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Hah thanks! And yeah the really twisted the story all around and it became quite a mess in Black Ops II with the Origins finally trying to "cut" most of the old story away and possibly pave a way for fresh start that still kind of continues the old story. It will be interesting to see if it's a whole new dimensions with completely different past or will they lean on more to the history of the old story.

Well now we know the theme of Black Ops III is twisted and dark future with super soldier enhanced with robotics and other advanced tech. It is quite safe to say zombies will follow such a direction with guns, abilities ect. Sure they could do all the guns, assets, etc. specifically for zombies and make it take place in another era but I highly doubt it. So in World at War the oraginzation in power of zombies was Group 935 working for Nazis. There were also Americans working with this mysterious element 115 in WW2 but we didn't know much about them at the time. Then came Black Ops. We saw the downfall of Group 935 and Cold War and how Majestic 12 took bigger steps in the zombies but there was a whole new group born called Ascension Group which took under it's wings many of the former Group 935 workers. Ascension group was superior compared to the Majestic 12 during this era. When Black Ops II dropped we saw the effects of global catastrophe when Moon rockets hit the earth making the zombies a global phenomenon. Especially Americans suffered most of this strike and their society was halted. Most likely Majestic 12 was extremely hindered but possibly still doing recon and rescue missions. While the americans fell out of the power a new giant rose to the power. China took great leaps in their technological advancements that roots back to Cold War era when they started major collabration with the Russian Ascension Group mining Element 115 and developing ICMBs. From Die Rise we see though that even China eventually fell to the zombies. But Black Ops II never explained the behind the scenes power play as well as original Black Ops so it's yet to see if China has working underground goverment / group similar to 935, Majestic 12 or Ascension still intact. Will China be the new 935 in Black Ops III zombies story with this new state of the art robotic technology or will again another secret group rise to a power? Leave your thoughs below.

Eeach location from Google Earth: Edit: Closes street views from Zürich and Singapore:

Hey guys I'll try to update this thread when the forums get more stable. Lot of stuff is broken right now like spoilers and mentions.

So I added this video to my previous signature when these teasers started after I saw what arcticles Treyarch had posted. Now it's quite obvious that Black Ops III plot is about improving human condition technologically above it's biological limits. And there is the doubt of playing god and how far are we going to go before we will we lose our "humanity". This new breed of Black Ops soldiers are modified with microchip implants in their brains improving their brain cababilities and "power armor" incrasing thier strenght and stamina. Robotics are big part of the story of course. With Black Ops II we already saw invisibility armor and I'm sure that will be back with Black Ops III. Perhaps these new soldiers are also integrated to thier weapon systems. These teaser snapchats could also hint that there are side effects of our own mind degenerating because they can't handle all this modification.

Many like the pace of CoD and I guess AW exos totally changed it.

Definetly not day one purchase. Got burned so bad with BOII zombies and future setting in CoD doesn't interest me that much.

Definetly exoskeleton or some sort of enhancement going on. Not fan of it though...

Well the embed doesn't work so direct link: https://instagram.com/callofduty/ EDIT: fixed it

@Stop mocking me0 Yup and the first quote is the opening sentance in Black Ops teaser trailer. Ah memories.

There is this number pairing going on at one point: 7 22 8 33 9 44 0 55 1 66 2 77 3 88 Maybe there is meaning behind them

Yup and it seems that is exoskeleton on Mason(?) Goes well with the human enhancement articles:

Well it seems that the person is wearing exoskeleton and it seemed in the teaser that the soldiers had exoskeleton units in their backs. Goes well with the human enhancement articles Treyarch had posted that I mentioned in the teaser thread.

