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Get The Game. New weapons, operators, blueprints, and more. Experience new game modes with Call of Duty®: Black Ops – Cold War Season 6 gameplay! Play the popular FPS game, a direct sequel to the original fan-favorite Call of Duty®: Black Ops. Purchase today on PS4, PS5, Xbox, Xbox Series X or PC.
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"Know your history or be doomed to repeat it."
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is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and Raven Software for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Microsoft Windows. It is set in the early 1980s and is a direct sequel to the original Call of Duty: Black Ops.
is the seventeenth game in the Call of Duty franchise and the sixth game in the Black Ops series. Announced on August 26th, 2020, the game was released on November 13th, 2020. Black Ops Cold War was later released on Steam on March 8th, 2023.
In May 2019, it was reported that Treyarch would take over the Call of Duty 2020 project following tensions between Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software during the development of the game. On August 4, 2020, Activision announced that Treyarch and Raven Software were co-developing the game which would be known as Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The two studios focused on different parts of the game; Raven Software designed the Campaign mode while Treyarch developed its Multiplayer and Zombies modes.
While sharing "underlying technology" with the revamped engine from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Black Ops Cold War used a different iteration of the IW Engine whose tools and technologies were created in 2015 starting with Call of Duty: Black Ops III and rebuilt "to be scalable and broad to work on future platforms". The technologies included Real Time Lighting which allowed "the lighting to be adjusted in real time during development" as well as global illumination and ray-tracing. The game would also showcase volumetric fog. On the next-gen platforms Black Ops Cold War supports 4K resolution and 120 frame-per-second.
"Black Ops Cold War will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s. Nothing is ever as it seems in a gripping single-player Campaign, where players will come face-to-face with historical figures and hard truths, as they battle around the globe through iconic locations like East Berlin, Vietnam, Turkey, Soviet KGB headquarters and more."
— Battle.net description
The Campaign mode of Black Ops Cold War was designed and developed by Raven Software which was already designing a campaign based on the Cold War before Treyarch took the project over. The game is a direct sequel to the original game Call of Duty: Black Ops set in the early 1980s and feature returning characters such as Alex Mason, Frank Woods and Jason Hudson while introducing a new cast of characters including Russell Adler.
The campaign was co-written by Murray Kraft, Lead Narrative Designer at Raven Software, and David S. Goyer who was a story consultant on Black Ops and co-wrote Call of Duty: Black Ops II. For its main protagonist, Bell, Raven decided to allow the players to create their own character by choosing their name, race, gender and backstory . The NPC characters will react differently based on the gender (male, female or non-binary). While Bell will remain silent throughout the campaign, players will be able to pick various dialog lines that will change the way the missions would play out. Players will also be able to choose one out of 15 "physiological profiles" for Bell that will slightly affect the gameplay, giving bonus to the players. Choosing "Paranoid" will increase the aim down sight (ADS) speed, "Violent Tendencies" will increase bullet damage, "Lone Wolf" will allow player to sprint longer, "Professional" will give full movement speed while ADS.
There are 16 main missions in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and each of them is listed below. Depending on the player's choice in Identity Crisis, the mission order will branch out to either The Final Countdown or Ashes to Ashes.
1.Nowhere Left to Run
2.CIA Safehouse E9
3.Fracture Jaw
4.East Berlin Briefing
5.Brick in the Wall
"Bring a Cold War arsenal of weapons and equipment into the next generation of Multiplayer in Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War. Engage in deniable operations as an elite operative using state of the art tools of the tradecraft across a variety of experiences from small skirmishes to all out, vehicle-fueled warfare."
— Battle.net description
There are currently 2 modes that have been revealed in the Cold War reveal. VIP Escort, and Ground War. With VIP Escort being entirely new and Ground War utilising a similar basis to the Modern Warfare variant.
Multiplayer mode will feature crossplay and cross-gen as well as a Battle Pass and free post-launch content.
"Uncover dark Cold War experiments that unleash a new Zombie threat to take on in frightening and intense co-operative gameplay with friends."
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Upon release, Black Ops Cold War received generally favorable reviews from critics, and became the best-selling title of 2020 in the United States. It's sequel, rumored to be called Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, will reportedly be set during the Gulf War, and is expected to be released in October 2024.
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Oct 27, 2020 · Battle.net. Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War PC Trailer. Battle.net October 27, 2020. PC operators got a glimpse at what the next generation of global combat will look like on their platform through the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War launch trailer, presented in 4K resolution.
Aug 26, 2020 · Developed by Treyarch and Raven Software, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is scheduled for worldwide release Friday, November 13, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on Battle.net. Black Ops Cold War is also scheduled for release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, when those consoles are available to players. Enter your date of birth. Submit.
