Take a behind-the-scenes look at Awakening, the first DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. Awakening includes four Multiplayer maps: Skyjacked (a reimagining of “Hijacked” from Black Ops 2), Gauntlet, Splash, and Rise. Also included is the Zombies experience Episode 4: Der Eisendrache, the first chapter in an epic time-traversing odyssey.
Awakening releases February 2 on PlayStation 4, with other platforms to follow.
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Official Call of Duty®: Black Ops III – Awakening DLC Pack Preview Trailer
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Vonderhaar Denies Skill Based Match Making (SBMM)
As many of you are well aware, this weekend has seen a lot of backlash from Black Ops 3 gamers over alleged changes made to the match making rules. Many users on Reddit were claiming that Treyarch had changed the match making rules to being based on skill and your K:D ratio (SBMM), instead of your connection quality.
David Vonderhaar has taken to Twitter today to shut this theory straight down claiming no changes have been made.
What do you think? I personally have had a lot of bad connection lobbies this weekend.
Anything for subs and views. We didn’t just introduce anything. Connection is king and continues to be so. Period. End of conversation.
— David Vonderhaar (@DavidVonderhaar) December 20, 2015
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Black Ops 3 Introduces Skill-Based Matchmaking (SBMM) and People are Pissed
Treyarch have appeared to change the matchmaking system for Black Ops 3. Originally lobbies were determined on connection quality and region but Treyarch Dev’s have made some sneaky changes, quietly. Reddit users are reporting that match making is now based on skill and your K:D ratio (SBMM) which was used in Advanced Warfare. This is resulting in high-level players having difficulty finding a game and having lobbies with poor connections.
Treyarch are yet to comment on the matter but we will update you if any information becomes available.
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![Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 / Treyarch – Nikolai Memories [VIDEO]](https://destroyrepeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/memories-4-1568x882.jpg)
Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 / Treyarch – Nikolai Memories [VIDEO]
“Regret can consume a man so deeply that it will blacken his heart, and swallow his soul.” – Nikolai
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![Official Call of Duty®: Black Ops III – Black Market Update [VIDEO]](https://destroyrepeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/blackmarket-update-4-1568x882.jpg)
Official Call of Duty®: Black Ops III – Black Market Update [VIDEO]
New personalization items have arrived at the Black Market. Exchange your Cryptokeys and Call of Duty Points for a chance at new character customizations, weapon camos, melee weapons, and more!
The new Black Market items are available now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
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Black Ops 3 Patch 1.04 Now Live (December 14th)
UPDATED: 15/12 07:23 GMT
A new patch is now live on XB1 and PS4 for Black Ops 3 and comes in a round 2.9GB, this will surely be live on XB1 shortly.
Multiplayer
Theater
- Theater editing suite added. This includes the following modes:
- Basic
- Create shot using the basic replay functionality.
- Screenshot functionality has been added.
- Director
- Create epic shot using animated dolly camera.
- Object Link
- Attach the camera to Scorestreaks, Lethals, and Tacticals.
- Timeline Editor
- Add dynamic lights to the map to enhance your shot.
- Highlight Reel
- An auto-generated clip based off of the player’s recent games.
- Basic
General
- Quick Join option added to the Multiplayer Main Menu. This allows Players to party-up with any eligible Players on their Friends List who are currently playing Black Ops III.
- Multiplayer Music option in the Audio menu now allows players to preview music samples and change the music heard when playing Multiplayer.
- Custom Games functionality has been expanded. Support has been added for official Custom Game Variants as well as saving Custom Games.
- Fixed an error that would occasionally occur when returning to the Multiplayer Lobby after completing a match or entering/exiting the Arena Lobby.
General Gameplay
- XP earn rate increased for Team Deathmatch, Search & Destroy, Capture the Flag, Safeguard, Demolition, and Free-For-All.
- Increased rate at which Cryptokeys are earned.
- Players no longer get points for killing teammates with the Satellite Drone in Uplink, when Friendly-Fire is enabled in Custom Games.
- Players will no longer spawn at the same point in Free-For-All if there are more than 8 players in a Custom Match.
- Fixed an issue where the tinted full screen effect would remain after the player had exited the Hardened Sentry.
- Improved the Dart Scorestreak’s ability to lock onto enemy targets.
- Fixed a start spawn issue with Free-For-All where waiting to select a class could spawn the Player behind other Players.
- Improved enemy spawns during Gun Game and Free-For-All.
- Players who join a Free-For-All or Gun Game match in-progress will not have a loss recorded if they do not place in the Top 3.
- Addressed an issue where Players would get disconnected from Gun Game if they joined a match in-progress.
- Players will now be kicked for inactivity if idling in Gun Game.
Specialists
- General
- Reduced Specialist earn rate over time in objective game modes.
- Reaper
- Scythe
- Reduced earn rate.
