Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War

[Himmel]

We're almost definitely getting news on Call of Duty 2020 on Monday.

Activision has been sending out actual wooden crates to media outlets in the Call of Duty community with instructions that say, "Do not open this crate until August 10, 2020 - 12pm EDT." There's also a brief letter instructing recipients to send out a text at the stated time to receive a code that opens the lockbox on the crate. Source

COD 2020 TEASER IN WARZONE #1

COD 2020 TEASER IN WARZONE #2

[NARMAK]

I thought the title leaked already with a Doritos ad due to promote this next entry. The confusing aspect for me is that they have a hugely successful Battle Royale in Warzone right now after the lessons learned from Blackout, yet somehow there's a rumour that this 2020 entry is supposed to have its own Battle Royale mode too. That's just bizarre to me that Activision would want to cannibalise their own player base tbh when it seems to be doing really well.

[Himmel]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

I thought the title leaked already with a Doritos ad due to promote this next entry. The confusing aspect for me is that they have a hugely successful Battle Royale in Warzone right now after the lessons learned from Blackout, yet somehow there's a rumour that this 2020 entry is supposed to have its own Battle Royale mode too. That's just bizarre to me that Activision would want to cannibalise their own player base tbh when it seems to be doing really well.

Yeah just updated title.

[TheWildWhelk]

Sorry to roll this shit back so far, but does this mean we will get to see the content for Black Ops 2 (set in Vietnam) that was cut from the game to thrust it forward into 2025?

The original plan for Black Ops 2 was to have the majority of the game feature Alex Mason, with actor Michael Keaton as a major character, and be set as mentioned in the Vietnam-era. Keaton has said he recorded enough dialogue for a feature film, and that material we assume still exists in the Treyarch archive. Intriguing...

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by TheWildWhelk

Sorry to roll this shit back so far, but does this mean we will get to see the content for Black Ops 2 (set in Vietnam) that was cut from the game to thrust it forward into 2025?

The original plan for Black Ops 2 was to have the majority of the game feature Alex Mason, with actor Michael Keaton as a major character, and be set as mentioned in the Vietnam-era. Keaton has said he recorded enough dialogue for a feature film, and that material we assume still exists in the Treyarch archive. Intriguing...

Not sure if that will be the case BUT there's been teasers in Warzone flashing up on screen which seem to link to Alex Mason and that angle from Black Ops. Personally i only want stuff in there if it can properly serve a campaign atmosphere and not just to grab attention with a gratuitous portrayal. Vietnam was a damn tragedy caused by circumstances we cannot discuss due to forum rules but it shouldn't be lightly portrayed imo if it is used.

[TheWildWhelk]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

Not sure if that will be the case BUT there's been teasers in Warzone flashing up on screen which seem to link to Alex Mason and that angle from Black Ops. Personally i only want stuff in there if it can properly serve a campaign atmosphere and not just to grab attention with a gratuitous portrayal. Vietnam was a damn tragedy caused by circumstances we cannot discuss due to forum rules but it shouldn't be lightly portrayed imo if it is used.

For me the definitive Vietnam-era game from years back was the quite excellent Men Of Valour from 2015Games, who also created Medal of Honour: Allied Assault.

I've never been impressed with Treyarch's story-telling abilities in the CoD franchise; everything from Black Ops 2 onwards flet like the campaign was created by commitee with action set-pieces dropped in to keep the action moving. Black Ops 3 itself was virtually a different franchise with it leaning on the whole cyber-warfare sci-fi angle.

[Himmel]

http://youtu.be/pakVD3TOAQA

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Know Your History - YouTube

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Would it make a good cover art



https://twitter.com/TZ_Ghosts/status...10095405219842

[Mavrick]

Call Of Duty Black Ops Cold War Special Editions Leaked, No Free PS5 Upgrade Planned

[TheWildWhelk]

So. A direct sequel' to Black Ops 1. Does this mean we are playing as Alex Mason (Sam Worthington) again, or a new character? And if Jason Hudson is in the game, i hope they have Ed Harris reprising his role.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

I thought the title leaked already with a Doritos ad due to promote this next entry. The confusing aspect for me is that they have a hugely successful Battle Royale in Warzone right now after the lessons learned from Blackout, yet somehow there's a rumour that this 2020 entry is supposed to have its own Battle Royale mode too. That's just bizarre to me that Activision would want to cannibalise their own player base tbh when it seems to be doing really well.

