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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 revealed, here's what we know

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By Connor Sheridan published 27 April 2015

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Co Ops

Co Ops

The campaign's designed for up to four players to cooperate, each with their own customized and loaded out character.

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Cyber warfare

Cyber warfare

Cybernetic modifications are a bit like Advanced Warfare's exosuits, just with more flexibility and finesse. Plus you can use them to hack into enemy robots.

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Mod friendly

Mod friendly

Customization has always been a big deal for multiplayer, but this time you'll even be able to completely kit out your campaign character.

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The numbers

The numbers

Black Ops 3 takes place 35 years after Black Ops 2, with nary a Mason in sight so far.

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Unique deadly snowflakes

Unique deadly snowflakes

Specialists like Ruin add a bit more personality to the multiplayer mode, each with their own progression.

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I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and now I'm a staff writer here at GamesRadar.

Activision and Treyarch have finally raised the curtain on Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, showing off the most fundamentally different Call of Duty in years. It's not just strange little interludes like Black Ops 2's strategic Strike Force mission - think full, four-player co-op, starring a character that you create.

Since the campaign's designed to allow for up to four players, Treyarch has diverted a bit from Call of Duty's well-trodden mission design. Dramatic set pieces and eye-watering explosions are still plentiful, but between them are more open levels that let you (and your co-op buddies) use Black Ops 3's new suite of cybernetic abilities to accomplish objectives as you like.

The most obvious use for your shiny new robo-parts is to dart around the battlefield, thrust jumping like Tribes, powersliding like Vanquish, and wall running like Titanfall. But it's not just about mobility - you can use your wired-up brain to hack into enemy robots and other defense systems to turn them against their masters.

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All those new movement and defensive options will be just as handy in competitive multiplayer, though you won't be slotting them into generic future soldiers. Instead, Black Ops 3 has nine set Specialists, each with their own abilities and progression lines. Don't worry, they're still plenty customizable - including applying custom decals to your favorite guns. Activision and Treyarch haven't said much about the zombies mode yet, but yep - it'll have some kind of zombies mode.

Black Ops 3 will release on PC, PS4, and Xbox One on November 6. If you're eager to try it before then, you can pre-order for beta access.

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