Black Ops 3 Digital Download removed from the Xbox One store

[Albo2001]

Call of Duty Black Ops 3 is no longer available on the Xbox One Store for digital pre-order. In a strange turn of events, it appears the preorder listing disappeared shortly after pre-loading started on Xbox One. We reached out to Activision for clarification and got this response:

According to Activision, they did not remove the digital versions of the game from the Xbox One store (which leads us to believe it was Microsoft), and they are asking fans to preorder the title at other retail partners worldwide.

Activision did not remove the digital version of Call of Duty: Black Ops III from the Xbox Games Store. Black Ops III is ready for launch on November 6th and is the most anticipated game of the year. Black Ops III is available for pre-order or pre-purchase through our other retail partners worldwide.

In addition, we’re getting reports that select U.K. retailers have taken down preorders for digital codes of Black Ops 3 for Xbox One. GAME UK and Amazon UK no longer selling digital codes for Xbox One Season Pass of Black Ops 3 or the digital game. Activision has not stated anything regarding this for now.

[Netduma Fraser]

I hope they don't force people to get a physical copy, that would be quite annoying

[A7Legit]

I had the digital deluxe pre-ordered and cancelled, but I wanted to test something and I backed up the pre-order file and put it on a HDD for November, I want to test if the file will work but now that the digital deluxe has been disabled I want to try and see if it will download.

 

I'm going to see what happens as I had the game pre-ordered before I spoke with MS and got my refund (took 3 days).