What changed in Call of Duty®: Black Ops III in 2015

Leaving before the match ends in Moshpit will count as a loss and the player will lose a star.

Players can now review the last 25 unique items received through the Black Market.

Increased missiles required to destroy Deploy Ship by 1 and increased health per drone.

Increased starting bonus toward Scorestreaks for Ante Up perk.

Resolved a start spawn issue where waiting to select a class could spawn the player behind others.

Slightly better odds of receiving Legendary and Epic items from Rare Supply Drops.

Increased base health for Wraith.

Increased reload speed for Fast Mags attachment.

Players can exchange Cryptokeys directly from the Supply Drop results screen.

Includes 3 reticles, Calling Card, and custom weapon camo. Profits support veterans' job market preparation.

Increased recoil control for KN-44, HVK-30, ICR-1, Man-O-War; reduced movement speed for XR-2; reduced fire rate for M8A7.

Increased missiles required to destroy Mothership by 2 and increased turret damage.

Addressed issues preventing players from moving layers in the emblem/paintshop creator.

Outcome will now show the winning team’s name.

Fixed an issue where Concussion Grenades, Flashbang Grenades, and Trip Mines weren’t properly getting tracked for Challenges.

Added support for displaying restricted item warnings in Arena.

Aerial Scorestreaks must be within a minimum distance from the map before locking onto them with a Launcher.

Includes Basic and Director modes for creating and editing gameplay clips.

Addressed exploits in The Giant map.

Fixed an exploit where players could contest the center Hardpoint from outside the Hardpoint boundaries.

Nightmares will be unlocked for all players by default and will be selectable from the main menu.

Changed to increase the fire rate and not the burst delay on burst weapons.

Addressed various areas where zombies would not path to players.

CODcaster will no longer be affected by EMP grenades.

Increased movement speed for MR6, RK5, L-CAR 9; reduced damage range for RK5 and L-CAR 9.

Death icons will now be colored by team.

Increased missiles required to destroy Mothership by 2.

Increased hip fire accuracy on Assault Rifles and Light Machine Guns.

Fixed an exploit involving the Dart Scorestreak and one of the building walls.

Fixed an exploit where players could mantle and reach a non-playable area.

Increased missiles and EMP Grenades required to destroy Cerberus by 1.

Increased movement speed while firing and recoil control for Dingo; reduced fire rate for 48 Dredge.

Addressed split screen issues and general bugs in Campaign.

Increased damage when AI controlled for Talon Scorestreak.

Fixed an issue involving an active Level 2 Ghost Sword and the KN-44 wall-buy in the Footlight District.

Includes 3 reticles, Calling Card, and custom weapon camo. Profits support veterans' job market preparation.

Addressed an issue in Uplink where the Satellite Drone would show an incorrect ‘Away’ tag.

Reduced stun time for Concussion grenades.

Increased explosive damage of cluster bomblets for Hellstorm.

Players can review the last 25 unique items received through the Black Market, with timestamps and duplicate notes.

Players joining 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.

XP earn rate increased for Team Deathmatch, Search & Destroy, Capture the Flag, Safeguard, Demolition, and Free-For-All.

Fixed an issue where the Flak Drone would not intercept incoming missiles.

Increased speed of payload delivery after target selection for Lightning Strike.

Fixed an issue where teams would occasionally be swapped on the Round Win and Game Win screens.

XP earn rate increased for Team Deathmatch, Search & Destroy, Capture the Flag, Safeguard, Demolition, and Free-For-All.

Addressed split screen issues and general bugs in Nightmares.

Increased damage when AI controlled for Talon.

Increased base health for Wraith Scorestreak.

Increased base health for UAV.

Increased hip fire accuracy on Assault Rifles and Light Machine Guns with Laser Sight.

Leaving any time after ban/protect or draft in Pro-Series will result in losing a star.

Increased explosive radius, damage, health, and added 4 pairs of drones for Rolling Thunder.

