Archive EntryPreservation Record
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Shelf markLIB-0066
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2015Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Release
- November 5, 2015
- Developer
- Treyarch
- Publisher
- Activision
- Medium
- Digital edition · Steam
- Subjects
- Action · Adventure · First-Person Shooter · Digital Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Steam digital edition · Activision build
- Condition Report
- Account-bound license on the archive Steam account. No physical media is part of this accession.
- Acquisition
- Digital acquisition · July 2026
- Filed
- August 8, 2026
Acquisition Record
How this digital copy entered archival custody — provenance for the holding, not the identity of the work.
- Source
- Steam
- Acquired through
- Digital library holding
- Entered
- August 8, 2026
- Steam App ID
- 311210
Technical record
- Holding reference
steam-311210- Provenance reconciled
- August 8, 2026
- Recorded playtime
- 125 hours
- Store listing
- Steam store listing
Curator Notes
Collection Documentation
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Windows or macOS through Steam under archive custody
- Original Hardware
- PC · Steam digital edition
- Playback Compatibility
- Continued access requires the archive account, Steam’s support for the title, and Activision services where multiplayer components require them.
- Preservation Concerns
- Online multiplayer and live-service components face elevated long-term access risk. Account-bound licensing and the absence of a retained offline installer remain the principal concerns.
- Edition History
- Steam release dated November 5, 2015. This accession records the licensed digital edition in custody.
- Access Status
- Playable from the archive Steam library for as long as that license and storefront path remain intact.
Connections
- Archival Lineage
- LIB-0127Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) (2007)
- LIB-0057Call of Duty: World at War (2008)
- LIB-0102Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) (2009)
- LIB-0066Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2015)this filing
- Series
- Call of Duty
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
This filing is retained as a digital edition. Physical collection photography does not apply to the holding itself.
Supplementary archival media may be entered if documentation is later filed. Nothing is forced into the record.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0066.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Official artwork entered
Steam library artwork filed under the Library accession path.
Editorial revision
Catalog identity, authority references, and digital-holding documentation aligned for publication.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the Bloodsoaked Library
Digital accession curated from Steam custody and set to Catalogued · Permanent Record.
Connections established
Linked to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) (LIB-0102).
Connections established
Linked to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) (LIB-0127).