Well I see a lot of people here suggesting Operation Charybdis and Reznovs involvement in the next game. In my opinion Treyarch did not use and completely put the whole operation to the trashcan when they made Black Ops II and it's future setting. We get to that but first lets see how the Black Ops ended in with cliffhanger and how Reznov was actually alive: First thing is that in Black Ops campaign intel drops there was this hidden message: Reznov is dead, or is he dead, there was no body, is he who he says he is Reznov is pretty much dead by the year 2025 when Black Ops II takes place. But fact is Reznov did not die in Vorkuta. Treyarch had planned plot for Black Ops II that would have basically continued from where Black Ops ended with the assassination of JFK. But then they decided to go with the futuristic theme and the story was changed. Every time Mason sees Reznov in Black Ops or Black Ops II after the Vorkuta mission its only his hallucinations caused by the brainwash Reznov himself conducted. Reznov escaped Vorkuta with Mason but then they never saw each other. Reznov was trying to contact Mason under the alias of John Trent. He tried to warn both CIA and Mason of the still active network of sleeper agents that would be activated by Evelyn Cross the "numbers lady". Here are few things to back this up taken directly from Black Ops terminal computer files: Here is an email where the numbers lady Evelyn Cross is threatening JFK. She mentions Berlin and you may know the famous quote by JFK which he made during his Berlin visit: "Ich bin ein Berliner". The date was 26 June 1963, same as the e-mail's date! June 26, 1963 Here are two pictures of Evelyn Cross that were sen to CIA operative Hudson by John Trent aka Reznov: As you can see on the second picture she is being brainwashed by the Russians. And the resemblance to the numbers lady is obvious: Also check that desk. The book there is Profiles in Courage by no other than JFK himself: Now lets get back to the other e-mails in the Black Ops terminal: So here we come to the point what suggest that John Trent is Reznov. "Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice" is quote which Reznov told to Mason when they escaped the Vorkuta prison. These messages are sent to CIA operative Jason Hudson: "Everything changes on Friday." From that date on next Friday JFK was killed. Message from one day before the assassination. Directly states the escaping from Vorkuta and that one of them was Mason. The other one just died. Referensing to himself as CIA though Reznov was killed. This is what Hudson said to Mason when they irrogated him: So in that email Reznov is telling Hudson that he did not die in Vorkuta and is alive as well as warns him about the other sleeper agents that are "everywhere". 3 days after assassination. Image of Evelyn Cross was in this email. So here Reznov gave the identity of numbers lady to Hudson. Few years later came this e-mail. I'm sure I don't need to explain this one There are also e-mail from a third guy called Mr. X. He sent two emails directly to Mason. Clarke was the scientists who helped to weaponize Nova 6 that Steiner created with the help of other scientist from the Russian Ascension Group. For some reason Mr. X recommend Mason to seek Clarkes brother in South Africa. Mr. X tells the location of Frank Woods to Mason. Hanoi Hilton was notorious POW prison in Vietnam where many of the captured American soldiers were tortured. Hanoi Hilton Intel document. Then there is the ending of Black Ops: The day of Kennedys assassination, Evelyn Cross starts his number broadcast. Mason says: the date when JFK was killed, Texas, caliber of the gun that killed JFK and Ascension. And we know from before that Mason was brainwashed to kill JFK but it was prevented earlier because Reznov had added the other agenda of killing Steiner and Dragovich in his head. Now that he had those goals completed what was left? The original agenda of course which was to kill JFK. ---------------------------- Now why the whole Operation Charybdis doesn't make sense when we look at the events of Black Ops II? Well Hudson has been working for the CIA the whole time and after Woods was rescued from Hanoi Hilton he was also working for CIA by doing operations in Angola. Mason had retired and moved to Alaska. They definetely wouldn't be working for CIA during the time the missions take place in Black Ops II if CIA though they were liability and tried to kill them together with the MI6. It's safe to say this Operation was never conducted in the actual story arc but simply CIA had planned such operation before they saw that they were actually no risk and that they needed them.

When I saw it first I tought it was the eye. How does it look now?

the day just keeps getting better

Well in Modern Warfare 3 this was the seal logo: So they could have just modeled new faction logo from the trident. EDIT: and this in BO2:

At this point were just getting teased for the campaign, look under multiplayer to find the new one. @MrMichelin46 : Where'd you get that? As for the trident, I doubt it will be linked to a sunny drink producer... They do lotion too!

I thought it's maybe a futuristic version of the Navy SEAL trident.

But I don't think he is being shown any films. He closes his eyes and is only listening and picturing what Dr. Salim is telling. Those disturbing images are coming from his own mind. Most likely his memories.

That hat that James is wearing says specifically: 4th BCT 101st ABN DIV (AASLT) 506th INFANTRY REGIMENT

Well definetly better than Blops 2Tacitus thingy.

@Jolteon I'm leaning more to modern/futurish setting than the 80's. Black Ops II already covered that somewhat in it's "Old Wounds" campaing mission. And with all the articles Treyarch has been putting up about human enhancement/augmentation (video about it in my sig if click the pic ) are also pointing to more modern setting.

Okay here something I got. I think that the game might take place in Khowst Afghanistan. US Marines conduct a mounted patrol in the Khowst-Gardez pass Afghanistan -Wikipedia Khowst 5 years later CIA: https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2014-featured-story-archive/khowst-5-years-later.html 506th Infantry Regiment from the 101st Airborne Division was there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division