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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 adds a multiplayer-only version on Steam for two weeks only

There's a certain crowd out there that only cares for Call of Duty's multiplayer mode and could not care less about its other game modes. Today is your lucky day, soldier, assuming you're on PC!

Ozzie Mejia

February 16, 2016 11:27 AM

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After nearly ten years, it's safe to say there's a sector of Call of Duty fans that buy the annualized release solely for the multiplayer. So while Call of Duty: Black Ops III offered several full-length game modes, there were those that just wanted the multiplayer. Today, Activision is aiming for that particular crowd on the PC platform with a special Black Ops III Multiplayer Starter Pack.

The Black Ops III Multiplayer Starter Pack is a Steam-exclusive package that features solely the Black Ops III multiplayer game. That includes access to ranked multiplayer matches, as well as the Weapon Paint Shop, Gunsmith, Arena, Freerun, Theater, and Black Market. However, it won't quite include everything from the multiplayer experience, as the ability to Prestige will not be included. Nor will these players be able to access custom games, mod tools and content (which are still coming later this year), or unranked server browsers.

The Starter Pack appears to be simply that: a starter pack for anyone looking to get a quick start on multiplayer without paying the full price or more casual users that want to get a quick CoD multiplayer session in without having to pay $60 to do so. The option will be there to upgrade to either the full PC version of the game, at which point the user can simply pay the remaining difference.

The Black Ops III Multiplayer Starter Pack won't be around forever. It'll be available starting today and goes away forever on February 29. For more information, check the Steam listing.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?