- Scythe
Create-A-Class
- General
- When entering Weapon Prestige with a MAX level weapon that is equipped in Custom Classes, the Attachments now properly get reset.
- Submachine Guns
- Kuda
- Increased recoil control.
- Weevil
- Increased recoil control.
- Razorback
- Increased recoil control.
- Increased damage range.
- Vesper
- Reduced damage range.
- VMP
- Reduced aim down sight speed.
- Reduced hip fire accuracy.
- Kuda
- Assault Rifles
- KN-44
- Increased recoil control.
- HVK-30
- Increased recoil control.
- ICR-1
- Increased recoil control.
- Reduced hip fire accuracy.
- Fixed an issue with the reload animation when a certain magazine was equipped.
- Man-O-War
- Increased recoil control.
- XR-2
- Reduced movement speed.
- M8A7
- Reduced fire rate.
- KN-44
- Shotguns
- KRM-262
- Increased damage, it will now be a maximum 2 shot kill.
- 205 Brecci
- Increased damage range.
- Haymaker 12
- Increased damage range.
- KRM-262
- Light Machine Guns
- Dingo
- Increased movement speed while firing.
- Increased recoil control.
- 48 Dredge
- Reduced fire rate.
- Dingo
- Pistols
- MR6
- Increased movement speed.
- RK5
- Increased movement speed.
- Reduced damaged range.
- L-CAR 9
- Increased movement speed.
- Reduced damage.
- Reduced hip fire accuracy.
- MR6
- Special
- In-game melee weapon flourish and inspect animations added.
- Flourish animations can be triggered by pressing the Use/Reload button with any melee weapon equipped.
- Inspect animations can be triggered by pressing and holding the ADS button with any melee weapon equipped.
- In-game melee weapon flourish and inspect animations added.
- Attachments
- Supressor
- Increased damage range.
- Laser Sight
- Increased hip fire accuracy on Assault Rifles and Light Machine Guns.
- Fast Mags
- Increased reload speed.
- Rapid Fire
- Changed to increase the fire rate and not the burst delay on burst weapons.
- Dual Wield
- Reduced movement speed.
- Reduced switch weapon speed.
- Supressor
- Equipment
- Concussion
- Reduced stun time.
- Concussion
- Perks
- Overclock
- Increased earn rate.
- Ante Up
- Increased starting bonus toward Scorestreaks.
- Hard Wired
- Increased effectiveness against enemies who have Sixth Sense equipped.
- Overclock
Scorestreaks
- General
- Aerial Scorestreaks must be within a minimum distance from the map before locking onto them with a Launcher.
- HC-XD
- Increased explosive damage.
- UAV
- Increased base health.
- Counter-UAV
- Increased base health.
- Dart
- Increased explosive damage for collision explosion.
- Reduced minimum speed.
- Handling tuning.
- Fixed an issue where the Dart was not locking onto enemy players.
- Lightning Strike
- Increased speed of payload delivery after target selection.
- Hellstorm
- Increased explosive damage of cluster bomblets.
- Cerebus
- Increased missiles required to destroy by 1.
- Increased EMP Grenades required to destroy by 1.
- Rolling Thunder
- Increased explosive radius per drone.
- Increased explosive damage per drone.
- Increased health per drone.
- Added 4 pairs of drones.
- Talon
- Increased damage when AI controlled.
- Wraith
- Increased base health.
- Fixed an issue where the Flak Drone would not intercept incoming missiles.
- R.A.P.S.
- Increased missiles required to destroy Deploy Ship by 1.
- Increased health per drone.
- Increased explosive damage per drone.
- G.I. Unit
- Increased number of War Machine hits required to destroy.
- Increased duration of G.I. Unit.
- Increased recovery speed when stunned by an EMP grenade.
- Mothership
- Increased missiles required to destroy by 2.
- Increased explosive bullet damage for owner turret.
- Increased projectile speed of missiles for owner turret.
Maps
- Hunted
- Addressed an exploit where players were able to mantle to an unintended area on top of a waterfall.
- Aquarium
- Fixed an exploit where players were able to mantle and reach a non-playable area.
- Combine
- Changing Hardpoint rotation for gameplay balancing.
- NUK3TOWN
- Fixed an exploit involving the Dart Scorestreak and one of the building walls.
- Evac
- Fixed an exploit where players were able to contest the center Hardpoint from outside the Hardpoint boundaries.
Arena
- Adding Power Rating when reaching Arena Masters rank.
- Added support for displaying restricted item warnings.
- Addressed an issue where players were able to ban or protect multiple items.
- Leaving any time after ban/protect or draft in Pro-Series will result with the player losing a star.
- Leaving before the match ends in Moshpit will count as a loss and the player will lose a star.
- If the player has 0 stars for their current rank, they will not lose any stars. This applies to Pro-Series and Moshpit.
