The level cap has been increased most likely for the last time – the beta ends today at 10pm and the max level before entering prestige is 55.
The #BO3Beta is open/free for all @PlayStation 4 players. Today we’re raising the level cap to 49. Who’s up for the challenge?
— Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) August 23, 2015
Treyarch announced on their Twitter that they will be extending the PS4 Black Ops 3 Beta until 10pm on Monday 24th August.
For those that have been asking, we agree…let’s keep the PS4 #BO3Beta rolling. We’ll end it Monday at 10pm/PST. Let’s go!!!
— Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) August 23, 2015
The Black Ops 3 beta was released yesterday for PS4, and in the near future for Xbox One and PC. 8 out of 9 specialists have been revealed so far and below are the combat levels needed to unlock them.
Currently you can level up to a maximum of 28.
PS4 – August 19th – 23rd
Xbox One – TBC
PC – TBC
PS3 / Xbox 360 – Unavailable
The Beta weighs in at about 12.5 GB.
The Black Ops 3 Beta only features multiplayer mode, there will be no Zombies or Campaign to try. You will have to wait until the official release in November!
There will be three maps included in the Beta, Hunted, Combine and Evac – you can find out more information on these maps here.
Specialists are the playable characters in Call of Duty: Black Ops III multiplayer. Each Specialist is designed with a unique voice and personality, as opposed to the generic multiplayer soldiers in previous games. Each of them has both a unique weapon and a unique ability, but players can only choose one to use during each match. The chosen weapon or ability becomes usable for a short time after the player fills up their power meter; the power meter is filled up automatically over time, but fills up faster through earning score. Players also can only use one Specialist per match; Specialist selection is done before starting a match. There are nine Specialists, eight of which have been confirmed.
Included specialists:
More information about individual specialists can be found here.
Yes, create-a-class will be included in the beta so you will be able to customise your load outs.
The Black Ops 3 Paint Shop is only available for Next Gen consoles. It allows the player to create weapon camouflages using up to 64 layers.
More information on the Paint Shop can be found here.
The beta is capped at level 28 at the start but will increase as the beta progresses.
No, this would provide an unfair advantage to everyone who did not have access to the beta.
PlayStation Now has a story that began in 2010. The whole idea didn’t take shape until August 2012, when Sony Computer Entertainment America acquired Gaikai for $380 million. Gaikai was founded in November 2008, Gaikai was a cloud streaming service in the games industry. In 2003, cloud hosting, cloud gaming, and everything in between had been growing exponentially, and hit an equilibrium when OnLive took the stage at GDC 2009. At this point, Gaikai, and OnLive was going head-to-head against each other, larger companies wanted a piece of their proverbial pie. A lot of speculation ensue: Microsoft was rumored to acquire OnLive, and Sony (& several other major players) were rumored that it wanted Gaikai. It all came down to one moment at E32012: Papers were signed, and speculations began… Sony was to announce that it had acquired Gaikai. Everything calmed, went radio silent until August, when Sony completed the purchase.
In 2010, the first version of Gaikai was a public beta on desktops, tablets, mobile phones. At the PlayStation Meeting on February 21st, 2013, Dave Perry took the stage to make a teaser for PlayStation Now: Cloud Gaming, and Remote Play would come to PS4. No one knew what they meant by “Remote Play” was at the time, until E32013 when Sony had their own conference, revealed most of the PlayStation Now features including Remote Play. It was shown briefly during the conference to show off how the concept worked. They also said the public beta of PlayStation Now would arrive in 2014. The first public, live demo of Remote Play between PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation 4 was shown during GamesCom 2013, the demo showed how you can bring PS4 version of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, into PlayStation Vita.
PlayStation 4’s launch on November 15th, 2013 was home to the early beta of Gaikai’s Cloud Streaming service, the PlayStation Now. The new and improved version of the PSVita-to-PS4 Remote Play was also launched at the same time. In 2014, Sony slowly rolled out PlayStation Now across the PlayStation Network to include PS3, and PSVita. The early betas of PlayStation Now was imperfect during both PlayStation 4’s launch, and beyond, but players sent information back to Sony to improve the service. Various pricing structures was beta tested during Summer 2014, through the new year. Which brings us to the new announcement: PlayStation Now launches on January 13th, 2015. Sony also revealed new pricing structures with the announcement…
PlayStation Now costs $19.99 a month, and $44.99 for the duration of 3 months subscription. Sony will launch PlayStation Now with more than 100 PlayStation 3 games, with more on the way. Sony will hold a sweepstakes draw to give you a chance to win PlayStation Now for a whole year by downloading the PSNow theme on your PS3/PS4 before January 31st. Not only that, to help you ease into the whole “all-you-can-play” model, Sony is giving away 7 days free trial to the service.
Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto 5 to the world on September 17th, 2013, went on to selling more than 30 million copies worldwide. After 10 months of speculation, teases, leaks, 2013’s blockbuster franchise, GTA5 is now heading to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC platforms this fall.
Recently, there has been a massive leak. This morning, Activision snuck some updates to their Call of Duty website, ahead of Game Informer teasing that they’d publish their “World Premiere” of this year’s Call of Duty. It was accompanied by the world’s first look at COD 2014…
Shortly thereafter, the Call of Duty site updated and it was unearthed by sharp eyed folks at DualShockers. Their investigation revealed some clues to this year’s Call of Duty, code-named “Black Smith.” There’s a major emphasis on Private Military Companies (PMC’s), much like in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
The updated Call of Duty site points to cleverly-placed dots, hidden amongst the mysterious image…
Wikipedia: Private Military Company
Business Insider: The Private Military Contractor Industry Is Reinventing Itself After The Demise Of Blackwater
New York Times: Mercenaries and Private Military Companies
Think that’s all? Nope. Activision placed another teaser on the site, and it points to a video about Private Military Companies. Explaining that it’s actually a corporation rather than anything else…
Call of Duty is set for a major reveal on May 4th, 2014 – a Sunday. See you then!
The world is awaiting the reveal of this year’s Call of Duty. Activision has been preparing Sledgehammer Games’ Call of Duty reveal for E32014. Activision wants to put Sledgehammer Games’ title in the middle of a hot period: The weeks before E32014 even starts. Activision will reveal Call of Duty 2014 (codenamed “Black Smith”) in May or the weeks before E32014.
Codenamed internally as BlackSmith, Activision has apparently made the decision to announce its inaugural shooter before E3 though will use the platform of the popular expo to reveal more details.
Source: PSU [PlayStation Universe]
However, several publications are talking Call of Duty 2014 (“Black Smith” or MW4), and one of them has a new theory; The next Call of Duty title is neither, and is a new name… “Patriots.” Along with this information is more concrete details about the game….
Another publication, Bubble News, claims to have lots more details about this year’s Call of Duty game. A source has told the site that the game is called Call of Duty: Patriots and Smith Black is actually the name of one of its main characters. It is reportedly in development for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC only, not Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or Wii U.
Source: GameSpot
None of this is confirmed, if anything, it’s filed under rumors. Nothing is official unless confirmed by Sledgehammer Games or Activision themselves.
What we know so far about COD: Patriots:
– Call of Duty: Patriots is being developed for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
– Smith Black is actually a character from the game. So, the codename “Black Smith” refers to that person.
– Will take place in a fictional version of World War 1 with fantasy elements.
– Will feature a character from a past Call of Duty title in an alternate reality.
– COD: Patriots, as usual, will have Single Player, and Multiplayer components.
– The game’s Single Player mode will also be playable via co-op.
– No Split-Screen in Patriots.
– Will have sub-campaigns.
– Patriots rumored to last 6 hours.
– Sledgehammer Games is planning to have Patriots be a trilogy (three part series)
– COD 2014 is rumored to be released on November 14th.
The newest trailer for Destiny has been released, and an embargo for the press has been lifted. The press is now free to talk about the game, upload videos about Destiny, and post impressions about the game. In the latest interview embedded below, Eric ‘Urk’ Osborne, an employee at Bungie talked about the trailer. Eric says that the latest trailer showcased was running on PlayStation 4 hardware. He also talked about Destiny’s combat, gameplay and other little details…
As this is Destiny Week; GameStop Corporation, the leading brick-and-mortar gaming retailer, got first dibs on the newly announced Red Sparrow exclusive for Destiny. To get the upgraded Red Sparrow, you must pre-order Destiny in order to get this vehicle…
Destiny arrives to PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on September 9th, 2014! If you pre-order Destiny today, you get access to the Beta version of the game which releases in the summer.
Has your destiny been unleashed?
Millions of gamers all around the world have been waiting. Patiently waiting for a new trailer of Bungie’s new video game, Destiny. Well, ladies and gentlemen… Destiny’s eagerly awaited trailer lands! Enjoy the new trailer of Destiny…
Destiny arrives to PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on September 9th, 2014! Pre-order the game today, and get entry into the Destiny Beta starting this summer.
Are you ready to become legend?
Has your destiny been unleashed?