Yep, there is no reason Warzone can’t just continue next year with appropriate updates.

[Mavrick]

Black Ops Cold War Editions & Price Confirmed

Standard: $59.99
Cross-Gen: $69.99
Ultimate: $89.99

[Mavrick]

out on November 13
- open-beta coming soon
- multiplayer reveal on September 9

- Campaign (East Berlin, Vietnam, Turkey, Soviet KGB etc)
- "next generation" of CoD MP
- Zombies

[Mavrick]

The Black Ops Cold War campaign emphasises player choice - with a character creator and Hitman-style levels

Black Ops Cold War is a direct sequel to Black Ops 1, starting in 1981 and continuing throughout the decade. There are some clear parallels between the prevailing attitudes of that time and our own - a kind of deep unease with the state of the world, with distrust and the prospect of global war juxtaposed against an explosion in culture and technology.

The game follows a US task force that aims to resist the plans of Perseus, a mysterious Soviet agent attempting to topple the established world order. Your group operates at the behest of Ronald Reagan and under the leadership of the mysterious Russell Adler. On the team are Hudson, Woods and Mason, with some other familiar faces from the original Black Ops making supporting appearances. These are some of the best characters the series has produced, so it's no surprise to see them return.

As well as choosing an interesting setting, the development team at Raven Software is offering a much greater degree of freedom than we've ever seen in a Call of Duty campaign. That starts with the character creator, which allows you to design your own single-player operator for the first time. There are eight stages in all, including options for skin tone and gender. While you can specify all of these options if you like to create a character suits your preferences, you can also leave them as 'classified' to end up with more of a blank slate like Call of Duties past. Choosing to not divulge your character's gender provides you with gender-neutral pronouns, which is a nice touch. As well as options that affect your in-game appearance and dialogue, some options have gameplay ramifications - so a psychological profile of "paranoid" halves the time it takes to aim down your sights, while the "lone wolf" profile allows you to sprint for twice as long.

The campaign itself also involves a greater level of player autonomy. Many missions allow you to take different paths to an objective, and you're also given dialogue options at some points in the story. You can also accomplish extra objectives and discover evidence to unlock two optional missions, which provide you with more narrative context to these levels. The choices you make will affect how the story progresses and ultimately what ending you receive, although it's clear that these choices will still exist within a broader narrative framework.

There are also several Hitman-style levels in the game, where you're asked to accomplish an objective by several potential means. One of these is set in the KGB headquarters in Moscow, where you're a double agent behind enemy lines. Here, you're able to poison a general, steal data, blackmail an officer or interrogate a prisoner in order to accomplish your unspecified but presumably delightfully devilish aims. Of course, the level ends with a traditional Call of Duty shootout, so it's clear that the more linear nature of the game remains the dominant vehicle to convey you along the story. For fans of the numbers, Mason!, you'll also be happy to know that the game includes some appropriately psychedelic and world-bending sequences as well.

[Mavrick]

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War Gameplay Reveal and Info! - YouTube

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𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙾𝚙𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚞𝚝𝚢®: 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙾𝚙𝚜 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚆𝚊𝚛 – 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚞𝚝𝚢®: 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙾𝚙𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕.

𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚞𝚝𝚢: 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙾𝚙𝚜 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚆𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚆𝚊𝚛’𝚜 𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟶𝚜. 𝙸𝚗 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎-𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚗, 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚆𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚜, 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚞𝚍𝚜𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚊 𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝙱𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚗, 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙾𝚙𝚜 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚆𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝙼𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚉𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝙼𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟿.

𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝚞𝚝𝚢: 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙾𝚙𝚜 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚆𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟹, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶.

[Talal86]

Looking good

I wish they bundled it with a remake of the Black Ops campaign

[Steedeel]

Can’t even enjoy a game of Warzone as it’s been replaced with this (imo) promotional nonsense for today. Not cool.