Call of Duty: Black Ops III

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Salvation

Salvation is here! Salvation, the fourth and final DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, concludes the epic DLC season with four action-packed multiplayer maps and the long-awaited final chapter in the…

78 6 September 2016 ESRB M

What Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Salvation is

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Salvation is a shooter game developed by Treyarch and released in 2016. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Origins characters have taken an epic journey through space and time with all of their struggles leading to this very moment. Confronted by an ancient evil, our heroes must fight the zombie horde once more in the final battle to save their immortal souls. Salvation also delivers 4 unique Multiplayer maps: Citadel: Once home to a powerful medieval army, this ancient castle now sits broken and abandoned. Tight corners force close-quarters engagements, while the moat and drawbridge allows for unique player movement opportunities in this mid-sized map. The last trespassers didn’t make it out alive - maybe you’ll have a better shot. Micro: What's better than a BBQ on a hot summer day? A…

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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Call of Duty series

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Salvation is the 143rd of 204 entries we hold in the Call of Duty series. The next entry was Call of Duty: Siege in 2016. Its critic score of 78 is 5 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Collection 1 at 90.

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How it was received

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Salvation holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Salvation launched on 6 September 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Forza Horizon 3. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Forza Horizon 3.

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