Treyarch’s director of development Cesar Stastny has announced that the studio will be releasing modding tools for Call of Duty: Black Ops III in 2016, with a closed alpha build test starting in March 2016.
According to the developer, the modding tools will enable gamers to do the following:
- You will be able to create Maps & Game Modes and more!
- We will include Unranked Dedicated Server Files with the tools so you can run servers with modded content anywhere you choose.
- We will provide an Unranked Server Browser so you can easily find and join servers with modded content.
Treyarch also cautions patience with the release schedule, noting that development is sometimes unpredictable, stating, ”things don’t always work out exactly as planned. Sometimes features slip or drop off altogether, sometimes they get replaced with other, more awesome features as we hit into limitations of our original plans.”
Eventually, there will be an open beta for the mod tools, with a planned release sometime late in 2016.
The announcement concluded with the promise, ”And yes, this is for real.”