Increased damage range for Suppressor attachment.

Fixed an issue where the Dart was not locking onto enemy players.

Players can acquire Butterfly Knife, Wrench, and Brass Knuckles from Supply Drops.

Outcome will now show the winning team’s name.

Addressed exploits in The Giant map.

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Support added for official Custom Game Variants and saving Custom Games.

Increased explosive damage for HC-XD.

Fixed an exploit where players could mantle and reach a non-playable area.

Addressed exploits in the Shadows of Evil map.

If the player has 0 stars for their current rank, they will not lose any stars.

In-game melee weapon flourish and inspect animations added.

CODcaster will no longer be affected by EMP grenades.

Increased damage for KRM-262; increased damage range for 205 Brecci and Haymaker 12.

Reduced movement speed and switch weapon speed for Dual Wield.

File-share support added for Custom Games, Screenshots, and Edited Films.

Players can now preview music samples in the Audio menu.

In-game melee weapon flourish and inspect animations added.

CODcaster will now show clantags.

Fixed an exploit where players could contest the center Hardpoint from outside the boundaries.

Players will no longer spawn at the same point in Free-For-All if there are more than 8 players.

Addressed split screen issues and general bugs in Campaign.

Increased base health for Counter-UAV.

Increased explosive damage of cluster bomblets for Hellstorm Scorestreak.

Increased effectiveness against enemies with Sixth Sense equipped for Hard Wired perk.

Fixed slow game load on some machines when vsync is enabled.

Increased movement speed while firing for Dingo; reduced fire rate for 48 Dredge.

Increased explosive radius and damage per drone for Rolling Thunder.

Fixed issues with incorrect team coloring on the minimap.

Leaving before the match ends in Moshpit will count as a loss and the player will lose a star.

Nightmares will be unlocked for all players by default and will be selectable from the main menu.

Allows players to party-up with eligible friends currently playing Black Ops III.

Increased number of War Machine hits required to destroy, duration, and recovery speed when stunned by an EMP grenade.

Players can preview music samples and change the music heard in Multiplayer.

If the player has 0 stars for their current rank, they will not lose any stars.

Enhanced the Dart Scorestreak’s ability to lock onto enemy targets.

Attachments now properly reset when entering Weapon Prestige with a MAX level weapon in Custom Classes.

Updated Challenges for new Black Market melee weapons.

Players no longer get points for killing teammates with the Satellite Drone in Uplink when Friendly-Fire is enabled.

Increased explosive damage for Dart collision explosion.

Fixed issues with incorrect team coloring on the minimap.

Fixed slow game load on some machines when vsync is enabled.

Increased starting bonus toward Scorestreaks for Ante Up perk.

Addressed an issue in Uplink where the Satellite Drone would show an incorrect ‘Away’ tag when switching to the other team’s perspective.

Increased duration and recovery speed when stunned by an EMP grenade for G.I. Unit.

Increased recoil control for Kuda, Weevil, Razorback; reduced damage range for Vesper.

Addressed an issue where players could ban or protect multiple items.

Resolved an error occurring when returning to the Multiplayer Lobby after matches.

Addressed various areas where zombies would not path to players.

Reduced Specialist earn rate over time in objective game modes.

Changing Hardpoint rotation for gameplay balancing on Combine map.

Increased missiles required to destroy Deploy Ship and health per drone for R.A.P.S.

Leaving any time after ban/protect or draft in Pro-Series will result in losing a star.

Increased effectiveness against enemies with Sixth Sense equipped.

Includes Basic and Director modes, Object Link, Lighter, Timeline Editor, and Highlight Reel.

The Dark Ops challenges should now unlock properly when reaching Prestige and completing the final Easter Egg.

Increased recoil control for Kuda, Weevil, Razorback; reduced damage range for Vesper.

CODcaster will now show clantags.

Increased earn rate for Overclock perk.

Addressed an exploit where players could mantle to an unintended area on top of a waterfall.

