteristics of a blogger — frayed jeans, opinions, laptop, tea — but my depersonalisation was so intense, had gone so deep, that my normal ability to compile charts had been eradicated, the victim of a slow, purposeful erasure. I was simply imitating top ten articles, a rough resemblance of a best-sellers list, with only a dim corner of my mind functioning.

And yet.

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Cod Blops 3 Mod Tools Launch Into Open Betahttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cod-blops-3-mod-tools-launch-into-open-betaAlice O'ConnorWed, 28 Sep 2016 09:24:38 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cod-blops-3-mod-tools-launch-into-open-betaCall of Duty: Black Ops IIITreyarchShooterlevel editorActivisionMod tools

The next Call of Duty may be only five weeks from launching, but last year's model is about to get a new lease on life. Developers Treyarch last night launched the long-awaited Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 [official site] mod tools into open beta, letting people create and play with custom levels, weapons, and modes - y'know, mods. Treyarch still have a bit of work to do, but now the tools are available to all players, rather than a handful of testers. Get cracking!

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Black Ops 3 DLC Includes Dragons Because Why Not?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-dragonsSteven MessnerWed, 29 Jun 2016 08:25:22 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-dragonsActivisionShooterCall of Duty: Black Ops III

Yo, you know what would really spice up Black Ops 3's [official site] Zombies mode is some fire-breathing lizards because dammit, this is Call of Duty and they can do whatever they want. Apparently. Alright, I'll admit that as far as DLC goes, having giant swathes of mechanized zombies facing off against dragons in the ruins of Stalingrad does sound pretty cool.

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Some Reviews Of A Few Games I've Never Playedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/some-reviews-of-a-few-games-ive-never-playedJohn WalkerTue, 17 May 2016 18:00:24 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/some-reviews-of-a-few-games-ive-never-playedRise of the Tomb RaiderAction AdventureCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIFeatureDark Souls IIISupporters only

One of the larger issues with being a games critic is having to devote time to sitting down and actually playing the games before you write about them. Finding the space in a busy work day of accepting bribes and secret meetings to decide industry biases is a nightmare, and anyway, you pretty much know what you think of a game from the box cover/Steam store page, right? Right. So let's stop pretending and get on with the sorts of straight-to-the-point honest reviews we're all really after.

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Arma 3 And COD: Blops 3 Free On Steam This Weekendhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/arma-3-cod-blops-3-steam-free-weekendGraham SmithFri, 13 May 2016 10:05:28 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/arma-3-cod-blops-3-steam-free-weekendCall of Duty: Black Ops IIITreyarchShooterArma 3ActivisionBohemia Interactive

Maybe you think you'll like shooting things, but you're not sure what flavour of shooting. Are you the type who likes tense, simulated military manshoots you can play with dozens of friends in wide open areas, with missions you make yourself and vehicles you can pilot and drive? Good news! Arma 3 is free on Steam this weekend.

Or are you the type who likes slightly-silly, rapid paced, run-and-gunning against chums and zombies? Good news! Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 multiplayer is free on Steam this weekend.

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This Year, Call Of Duty May Be Heading To Spacehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-spaceAdam SmithTue, 29 Mar 2016 10:50:59 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-spaceCall of DutyCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIBlockbusterActivisionInfinity Ward

Call of Duty: Space Wars. Orbital Ops, maybe. Post-Modern Warfare. Space Warfare? Probably not that one.

Whatever the name might be, there have been rumours and suggestions of a space-based Call of Duty for several years and it seems increasingly likely that this year's Infinity Ward release might be that game. I hope the moon explodes in at least one mission.

