Call of Duty: Black Ops III takes place in a dystopian future set in 2065, 40 years after the events of Black Ops II. Air defense systems have advanced to a point where they cancel each other out. As such, most of the warfare between countries is done by covert operatives fighting behind enemy lines. Science and technology have radically changed both the landscape as well as the future of the human race, with society violently protesting and attempting to halt further advancements touted by scientists as "progress". Military technology has progressed to the point where robotics play a main role in combat, and supersoldiers have been developed to fight in the battlefield. Humans have reached the point where they are considered to be more machine than flesh and blood. As a result, there is speculation and fear about an eventual robotic takeover. The game will follow a team of black ops soldiers, like previous installments in the Black Ops series, with supersoldier capabilities.

There are two confirmed Zombies storylines in Call of Duty: Black Ops III at the time of its reveal. One story focuses on a new group of characters: Nero (Jeff Goldblum), Jessica (Heather Graham), Jack Vincent (Neal McDonough) and Floyd Campbell (Ron Perlman), who reside in the fictional Morg City. Treyarch describes the new characters as "troubled individuals" with "a long and sordid history of past misdeeds". The four characters are thrown into a twisted version of the city, overrun by zombies, and are guided by a mysterious, unreliable figure called the Shadow Man (Robert Picardo). Treyarch says that their story will tie into the main Zombies storyline in the past games, particularly "Mob of the Dead" from Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

The second story focuses on the alternate versions of the original characters: Tank Dempsey (Steven Blum), Nikolai Belinski (Fred Tatasciore), Takeo Masaki (Tom Kane) and Edward Richtofen (Nolan North), which were introduced in the Black Ops II map "Origins". Their story continues from where "Origins" left off, as they attempt to rewrite the original timeline's history.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will feature the return of the Pick 10 Create-A-Class system from Black Ops 2. Pick 10 only features guns, grenade selections, perks, weapons, attachments, and wildcards. Scorestreaks are separate from Create-A-Class Pick 10 menu.

Lethal Grenades:

Frag
Semtex
Thermite
C4
Trip Mine
Combat Axe

Tactical Grenades:

Flash
Concussion
EMP
Smoke
Trophy Drone
Vicinity Mine

Black Ops 3 scorestreaks include the UAV, RC-XD which has now been re-named to HC-XD, a hover capable explosive device. Air support streaks include the Wraith, similar to Hunter Killer drone, and the Mothership, which allows three players to control. Theres also the RAPS (robotic anti-personnel sentry), which is a cluster of rolling explosives. And the last streak revealed as of now is the GI Unit, a UI solider that can patrol or guard a player. Scorestreaks reset on death.

Confirmed Scorestreaks so far:

UAV
HC-XD
Dart
Care Package
Counter-UAV
Lighting Strike
Talon
Cerberus
Wrath
R.A.P.S
Combat Robot
Mothership

Scorestreaks operate similar to Black Ops 2: these are separate from Pick 10, and you can only have one setup for all of your classes.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 features perks, where players can select them within the Pick 10 menu.

Confirmed perks so far as of the E3 playable build:

Perk 1:

Flak Jacket
Blind Eye
Ghost
Blast Supressor
Afterburner
Overclock

Perk 2:

Hard Wired
Scavenger
Fast Hands
Tracker
Ante Up
Cold Blooded

Perk 3:

Engineer
Dead Silence
Awareness
Tactical Mask
Gung-Ho
Sixth Sense

The Gunsmith allows players to add pre-set camos, paint jobs (which allows players to create their own looks for weapons) from the Paintshop, and attachments to their weapons. For attachments, Black Ops 3 features new cosmetic attachment variants, which allow fans to modify looks of attachments; the attachment variants are unlocked within multiplayer progression.

In the paint shop, players will be able to add up to 64 layers of design onto three sides of their weapon.

Theres no variants of weapons fans can create that can modify stats. In Black Ops 3, players will be able to design their weapons, name it whatever theyd like, and push it into their Create-A-Class system. Using variants in Create-A-Class will take up a point in the Pick 10 selection. Theres no Supply Drops or any loot system in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3.

The Paintshop feature is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC only. Paintshop feature will not be available on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Black Ops 3 features new specialist character system in multiplayer inspired by Destiny. Treyarch has added a new way for players to rank up and level up. The game features nine specialists, each with two abilities. You get to pick one specialist and one of the powers before every matches, similar to how you create a class before matches. Players can only have one specialist selected for each match.