Increased damage range for Suppressor attachment.

Players can acquire Butterfly Knife, Wrench, and Brass Knuckles from Supply Drops.

Increased recoil control for KN-44, HVK-30, ICR-1, Man-O-War; reduced movement speed for XR-2.

General reduction in Specialist earn rate over time in objective game modes.

Addressed an issue with Weapon Kits when reaching Prestige in Zombies.

Allows players to party-up with friends currently playing Black Ops III.

Players now properly receive losses when playing Search & Destroy in Arena.

Reduced movement speed and switch weapon speed for Dual Wield.

Increased earn rate for Overclock perk.

Changed to increase the fire rate and not the burst delay on burst weapons.

Increased explosive damage for Dart collision explosion.

Increased reload speed for Fast Mags attachment.

Fixed an issue where teams would occasionally be swapped on the Round Win and Game Win screens.

Adding Power Rating when reaching Arena Masters rank.

Death icons will now be colored by team.

Aerial Scorestreaks must be within a minimum distance from the map before locking onto them with a Launcher.

Kill Feed colors will no longer swap when a CODcaster switches between players on opposing teams.

Addressed various areas where zombies would not path to players.

Addressed an error occurring when returning to the Multiplayer Lobby after a match.

Added support for displaying restricted item warnings.

Addressed split screen issues and general bugs in Nightmares.

Changing Hardpoint rotation for gameplay balancing.

Fixed an issue involving an active Level 2 Ghost Sword and the KN-44 wall-buy in the Footlight District.

Addressed exploits in the Shadows of Evil map.

Reduced minimum speed for Dart.

Increased base health for UAV and Counter-UAV Scorestreaks.

Reduced minimum speed for Dart Scorestreak.

Players can burn duplicate Black Market Contraband for Cryptokeys, with more rewards for higher rarity duplicates.

Players will now be kicked for inactivity if idling in Gun Game.

Adding Power Rating when reaching Arena Masters rank.

Resolved an issue where the tinted full screen effect would remain after exiting the Hardened Sentry.

Players can burn duplicate Black Market Contraband for Cryptokeys, with more rewards for higher rarity duplicates.

Increased damage for KRM-262, 205 Brecci, Haymaker 12; increased damage range for Brecci and Haymaker.

Addressed an issue with Weapon Kits when reaching Prestige in Zombies.

Increased movement speed for MR6, RK5, L-CAR 9; reduced damage range and hip fire accuracy for RK5 and L-CAR 9.

Players can exchange Cryptokeys directly from the Supply Drop results screen.

Fixed an exploit involving the Dart Scorestreak and one of the building walls.

Players now properly receive losses when playing Search & Destroy in Arena.

Increased missiles and EMP Grenades required to destroy Cerberus by 1.

Slightly better odds of receiving Legendary and Epic items from Rare Supply Drops.

The Dark Ops challenges should now unlock properly when reaching Prestige and completing the final Easter Egg.

Reduced stun time for Concussion grenades.

Increased speed of payload delivery after target selection for Lightning Strike.

Increased explosive damage for HC-XD Scorestreak.

Fixed an issue where Concussion Grenades, Flashbang Grenades, and Trip Mines weren’t properly getting tracked for Challenges.

Kill Feed colors will no longer swap when a CODcaster switches between players on opposing teams.

Addressed an exploit where players could mantle to an unintended area on top of a waterfall.

Double XP is live starting now through 10am PST 11/23.

Double XP is live starting now through 10am PST 11/23.

Patch to address performance issues on some CPUs including Intel i5 processors.

Addressed performance issues on some CPUs including Intel i5 processors.

Released a patch to address performance issues on some CPUs including Intel i5 processors.

Recommendation to set FPS Cap just below refresh rate for better input response.

Released a patch to address performance issues on some CPUs including Intel i5 processors.

Recommendation to set FPS Cap just below refresh rate for better input response.