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Cod Blops 3 Releases Nuketown Map For Allhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-nuketown-freeAlice O'ConnorTue, 22 Mar 2016 14:15:11 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-nuketown-freeActivisionShooterTreyarchCall of Duty: Black Ops III

Call of Duty doesn't really have time for 'classic' maps, given that a new game comes jumping across time and space every year (smart money says 2016's CoD will pit World War 1 Tommies against robotic Visigoths from the future). CoD's Black Ops subseries has run long enough to establish Nuketown as a staple - though since Blops 2 it's been held back as a pre-order bonus. Well, now all and sundry can visit that old nuke-testing model town in Cod Blops 3 [official site], as it's finally free to all players.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3's Free Multiplayer Weekendhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-multiplayer-free-weekendJoe DonnellyFri, 26 Feb 2016 12:17:57 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-multiplayer-free-weekendActivisionShooterTreyarchCall of Duty: Black Ops III

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Multiplayer Starter Pack is a big mouthful for a simple idea: it's Cod Blops 3's [official site] ranked multiplayer sold separately as a cheaper standalone game. It's an interesting experiment in selling CoD's many modes separately and a short one - Activision will stop selling it on Monday. But until Sunday evening, you can check out this substantial slice of CoD for free. This handy link should fire up Steam and start installing it.

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Cop A Load Of Cod In Blops 3's Multiplayer Standalonehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-multiplayer-standaloneAlice O'ConnorWed, 17 Feb 2016 10:32:04 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-multiplayer-standaloneActivisionShooterTreyarchCall of Duty: Black Ops III

Activision are finally trying splitting Call of Duty's many modes into separate games, for folks who are only interested in part or want a cheap way in, though they've started in a baffling way. Last night they released a standalone version of the Cod Blops 3 [official site] ranked multiplayer which costs only £11.59/14,49€/$14.99 - about a quarter of the full game's price. I'd hoped for a standalone Zombies mode, but what's odd about this release is the restrictions. For starters, Activision will only sell this version until the end of February.

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Fail Forward: Call of Duty: Black Ops 3https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-failsMarsh DaviesFri, 18 Dec 2015 19:00:55 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-failsCall of DutyFail ForwardCall of Duty: Black Ops IIITreyarchFeatureShooterSupporters onlyActivision

Fail Forward is series of videos all about the bits of games which don’t quite work and why. In this episode, Marsh Davies discusses how Black Ops' segue into sci-fi marks new mechanical innovation in the military shooter - and suggests how it could go even further.

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Call Of Duty Black Ops 3's Multiplayer Has An Insoluble Problem At Its Corehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3s-multiplayer-has-an-insoluble-problem-at-its-coreGraham SmithThu, 12 Nov 2015 19:00:17 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3s-multiplayer-has-an-insoluble-problem-at-its-coreTreyarchCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIFeatureShooterActivision

There are times when Call of Duty: Black Ops III's multiplayer feels like a scratchcard from which you're scraping the dull metal grey surface of a military shooter to reveal the three matching Quake symbols below. Your prize: a game that's increasingly difficult to stereotype, which is fast and often fun, which has found solutions to many of its ancient frustrations, but which still has an annoying and possibly insoluble problem at its core.

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Wot I Think – Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Singleplayerhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-reviewAdam SmithTue, 10 Nov 2015 17:00:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-reviewCall of DutyCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIReviewsTreyarchFeatureBlockbusterShooterWot I ThinkActivision

Call of Duty: Black Ops III [official site] takes place in a future setting not quite close enough to describe as "near-future". It's somewhere in the middle distance, and while the concerns of military and intelligence organisations don't appear to have changed very much, the cyber-modifications available to soldiers promise to make the battlefield a place of superpowered clashes between robots, humans, and operatives caught somewhere between the two. With an arm full of not-plasmids and a sniper scope at the ready, I plunged into the campaign.

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Activision Blizzard Studios Planning CoD Movies & Morehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/activision-blizzard-studios-cod-movieAlice O'ConnorMon, 09 Nov 2015 16:58:37 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/activision-blizzard-studios-cod-movieActivision BlizzardActivision Blizzard StudiosBlizzard EntertainmentCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIBlockbusterWarcraftActivision

Following that Warcraft movie trailer, Activision Blizzard announced over the weekend that they've launched a new arm dedicated to making movies and TV out their games. The first celluloid fruit of Activision Blizzard Studios will be a TV cartoon adaptation of the Spyro spin-off series Skylanders, and they're awfully keen on making Call of Duty talkies too. Oh, if Pip were in today she'd know how to make this funny. Me, I'll just get a bit carried away hoping they make movies based around Cod Blops 3's bee-shooting cyberarm and Jeff Goldblum's escapades as a phoney wizard in its Zombies mode.

