14 DAY TRIAL // The PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops III had a somewhat troubled launch. A bug that managed to get through the Q&A process affected all users with Intel i5 processors. A quick fix has been released and all is well once more.
PC games seem to be traversing a difficult period, and quite a few major titles have had problems with this particular problem. One of the main reasons this is happening is because companies use most of their resources and focus on the console versions and give the PC port and optimizations little time and money.
The developers of Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Treyarch, have been quite vocal about their PC support, and they added some PC-specific features, so the fact that the game shipped with a problem this big was surprising. It’s strange because Intel i5 processors are very popular, and you might think that they would notice when testing the game.
All is well again
A day-one patch was released for the PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops III and the issue was fixed, but the game already received thousands of bad reviews on Steam. It’s so bad that even if the performance has been drastically improved, the overwhelming majority is still negative.
Treyarch figured that they would gain the approval of PC community by implementing a number of interesting features, like the ability to create maps and mods, unranked dedicated server files, and unranked server browser. All of these are planned for 2016, so users can’t expect to see them right now.
The patch is a very small one, and everyone will get it as soon as they start the game. Call of Duty: Black Ops III is playable once more, and we can expect to see more updates coming soon for the PC platform.