Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Steam news

• Latest observed players4.8K · 5 October 2026 - 20:42:45 UTC
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• Review score85% positive
• Total reviews228,399
• Release dateNov 5, 2015
• DeveloperTreyarch, Aspyr (Mac)
• PublisherActivision, Aspyr (Mac)

Genres: Action, Adventure

Company pages: Developer: Treyarch, Aspyr (Mac)Publisher: Activision, Aspyr (Mac)

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Call of Duty®: Black Ops III Steam news

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• PlayStation are reportedly shuttering another first-party studio, this time from Call of Duty vet Jason Blundell - 24 March 2026

  It sounds like Sony are continuing to do what they presumably coldly view as cost cutting. According to Jason Schreier, often known for his insider information, and a leak shared in a ResetEra thread , Dark Outlaw Games, a studio set up by former Call of Duty lead Jason Blundell, is being shut down. It's unclear how many people this includes at this time. Read more

• Court documents reveal just how much more expensive Call of Duty games are to make compared to even PlayStation's biggest exclusives - 7 January 2025

  Of the many high-budget games that get released every year, Call of Duty titles remain among the most mysterious in terms of what goes into their production. While Take-Two and Sony Interactive Entertainment may drop some budget figures here and there about their top-selling, most lucrative franchises, Activision never brings up the topic. Read more

• The next Call of Duty is a Black Ops game set during the first Gulf War, according to reports - 23 November 2023

  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. Read more

• Bobby Kotick thinks videogames could use Elon Musk's brain tech, according to reports - 11 October 2023

  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. Read more

• Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 2 May — 9 May 2023 - 9 May 2023

  * Age of Wonders 4 ; * Steam Deck ; * STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ ; * Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II ; * EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23 ; * Call of Duty®: Black Ops III ; * Rust ; * Grand Theft Auto V ; * Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy ; * Hogwarts Legacy ; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDB

• Steam Global Top Sellers for the Week ending 24 April 2022 - 24 April 2022

  * Steam Deck ; * ELDEN RING ; * Cyberpunk 2077 ; * LEGO® Star Wars™: The Skywalker Saga ; * LEGO® Star Wars™: The Skywalker Saga ; * Valve Index VR Kit ; * No Man's Sky ; * DayZ ; * Squad ; * Call of Duty®: Black Ops III ; View more information and data on SteamDB

• Steam Global Top Sellers for the Week ending 17 April 2022 - 17 April 2022

  * Steam Deck ; * ELDEN RING ; * LEGO® Star Wars™: The Skywalker Saga ; * LEGO® Star Wars™: The Skywalker Saga ; * Sea of Thieves ; * Valve Index VR Kit ; * Call of Duty®: Black Ops III ; * No Man's Sky ; * The Elder Scrolls Online - Crown Packs ; * Dread Hunger ; View more information and data on SteamDB

• Steam Global Top Sellers for the Week ending 8 August 2021 - 8 August 2021

  * Back 4 Blood ; * The Ascent ; * Tribes of Midgard ; * Valve Index VR Kit ; * Grand Theft Auto V ; * It Takes Two ; * New World ; * New World ; * Grounded ; * Call of Duty®: Black Ops III ; View more information and data on SteamDB

• Detroit: Become Human and Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 lead busy month for PlayStation Now - 2 February 2021

  A new month means a fresh roster of additions to PlayStation Now, and February's a busy one for Sony's subscription service, ushering in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Detroit: Become Human, Darksiders Genesis, Little Nightmares, and more. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 joined Activision's ceaseless procession of franchise instalments in 2015, sending the series' reliably solid FPS action to the far-flung future of 2065. The high-tech-tinged end result earned itself a Eurogamer Recommended award back in the day, with contributor Edwin Evans-Thirlwell writing, "Where Treyarch's single-player struggles, the deftly tuned multiplayer soars, delivering a Call of Duty that's rich with options." As for Detroit: Become Human, it's another heavily cinematic narrative adventure from the minds at Quantic Dream. This time, the studio serves up a sci-fi thriller focussed on the plight of a group of androids…

• WWE wrestler Booker T. sues Activision over Call of Duty's 'Prophet' character - 14 February 2019

  Booker T. Huffman, famous among wrestling fans as WWE superstar Booker T. , has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Activision alleging that the Call of Duty character David "Prophet" Wilkes is based upon GI Bro, a persona Huffman created in the early years of his wrestling career.    In 2015, Huffman collaborated with Travis Huffman (no relation) on drawings based on the character, and ultimately a comic book called GI Bro and the Dragon of Death. Huffman has promoted the character and books by appearing as GI Bro at comic events, and is credited as the author and sole owner of the property. He's also applied for copyrights on the artwork and comics.  Prophet's first appearance, in Black Ops 3, depicted him as heavily augmented with cybernetics. But in last year's Black Ops 4, he appears as his pre-aug self, and therein lies the trouble: Huffman…

• Update 30 - Patch Notes - 30 July 2018

  Update 30 is now live! MULTIPLAYER General General stability improvements. Security update.