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Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 Is Out, But A Bit Buggyhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-pc-performanceAlice O'ConnorFri, 06 Nov 2015 13:04:06 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-pc-performanceActivisionShooterTreyarchCall of Duty: Black Ops III

The Big Blopper, The Blopster, The Codchop, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 [official site] launched last night, and it's the first in the FPS series to really interest me in a while. Campaign co-op, customisable cyborgs filled with cyberbees, and Jeff Goldblum are right up my alley and oh! supposedly it's a wee touch less corridor-y too.

It has a few problems at launch, though, with many folks reporting unreasonably poor performance. Developers Treyarch are looking into it, and have a few ideas for fixes.

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CoD: Black Ops III To Receive Modding And Map Toolshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-iii-moddingAdam SmithTue, 03 Nov 2015 10:13:21 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-iii-moddingCall of DutyCall of Duty: Black OpsCall of Duty: Black Ops 2Call of Duty: Black Ops IIITreyarchBlockbusterShooterActivisionMod tools

Call of Duty: Black Ops III [official site] looks just about weird enough to be interesting. Whether it's Jeff Goldblum's zombie-splatting magician, the introduction of full-on Chaos powers or the general rocket-powered leap into a robo-soldier sci-fi future, BLOPS the Third does not appear to be constrained by reason. Of course, it may still be restrained by corridors but on the server and modding side we can expect some freedom. Treyarch have announced that modding and map-making will be coming to the game sometime next year.

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Activision Blizzard And Their New Team Of Esportshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/activision-blizzard-esportsPhilippa WarrFri, 23 Oct 2015 12:13:43 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/activision-blizzard-esportsActivision BlizzardCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIBlizzard EntertainmentHeroes of the StormBlockbusterHearthstoneActivisionEsportsesports

So Activision Blizzard's creating a new division "devoted to esports" within the company. It's going to be chairman-ed by the former CEO of ESPN and the NFL Network, Steve Bornstein, and senior vice presidente-ed by a co-founder of Major League Gaming, Mike Sepso. There's a press release and everything.

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Watch More Jeff Goldblum In Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-zombies-jeff-goldblumDaniel StarkeyWed, 14 Oct 2015 10:09:03 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-zombies-jeff-goldblumCall of DutyGuess what? ZombiesActivision BlizzardCall of Duty: Black Ops IIITreyarchShooterActivision

Alright, so we're not the sorts to post every Call of Duty: Black Ops III [official site] trailer, but we are the sorts to post things with Jeff Goldblum in. We've known he's going to be in Black Ops 3 since July, but now there's a new trailer explaining the set up for why he, playing a magician, is going to be fighting alongside a boxer, an actress and a cop in its co-op Zombies campaign mode, Shadows of Evil. Watch it below.

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Vomit To Death With CODBLOPS 3's Chaos Powershttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/black-ops-3-cybercore-abilitiesGraham SmithThu, 08 Oct 2015 12:23:42 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/black-ops-3-cybercore-abilitiesActivisionShooterCall of Duty: Black Ops III

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 [official site] has a "sonic anti-personnel" ability which lets you "literally bring your enemies to their knees by making them sick to death." When you use it, people straight up vom' till they die. The latest trailer, found below, introduces this and other Chaos Cybercore abilities.

