Ramses Station battle in Call of Duty: Black Ops III
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Call of Duty: Black Ops III multiplayer’s biggest additions are all about e-sports

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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After I heard the big download on Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Activision’s Treyarch studio surprised me when it said it was ready to show a hands-on preview of the multiplayer combat.

Traditionally, multiplayer isn’t ready at this point for a game launching Nov. 6, 2015. But Treyarch will have an unprecedented three years to work on Black Ops III thanks to the addition of Sledgehammer Games (maker of last year’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare) to the franchise’s development rotation, which also includes the Infinity Ward studio.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.