PARIS: "Call of Duty" fans get to go on their latest mission in the first-person shooter franchise on Friday when Black Ops 3 sends them out into a "dark and twisted future" of souped-up multiplayer thrills.

For California-based Activision Blizzard, the latest revamp of its gaming megahit aims to revive stagnating sales and comes hot on the heels of Monday's announcement that it is buying the maker of the addictive "Candy Crush Saga", King Digital Entertainment, for $5.9 billion -- tapping into a market of half a billion gamers worldwide.

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