User blog comment:Damac1214/Back in Black - Call of Duty: Black Ops III teased, reveal trailer coming April 26th/@comment-101.170.42.158-20150409224348/@comment-1916935-20150410175708

I think 3arc was more of overshadowed by IW for the most part. WaW was just a WWII version of CoD4 and, as much as I like BO over MW2, following up a game that was the juggernaut that MW2 was is a tall order. The mixed bag that was MW3 just allowed 3arc to step out from IW's shadow.

3arc has, for the most part, improved upon the flaws of the previous game and haven't been afraid to experiment with new things (Nazi Zombies, CoDPoints, Pick 10, etc).