Call of Duty: Black Ops III is a 2024 first-person shooter game developed by Treyarch and published by 🌝 Activision. It is the twelfth entry in the Call of Duty series and the sequel to the 2012 video game 🌝 Call of Duty: Black Ops II. It was released on PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on November 6, 2024. 🌝 A feature-limited version developed by Beenox and Mercenary Technology that only supports multiplayer modes was released on PlayStation 3 and 🌝 Xbox 360 and was also the final Call of Duty title released on those platforms.

Black Ops III takes place in 🌝 2065, 40 years after the events of Black Ops II, in a world facing upheaval from climate change and new 🌝 technologies. Similar to its predecessors, the story follows a group of black ops soldiers. The game's campaign is designed to 🌝 support 4-player cooperative gameplay, allowing for bigger, more open level design and less corridor shooting. As the player character is 🌝 cybernetically enhanced, players have access to various special activities. The game also features a standalone Zombies campaign mode, and a 🌝 "Nightmares" mode which replaces all enemies as zombies.

Announced in April 2024, the game is the first Call of Duty video 🌝 game released after Activision ended its partnership with Microsoft Studios and instead partnered with Sony Computer Entertainment, which secured the 🌝 timed exclusivity of the game's downloadable content. Upon release, the game received generally positive reviews from critics, praising the gameplay, 🌝 Zombies mode, and amount of content. However, it was also criticized for its story and lack of innovation. The seventh-generation 🌝 console versions in particular were singled-out for their lack of a campaign and numerous features, as well as them being 🌝 online-only. It was a commercial success, with it becoming the top-selling retail game in the US in 2024, and one 🌝 of the most successful titles released for the eighth generation of video game consoles.

Following the years after its release, Black 🌝 Ops III has gained a cult following and the online modes still remain active, with an average of over 10,000 🌝 players a month.[2][3][4][5] A sequel, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, was released on October 12, 2024.