- If the Player completes a match with a win/loss/draw, the correct stars are now awarded.
- Players now properly receive losses when playing Search & Destroy in Arena.
CODcaster
- Kill Feed colors will no longer swap when a CODcaster switches between players on opposing teams.
- Fixed an issue where teams would occasionally be swapped on the Round Win and Game Win screens.
- Addressed an issue in Uplink where the Satellite Drone would show an incorrect ‘Away’ tag when switching to the other team’s perspective.
- Fixed issues with incorrect team coloring on the minimap.
- Outcome will now show the winning team’s name.
- Death icons will now be colored by team.
- CODcaster will no longer be affected by EMP grenades.
- CODcaster will now show clantags.
Challenges
- Fixed an issue where Concussion Grenades, Flashbang Grenades, and Trip Mines weren’t properly getting tracked for Challenges.
- Updated Challenges for new Black Market melee weapons.
My Showcase
- File-share support added for Custom Games, Screenshots, and Edited Films.
Zombies
Dr. Monty’s Factory
- Be sure to check out Dr. Monty’s Factory in the Zombies game mode lobby. You can use your vials of Liquid Divinium earned in Zombies mode to create GobbleGums by placing vials in the vats. GobbleGums are one-time use perks for Zombies mode and come in multiple rarities which have varying effects on your Zombies match. Use one vial to create one GobbleGum or experiment with two or three vials at a time for more GobbleGums and better odds at getting a Rare Mega GobbleGum, an Ultra-Rare Mega GobbleGum or a Special Sphere!
General
- Addressed an issue with Weapon Kits when reaching Prestige in Zombies.
Shadows of Evil
- Addressed exploits in the Shadows of Evil map.
- Addressed various areas where zombies would not path to players.
- The Dark Ops challenges should now unlock properly when reaching Prestige and completing the final Easter Egg.
- Fixed an issue involving an active Level 2 Ghost Sword and the KN-44 wall-buy in the Footlight District.
The Giant
- Addressed exploits in The Giant map.
- Addressed various areas where zombies would not path to players.
Campaign
General
- Addressed split screen issues and general bugs.
Nightmares
General
- Nightmares will be unlocked for all players by default and will be selectable from the main menu, listed below Zombies.
- Addressed split screen issues and general bugs.
Source: Activision (PS4)
- Theater editing suite added. This includes the following modes:
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Vonderhaar Confirms There is More After Master Prestige in Black Ops 3
As with every Call of Duty game it does not take long for a plethora of players to achieve the maximum prestige level. Black Ops 3 has 10 prestige levels until you become prestige master and it took less than a week for some players to get to this level. Before launch David Vonderhaar stated that there would be no additional prestige levels and Treyarch would not be adding any post-launch.
Professional CoD player EnVy Aches recently tweeted Vonderhaar expressing his eagerness for more prestiges/levels to rank. Vonderhaar replied stating that the Treyarch team and himself have a plan and to just be patient!
@DavidVonderhaar in a pre launch interview, you said something related/alternative to life after master prestige. I want to level up again.
— EnVy ACHES (@PATTYCACHES) December 10, 2015
@PATTYCACHES We got a plan here. It’s only been a month. You’ll see.
— David Vonderhaar (@DavidVonderhaar) December 10, 2015
This is exciting news for players, if no more prestige levels what do you think it may be?
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NEW Best Gun After Recent Patch – Black Ops 3
Green Goblin dropping some knowledge after the recent game settings update:
In this video I talk about the new best gun in black ops 3 multiplayer after the latest patch on both the guns and the scorestreaks in Black Ops 3. This gun is one that was super powerful in the black ops 3 beta but was nerfed quite a bit and came out weak in the release of black ops 3. With this latest patch they have buffed this gun back up to where it is pretty powerful and fun to use so make sure to try it out, Thanks for Watching!
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![Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Dr. Monty’s Factory Tutorial [VIDEO]](https://destroyrepeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dr-montys-factory-4-1568x882.jpg)
Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – Dr. Monty’s Factory Tutorial [VIDEO]
In Black Ops 3 Zombies, Dr. Monty’s Factory is where you can create your own flavors of Gobblegum, one-time use perks that come in multiple rarities and abilities. The more vials of Liquid Divinium used at a time, the more Gobblegums and better odds at getting an Ultra Rare! See how Dr. Monty’s Factory can help you survive even longer against the zombie horde.
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Another Game Settings Update (v.37.25.35.4) for Black Ops 3 (10th December)
The game settings have been tweaked again in Black Ops 3. This time just changes regarding the Call of Duty World League qualifying.
37.25.35.4. Lots of tuning changes ahead of the CWL online qualifiers. Little bit of Tweet storm incoming. Sorry, not sorry. +
— David Vonderhaar (@DavidVonderhaar) December 10, 2015