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Call Of Duty Black Ops 3's Story Trailer/Dumb Marketinghttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-story-trailerJoe DonnellySat, 03 Oct 2015 07:00:16 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-story-trailerActivisionCall of DutyShooterCall of Duty: Black Ops III

As far as marketing stunts go, Activision's Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 [official site] flurry on Twitter through the week was, how shall I put it, not very well thought out. Live-tweeting a fake-but-pretending-to-be-real crisis will turn heads, but what happened to simply showing off a trailer or dropping some screens? Don't worry, we've got you covered. RPS: serving you, minus the hysteria.

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Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3's Bans And Protectshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-bans-protectsPhilippa WarrTue, 11 Aug 2015 12:00:48 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-bans-protectsCall of DutyCall of Duty: Black Ops IIITreyarchActivisionEsportsesports

Massively jetlagged as I am, I decided to ease back into the post-International real world by catching up with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 [official site] announcements from Gamescom. Either I am stuck in a MOBA fever dream or Blops 3 really is introducing a protect and ban phase to competitive play. Tell you what. I'm going to cover it as if it's real and then you can just let me know (gently) whether it's all just a big hallucination. I'm also going to put a wodge of new screenshots in.

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Jeff Goldblum & Ron Perlman Star In Cod Blops 3 Zombieshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cod-blops-3-zombies-jeff-goldblum-ron-perlmanAlice O'ConnorFri, 10 Jul 2015 10:00:10 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cod-blops-3-zombies-jeff-goldblum-ron-perlmanActivisionShooterTreyarchCall of Duty: Black Ops III

I would buy the heck out of Call of Duty: Black Ops III's [official site] co-op Zombies mode as a cheaper standalone game. The mode has developed into such silly schlock horror, and draws an increasingly impressive cast of folks from cult movies while going weirder places.

This year's offering, named Shadows of Evil, will see Jeff 'Jeff Chuffing Goldblum' Goldblum, Ron 'War Never Changes' Perlman, Neal McDonough off Band of Brothers, and Heather 'How's Annie?' Graham teaming up to fight zombies and tentacled monsters in a noir-y '40s world. It looks absurd and I like it so much. Come watch the trailer to see Jeff Goldblum as The Magician, chewing the scenery as if it were made of delicious buttery Marmite toast.

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Cyberwizards & Robobees In 13 Mins Of Cod Blops 3 Co-ophttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-coop-gameplayAlice O'ConnorTue, 23 Jun 2015 09:00:03 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-coop-gameplayTreyarchCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIShooterActivisionE3 2015

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 [official site] turns soldiers into cyberwizards with dominion over cyberbrains and robobees, but does that make the game much different from any other CoD, Blops or otherwise? For the first ten minutes of a new thirteen-minute gameplay trailer showing off four-player co-op, the answer appears to be no. Soldiers run along corridors in a sandy city and shout and shoot and there's a cinematic where a man dies and oh it's so very tragic. The final three minutes, however, venture into one of the boss battle arenas, and that looks a whole lot more fun.

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I Guess CODBLOPS Is Basically Unreal Tournament Nowhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/black-ops-3-multiplayer-trailerAlec MeerWed, 17 Jun 2015 15:00:38 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/black-ops-3-multiplayer-trailerTreyarchCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIShooterActivisionE3 2015

Wall-jumping and robo-soldiers and crazy weapons and teleporters and OTT awards for doing almost anything: whatever would Captain Price think? Me, I'm sort of relieved that Call of Duty Black Ops III [official site] has given up all pretence of military realism and entirely embraced science-fictional absurdity: it's as though the series is finally allowing itself to be what it's wanted to be for years. This trailer is focused on the hectic-looking multiplayer, which conjures up Titanfall as well as UT, but I sorely hope there's a healthy dose of deliberate silliness in the campaign too.

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Cod Blops 3 PC Tweetdeets: FOV And Dedicated Servershttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-pc-dedicated-servers-fovAlice O'ConnorWed, 29 Apr 2015 20:00:01 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-pc-dedicated-servers-fovCall of Duty: Advanced WarfareCall of Duty: Black Ops 2Call of Duty: Black Ops IIITreyarchShooterActivision

Tweets from developers dumping details are a bit like bubble gum wrapper trivia facts, aren't they? You won't be fascinated and enthralled, you won't learn the deepest secrets of the darkest beings, but you might raise your eyebrows a little, but approvingly, and at the back of your mouth grind out an approving throaty vocalisation like "Mmh!" or "Hhhoh!" or "Hmm!" or "Hrmmm!"

