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Black Ops 3 Is Now Coming To Xbox 360 And PlayStation 3

There was a lot of hullabaloo about Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 being the first truly new-gen game in the series as when it was announced, it was only slated for a Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC release.

Well, something seems to have changed here quite drastically as on the Activision Blog, Communications Manager, Scott Lowe said that the game is now primed for an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 release. He did add though that the older generation versions will have scaled back features:

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 has been designed to harness the full potential of the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. However, we know that there are still some fans that haven't made the transition to the new console hardware, which is why we're happy to share that we're working with developers Beenox and Mercenary Technology on Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Xbox 360 and PS3 players will be able to experience Call of Duty: Black Ops 3's gameplay across campaign, multiplayer and zombies. While the teams are working to deliver the best possible experience for Xbox 360 and PS3, naturally there will be some differences across generations. For instance, the campaign mode on Xbox 360 and PS3 is currently in development with a goal of enabling two-player cooperative play, instead of the four-player cooperative campaign on next-gen. There will also be some other features and functionality built specifically for the new generation of consoles that cannot be supported on Xbox 360 and PS3. We'll be sharing more information regarding feature differences from one console generation to another later this year as launch on November 6 approaches. Also, it should be noted that there's no version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 for Nintendo Wii U planned.

Honestly, I wouldn't fret for the quality of the new generation's versions being scaled down to make the game doable on the older consoles. I read this as a recent decision that won't have affected almost all of the development of Black Ops 3 up until this point.

I do feel sorry for the developers who are going to be entrusted with scaling back these titles to work on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. My feeling is that this won't go down super well.

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