Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Awakening DLC Coming in Early 2016

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Lee Bradley

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3’s first expansion arrives in early 2016. It’s called Awakenings and as has become tradition it will feature four new multiplayer maps and one new Zombies chapter.

The multipayer maps included in Awakening are called Skyjacked, Rise, Splash and Gauntlet. The new Zombies chapter, meanwhile, will be called Der Eisendrachen, set in Hohenwerfen Castle in Austria.

Awakenings will launch first on PlayStation 4, before coming to Xbox one month later. Which is still an odd thing to type after so many years of it being the other way around.

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  • Could have told you that when the game launched
  • Still not sure whether to buy this game, not a fan of how the exo suit looks, I haven't played AW either. I just hope the exo suit gets abolished next year... this aint fucking Titanfall or Crysis, this is meant to be realistic! I guess it could be worth the risk, I need something online to play that isn't FIFA.
  • @2 - I actually enjoyed AW a lot. Probably the best campaign story-wise for me since Modern Warfare and World at War. And the Exo Suits in AW really didn't feel out of place. The cybernetic enhancements and powers in BO 3 do, though. It doesn't feel like it's a Call of Duty title. IMO, the story is only slightly better than Ghosts.
  • Game is decent. Mp is decent. Zombies is decent. The actual story, is awful.
  • @2 I wasn't a huge fan of aw, but bo3 has sold me exos work really well in it
  • @2: CoD? Realistic? Excuse me while I go try to rationalize that for a second.
  • @3 I had heard that the campaign was good in AW, as for the exo suits the game was called Advanced Warfare so yeah it definitely fits haha. Last I remember of Black Ops II I was fighting with Reznov, I can't understand how an exo suit would even come in to play? @6 I know that sounds laughable but they have always aimed to be realistic, I mean the guns, graphics and settings have always been top notch but an exo suit is a bit too far in my opinion!
  • the campaign in black op3 is awful. probaly the worst one ever and this is coming from someone that has played every single one.
  • @9 well its still futuristic bollocks lol. Just bought a £30 gift card off Amazon with an extra £5 free so you can guess what I'm buying after a long decision haha. Zombies is the main selling point for me at the moment. Ghosts 2 sounds awful but based on the ending of the first one it has to happen next year or the year after. I wouldn't say I enjoyed the MP or Campaign particularly. Wish I had skipped Ghosts rather than Advanced Warfare tbh.
  • Skyjacked seems to be a reskin of Hijacked from Blops 2 so that is cool.
  • im curious about the "Gauntlet" map, it looks like a merge of 3 different maps, and it looks like 2 of them come fro BO1 and 2
  • #11 it even has most of the name of it XP
  • i like the game alot. i was skeptical about buying it because of all the bad reviews people were giving it. It went on sale so i ended up buying it, and i dont know what's wrong with it. The multiplayer and zombies is really fun and im enjoying the campaign as well. :) gonna wait for the season pass to go on sale before buying it tho :P
  • @11 I think you're right. I hope so too as it was one of my favorite maps.
  • How come no one is complaining about how this should have been with the original game?? And how they are getting ripped off because it wasn't included?? The fanboy effect is really sad.
  • @17 Well for me personally, I've been paying for games and DLC through gift cards I've earned online from surveys. So hardly anything I've bought in the past 2-3 years have actually come out of my own pocket. Even if something is overpriced, at least I didn't shell out my own cash.
  • @17 because it doesn't come out a few weeks after release and there is a TON of content to justify the full price purchase of COD. Battlefront (I assume you're talking about) has no campaign and no zombies equivalent. It does suck to have to buy a season pass for every game but this one you don't have to where as with battlefront people are complaining about the lack of content already. You can hate on COD all you want but I've never seen the hate geared towards lack of content.
  • @17 because it wasn't on the disk and it's coming out 2-3 months later, if this map pack had come out a week after launch it may have been different. I don't have a problem with developers bringing out DLC but if a game goes gold month before release and then has day one DLC it means they could have delayed the game by a month and added it for free.
  • It means "Zombies of the Iron Dragon", if anyone was interested.
  • I'm going to have alot of fun with this game, and play alot of hours but I won't be buying map packs. I only buy dlc that's single player story content. Not levels or skins or weapons but then again I'm in a huge minority as these sell alot. I wish more would be like halo 5 and push out all content for free, cause you know we supported the developer.
  • @10: If you're buying the game based on zombies then don't bother. I thought the zombie map in this game was terrible. Very narrow and awkward and the rituals you have to do are shit. OT: Where are the World at War remastered maps then? Still waiting for Castle, Roundhouse, Cliffside and Hangar!
  • @23 I don't like the look of that one actually, I'm more getting it for Giant and this season pass zombies map doesn't look half bad either. CoD will be the only game I'll buy until next winter so I'm not too fussed if there are some shite parts. I would also like some WAW maps, that was my favourite Call of Duty.
  • Black Ops 3's campaign makes Advanced Warfare's campaign look like MW2.
  • Love how everyone is complaining about exo suits. 1st there are no exo suits in this game it's cybernetics. 2nd exo suits are a realistic thing as they do exist. The US Military have been working on exo suits for over 10 years now. A simple google search would help. Call of Duty is showing things that almost truly exist in this world. The devs sit and talk with ex-Seals, Black Ops Agents, and Special forces to get a real insight of how things are in the military. DLC this is an optional purchase which no one is forced to buy. The reason its released about every 3 months is to keep people playing the game. 4 DLCs at 3 months = 1 year. 2nd they charge cause it takes millions of dollars of time, labor and man power to create these works of art. The Video Game Industry is a Business. If you want games for nothing go play steam games where some are $.99 or even $.02. Are see where the quality is. Everyone has their own style of gaming. People need to back off and let each person enjoy what other people take 3 years to make. I love Indie Games but also Enjoy AAA Titles as well. We should be thankful that there are people who makes these great works for us to enjoy and that we live in a world which allows us to enjoy these things. Go to other Places in the world they dont know what a Xbox or PS is. Never the less afford to sit for hours on a $400 Machine and play $60+ Game. I personal have love the Call of Duty Games since Call of Duty 2 in 2005. Yes MW3 and Ghosts were not that good. But the Original Creators of the Series went and made Titanfall, Great Game. I will not be buying a other Call of Duty Game from IW. I will be picking up the Next Titanfall game. Everyone has a personal Taste. So if you dont like a game bug off and go look at post about games you like. Didnt care for Destiny or Battlefield, Guess what, I dont read or post comments in news about them. So remember that its the holidays this time of year. And maybe think of someone other then yourself. I have never resold any of my used games. I donate them to Cancer Children. I lost my little bother on X-mas Eve to Cancer and Do this in Memory of him.
  • I have to agree with Hawkings (comment 23) on this, the zombies offering on BLOPS 3 is terrible (and I have found it quite buggy!) You only have 1no map with the game unless you purchase the season pass! And this is coming from a Zombies fan!
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