Now we've chewed the Cyberbazooka Joe gum of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 [official site] in that trailer, it's trivia time, with wrapfacts on dedicated servers, field of view, and other touchy issues.

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Cod Blops 3 Campaign: Co-op, Corridors, & Cyberbeeshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cod-blops-3-campaign-co-op-corridors-cyberbeesAlice O'ConnorMon, 27 Apr 2015 13:00:46 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cod-blops-3-campaign-co-op-corridors-cyberbeesActivisionShooterTreyarchCall of Duty: Black Ops III

The Icarus 'jump from rooftops and land like it's no big deal' augmentation from Deus Ex: Human Revolution may be ousted as my favourite cyberupgrade. Activision gave a peek at Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 [official site] over the weekend, and you guys: you can have a cyberarm containing a cyberhive of cyberbees that swarm enemies. I shall name my arm The Buzzness.

Along with dropping a new trailer with snippets of gameplay, Activision started talking about its campaign. With customisable characters (including ladies!) and perks, it'll support co-op and gosh oh golly won't always be in such restrictive corridors. So they say, anyway.

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A History Of The Near-Cyberfuture In Cod Blops 3 Trailerhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-teaser-trailerAlice O'ConnorFri, 24 Apr 2015 15:00:04 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-teaser-trailerActivisionShooterTreyarchCall of Duty: Black Ops III

One detail I enjoy in the world of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is that once cybernetics truly take off, the Paralympics eclipse the Olympics because cyborgs are way cooler. The cybered-up future envisioned in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 [official site] is a bit more boring. 2028 for the milestone of a lady with robolegs winning a gold medal against two with meatsticks seems unimaginative, not to mention unfair to the lowly meatbags.

Anyway, anyway, if you're wondering about the path to cyberfuture, cybersoldiers, and genome soldiers that Blops 3 will follow, here, this new trailer's a spot of speculative cyberfiction that might entertain until this year's CoD is given its big reveal on Sunday.

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Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 Is Getting A Zombie Modehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-zombie-modeEmily GeraMon, 13 Apr 2015 08:00:30 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-zombie-modeActivisionShooterTreyarchCall of Duty: Black Ops III

In the words of Insane Clown Posse, it's an oldie but a goodie. Zombie mode is returning for Activision's just-anounced Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 [official site].

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Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 Reveal Date... Uh... Revealedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-reveal-date-uh-revealedPhilippa WarrThu, 09 Apr 2015 17:38:55 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-reveal-date-uh-revealedBlockbusterCall of DutyCall of Duty: Black Ops III

Activision and Treyarch have announced the worldwide reveal date for Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - it's April 26th.

As you might expect from a teaser for an announcement, it's all swishy CGI and some echoey near future military-industrial philosophy wiffle and no actual game details. BUT you can watch it:

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Snapchat Probably Teasing Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3Philippa WarrWed, 08 Apr 2015 11:00:28 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-3Call of DutyCall of Duty: Black Ops 2Call of Duty: Black Ops IIITreyarchBlockbusterActivision

Ah good, it's time to start talking about Next Call Of Duty and how it's probably going to be Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 because a Snapchat campaign - yes Snapchat, shut up - implies as much.

While streaming some Black Ops 2, YouTuber Drift0r picked up on the addition of one of those QR code ghost things Snapchat introduced so you can befriend #brands and #engage with their #content easily.

"I have a feeling this is going to be like a viral marketing campaign," he notes on the video. "Like in a couple of days if you follow the little ghosty you will get a picture of Black Ops 3 tweeted out or Snapchatted out? I don't really Snapchat so I don't know how that works."

He was right.

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