Treyarch is introducing nine elite Specialists to choose from in multiplayer each with their own look, personality, voice and battle-hardened weapons and abilities. The nine Specialists can be ranked up, offering a new level-progression pathway alongside global XP and weapons XP.

Treyarch has revealed six out of the nine specialist that will be in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3:

Ruin (Real name: Donnie Walsh)
Bio: Raised in a military family in a tough neighborhood, he is fearless and headstrong, an infantry soldier through and through. He uses his unique abilities to rush into battle and surprise the enemy with sheer force.
Power Weapon: Gravity Spikes creates a devastating area of effect shock wave in the surrounding area.
Ability: Overdrive gives players a burst of speed for a short period of time
Seraph (Real name: Zhen Zhen)
Bio: Militant enforcer of the 54I crime syndicates rule of law. She is known for her focused and unflinching combat discipline, striking fear within the ranks of the cartel.
Power Weapon: Annihilator high-caliber revolver that instantly kills any enemies in the bullets path.
Ability: Combat Focus temporarily adds a multiplier to score in order to help players rack up scorestreaks.
Outrider (Real name: Alessandra Castillo)
Bio: Developed keen observations kills growing up in the streets of the Favela, traversing the rooftops to watch the action of the city below, and this earned her a place in the ranks of the Brazilian Special Forces. She outsmarts enemies by finding them before they have a chance to know what hit them.
Power Weapon: Sparrow compound bow featuring explosive bolts that stick in enemies.
Ability: Vision Pulse senses where nearby enemies are and highlights them for a short period of time.
Reaper (Real name: Experimental War Robot)
Bio: Started as an expensive military R&D project to supplement Special Operations soldiers in the field, the EWR was a cutting-edge prototype combat robot, the most advanced in the world at the time. Budget overruns and embarrassing political incidents left the project all but a resource for scrap metal, except for the one prototype that remained.
Power Weapon: Scythe transforms Reapers robotic arm into a powerful mini-gun
Ability: PsychosisInfiltrate enemy DNI systems to simulate three instanced decoy Reapers.

Prophet (Real name: David Wilkes)
Bio: Wilkes got his first set of cybernetic augmentations while serving in the British Engineering Corps. Five years and many upgrades later, he is the embodiment of cutting edge of human weaponry on the battlefield, using his superior technology to disrupt opponents tactics before moving in for the kill.
Power Weapon: Tempest the tempest is a lighting gun. Once its charged, it will shock and kill enemies within a wide range of area. This weapon is one of the most powerful ones weve seen yet.
Ability: Glitch Hack the battlefield When having this ability equipped, Prophet can relocate himself back to the previous location. This is especially helpful if hes entered a dangerous situation.
Nomad (Real name: Tavo Rojas)
Bio: Last surviving member of an elite Rapid Deployment Force unit specialized in Jungle Warfare, Rojas has gone off-grid using his survivalist training to stay alive. At home in the wild, he uses his skills to turn the environment against his foes.
Power Weapon: Hive with the Hive, you deploy pod traps. Once an enemy comes near the traps, theyre dead. Its basically a more deadly C4.
Ability: Rejack now, were gonna go ahead and say this: its basically a nerfed down version of Final Stand. When equipped with this, if your character enters a near death experience, you inject yourself with some nano particles into your blood stream, you character pauses, and then your health comes back.

Confirmed game modes for Black Ops 3 as of now:

Team Deathmatch
Domination
Hardpoint
Kill Confirmed
Search and Destroy
Capture The Flag

Four multiplayer maps for Black Ops 3 have been revealed:

Combine: Set in the remote Egyptian Sahara, this vertical farming and sustainability research facility plays fast and frenetic with tight interiors, an open middle and a dangerous flank path.
Stronghold: A high-tech Swiss chateau in the frozen, mountainous Alps, Stronghold has an asymmetrical design with a mix of exposed sightlines and tight, close quarters.
Hunted: This big game hunting lodge is situated beneath a waterfall in the lush mountains of Ethiopia, where rugged terrain opens up to long sightlines and a stealthy underwater pathway.
Evac: An abandoned emergency evacuation zone atop an overgrown rooftop in the middle of Singapores flooded quarantine zone.