Treyarch will be returning to the Call of Duty fold later this year with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 in November. While some of its decisions have irked fans (just look at a few negative reactions to the new Zombies mode), it’s pretty much a given that Black Ops 3 will be a major success. The question is: Did Treyarch miss out on having the game only for current gen hardware? There are arguments both for and against focusing on new hardware, as Treyarch director of brand development Jay Puryear told us. When asked about there being any specific reason why a previous gen release…

One recent trend in gaming has been remasters. Everyone seems to be doing them. But not Activision, at least not yet. In a new interview with Game Informer, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg outlined his opinion on remasters, and teased that the company has thought about it for Call of Duty. If done well, I think [remasters] can be great,Hirshberg said. You talk about nostalgia, and people have such connection to the games they love from the last cycle. They want to see what it would look like if someone did it right for this cycle. Hirshberg went on to say that the…

Noting that it is not just pure pixel count that this effects, Morgan explained that the overall graphical quality was affected: “As well as cutting down on jagged edges, this reduces the amount of pixel shimmer we see in motion on complex shaders or thin geometry, with distant power lines, scaffolding and other elements with sub-pixel elements creating unwanted flickering on Xbox One, ” he said. Morgan also noted that while the PS4’s output was of higher resolution, its software-based upscaling to 1080p actually left the game detail looking less crisp compared to the Xbox One…

So far, details on the inevitable Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 multiplayer beta have been rather scarce. We knew it was coming, that it would arrive in digital form, and that it would hit the PlayStation 4 first, but nothing beyond that. Today though we have learned the official release date, which is set for August 19th, 2015. The announcement came from developer Treyarch, who is handling Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 after taking a break from the storyline with Call of Duty: Ghosts. They also made sure to point out that it would arrive on PS4, forgoing the Xbox One. This is due to…