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Call of Duty: Black Ops III‘s Flaming Bow As a LEGO Replica
Quite an unusual choice for a LEGO build, ZaziNombies remade the Wrath of the Ancients bow from Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s new zombie map Der Eisendrache. It’s a bow with flaming arrows, so a couple of blocks have been sacrificed on the altar of authenticity. To contact the author of this post, write…
By Gergo Vas Published February 15, 2016 -
Dragon Eats Nazi Zombie
From the new Call of Duty Black Ops III: Zombies map Der Eisendrache, we’ve got a a wall-mounted dragon chomping on a freshly-shot Nazi zombie. The zombie-eating dragon is a step toward one of the mode’s more involved easter eggs, but watching a dragon eat a zombie is a reward unto itself. See it with…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 3, 2016 -
CultureShadow of Mordor Orc Starts Retreating Way Too Late
Today on Highlight Reel we have loads of kills, hammer time, sick rocket mopeds, cowardly uruks, and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube page, then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Halo 5…
By Chris Person Published January 19, 2016 -
Pacifist Call Of Duty Player Refuses To Shoot The Bad Guys
Kent Sheely is playing through the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, only he’s doing it with one very strict rule: no killing. OK, so it’s a little more complicated than that, but that’s the gist: An attempt to play through Call of Duty: Modern Warfare without killing anyone. The rules are I’m only allowed…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2016 -
Black Ops III‘s First Map Pack Skipping PS3, Xbox 360
Awakening, the first $15 map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, will be out for PS4 on February 2 and will come out for Xbox One at a later date. It won’t be coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 at all. It’s got four maps (one in a water park!) and the first…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2015 -
Multiplayer-Only Games Shouldn’t Cost $60
Lately I’ve been playing a lot of Rainbow Six Siege. It’s really good, but I’m not feeling very optimistic about its long-term prospects. Siege, like any multiplayer game, will only thrive if it can form a lasting community of players. My pessimism regarding its chances to do so is the same pessimism that was eventually…
By Nathan Grayson Published December 10, 2015 -
Black Ops III‘s Purifier Flamethrower, In LEGO Form
ZaziNombies created a 1,200-piece, 3-foot long replica of one of the most unique weapons from CoD: Black Ops III, the Purifier. Some of the bricks look a bit toasty, as you can see in the top pic above. That’s because Zazi took things a step further by adding real flames to his build. Alright, we…
By Gergo Vas Published December 9, 2015 -
Black Ops 3’s PC Version Fixes Crippling Slowdown Issue
Black Ops 3 launched on PC with some fairly serious issues, chief among them the fact it ran like stuttering garbage on i5 processors. A week later, is it safe to actually try and play the game if you’d previously been having problems? Probably. I can’t vouch for everyone’s PC, and the millions of possible…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 15, 2015 -
Reviews
Call Of Duty: Black Ops III: The Kotaku Review
There are too many Call of Duty games. Let me clarify that statement: There are too many Call of Duty games in Call of Duty: Black Ops III. In my initial impressions of the single-player experience of the latest installment of Activision’s annual military shooter series, I celebrated what Treyarch had achieved with an extra…
By Mike Fahey Published November 11, 2015 -
YouTuber Makes Cool Anime Emblems For Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
For many Call of Duty players, many of the first 5 hours of play time are spent in the emblem creator. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK YouTuber PrimalLIQUID has been putting together some great anime-themed icons to rock on the battlefield, including the Pikachu above. If you’ve ever spent more than 5 minutes…
Keza MacDonald Published November 11, 2015 -
It’s Always Fun To Stop Shooting And Let Call Of Duty Play Itself
Like most Call of Duty games, Black Ops 3’s story campaign is a highly scripted, tightly controlled experience. Go here, stand next to that, shoot those guys. Sometimes, in fact, you don’t even have to pull the trigger. As I made my way through Blops 3’s opening levels, I reached the first Official Call Of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 9, 2015 -
Call of Duty: Black Ops III‘s Most Brutal Scene Haunts Me
Lately I’ve been having nightmares about robots. Spoilers for the end of the first mission of Call of Duty: Black Ops III follow. It’s strange. I thought it would have been the zombies. My mind’s been fertile soil for the seeds of bad dreams since I was a small child, and over the years I’ve…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2015 -
Black Ops 3 Launched A Bit Broken On PC
Call of Duty campaigns are a guilty pleasure of mine, so I was excited last week to fire up Black Ops 3 on PC. Ten minutes later, I’d shut it down, and a sad sense of déjà vu was washing over me. It was a year ago that I was writing about how Advanced Warfare’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 8, 2015 -
My Favorite Black Ops III Feature So Far Is Theater Mode
Because official screenshots wouldn’t dare get us this close to Jeff Goldblum’s majestic virtuosity, there is Theater mode. Giving players free access to gameplay footage and virtual camera controls is nothing new—games that pride themselves on their visual flair have been letting players show off their stuff for years. Perhaps one day it will be…
By Mike Fahey Published November 7, 2015 -
Remember: People Made This Game, And They Want You To Have Fun With It
Fire up Black Ops III for the first time and you’ll be presented with this message. It sticks out amongst the corporate logos and splash screens, but it’s also a nice little touch. Like, everyone knows that games are made by large teams of human beings, but do we really? A lot of fans treat…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2015 -
Activision Blizzard Launches Film And TV Studio
You might think that, after this week’s surprise $5.9 billion acquisition, Activision might be out of big announcements to make. But it turns out they’ve got at least one more. The mega-publisher announced today that they’re launching a studio for film and TV projects in their huge stable of francises, which includes Call of Duty,…
By Jason Schreier Published November 6, 2015 -
Black Ops III: Last-Gen vs Current-Gen
You’d think from hanging around the internet that by 2015 most people would be playing Black Ops III on a PC, Xbox One or PS4. But remember, there are still a lotta folks out there with last-gen hardware. Now is the time to be reminded of their predicament. When the latest consoles were still brand…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 6, 2015 -
The First Five Minutes Of Black Ops III‘s Hidden Arcade Game
Continuing the proud tradition established in the original Black Ops, Black Ops III has a hidden arcade mini-game, only it’s not really all that mini. If you’d rather find it yourself, close your eyes and ears. And maybe don’t read on. With news of the hidden game splashing about the internet briefly yesterday, Call of…
By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2015