Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 trailer showcases "Cybercore" abilties

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"Cybercore." Is it the home of the Transformers? The company that invented Terminators? The long-awaited follow-up to the album that killed Billy Idol's career? No! It's the term for special "cybernetic abilities" that players may wield in the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 3.

They are also, at least to my eyes, very BioShock-ish in nature, especially Firefly Swarm, which by all appearances is an almost direct lift of the Insect Swarm plasmid. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, just interesting. It also represents an even greater shift away from the realism that's been the hallmark of its Call of Duty cousin, Modern Warfare.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 hits the shelves on November 6.

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