• Valve issues 95,000 bans in just seven days - 22 July 2018

  Valve has stepped up its anti-cheat measures and issued almost 95,000 bans in the last week alone. In July 2017, we reported that on 6th July Valve banned over 40K Steam accounts for cheating, making it the single largest banhammer the company had ever deployed. Emphasis on "had", though. Read more…

• Update 29 - Patch Notes - 12 June 2018

  Update 29 is now live! GENERAL Security update. MULTIPLAYER Operation: Heatwave Operation: Heatwave is here and it’s igniting Black Ops III with 2 new game modes, new loot content and more. Snipers Only Team Deathmatch only allowing snipers. Sticks and Stones To Free for all, eliminate enemies using the NX ShadowClaw or Ballistic Knife. Combat Axe kills will reset the enemy score to 0. ZOMBIES Global The M14 has been added to the Mystery Box in the following maps: Ascension Moon Shangri-La Kino Der Toten Origins

• Update 28 - Patch Notes - 23 May 2018

  Update 28 is now live! Zombies The RPK has been added to the Mystery Box in the following maps. The Giant Der Eisendrache Gorod Krovi All Zombies Chronicles Maps

• Update 27 - Patch Notes - 1 May 2018

  Update 27 is now live! GLOBAL General General Stability Updates. Security Update. Fixed an issue where some downloadable Multiplayer and Zombies maps were not playable offline. GLOBAL Maps Redwood Snow Fixed miscellaneous collision issues and exploitable locations. Game Modes Infected Fixed an issue where the end of game victory banner displayed the wrong color. ZOMBIES General A la carte Zombies DLC maps are now available to purchase in the Steam Store. GobbleGums The Whimsical GobbleGums Projectile Vomiting and Newtonian Negation will be available to owners of the a la carte Gorod Krovi and Revelations maps, respectively.

• Update 26.1 - Patch Notes - 15 March 2018

  This patch contains fixes for Mod Tools and a security update. GLOBAL General Fixed an issue with building and running mods/maps with Mod Tools. Resolved a compatibility issue with previously published Mods. Updated security.

• Update 26.1 - Patch Notes - 15 March 2018

  This patch contains fixes for Mod Tools and a security update. GLOBAL General Fixed an issue with building and running mods/maps with Mod Tools. Resolved a compatibility issue with previously published Mods. Updated security.

• The biggest game installs: can anything top Final Fantasy 15's 148GB on PC? - 12 March 2018

  Install sizes have been ballooning with the onset of 4K gaming, and the recently released PC version of Final Fantasy 15 may well top the lot. The 85GB base game combines with the 63GB optional high-resolution pack to make the install a whopping 148GB. Imagine downloading that on an old modem. But is it the biggest? I've had a nose around on Steam and consulted the Digital Foundry team, which has analysed Final Fantasy 15 on PC , and tried to find out. On Steam, many games come close but none top Final Fantasy 15. The Call of Duty games are enormous; Black Ops 3 is a chunky 113GB and Infinite Warfare is 101GB (how big will Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 be this October I wonder?). Middle-earth Shadow of War rockets to 95GB when you bolt the high-res texture pack on, and for what it's worth, base Grand Theft Auto 5 is 76GB, and Ark is 70GB. Read more…

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 logo spotted on a baseball cap - 7 March 2018

  Last month, Eurogamer sources told us this year's Call of Duty game would be Black Ops 4 . Last night, eagle-eyed sports fans were treated to a glimpse of its logo. NBA star James "The Beard" Harden was spotted wearing a baseball cap bearing an orange "IIII" symbol ahead of last night's Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder game. The moment was filmed and handily posted to ESPN's official NBA Twitter account - so it could be immediately picked up by Call of Duty fans. Read more…

• Update 26 - Patch Notes - 6 March 2018

  Update 26 is now live! This patch features all new Black Market items, optimizations, and a security update GLOBAL General General performance updates. Updated security. MULTIPLAYER Infected (New Game Mode) At the start of a match, one player is randomly chosen as the first infected whose goal is to infect the other players. Once downed, players respawn as infected, slowly increasing the size of the horde. Infect all players, or survive until time runs out to win. Redwood Snow (New Map) Enter the snowcapped landscape of Redwood Snow to experience something colder from the map you know and love.

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