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The next Call of Duty is a Black Ops game set during the first Gulf War, according to reportsNov 23, 2023 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunIf rumour speak true, the next Call of Duty game will be another entry in the Black Ops series. It'll also, allegedly, take place during the first Gulf War across 1990 and 1991, in which a US-led coalition of countries including the UK, Saudi Arabia and Egypt invaded Iraq in response to the Saddam Hussein government's conquest of Kuwait. Read more Call of Duty veteran David Vonderhaar leaves Treyarch after 18 years at the developerAug 20, 2023 - VG247David Vonderhaar, longtime Call of Duty lead, has announced he has left Activision and Treyarch. As spotted by CharlieIntel, Vonderhaar recently shared a post on his LinkedIn announcing that he has left Treyarch after working at the company for 18 years as a design director, best known for his work on the Black Ops line of games. "To my co-workers at Treyarch, I am immensely grateful for the time we invested working to improve our craft, never sitting on successes, and always wondering how to improve what we design and how we produce it," Vonderhaar wrote in his announcement post. "Thank you to the Call of Duty community for your passion and enthusiasm. That energy has often fueled our determination as a studio and individuals. I will always be grateful for the opportunity to interact with so many of you directly online and in person. This energy will always be a massive part of me. Read more Call of Duty comes back to life as Xbox-360-era games get surprise updateJul 17, 2023 - VG247Large numbers of players are swarming back to older Call of Duty games on Xbox 360 thanks to a recent update. As spotted last week by Twitter user ZekcoFS, an update arrived for a number of older Call of Duty titles that fixed matchmaking. This included classics such Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3, and Black Ops 2. Now, it seems that quite a large number of players are returning to the games. As reported by CharlieIntel, Black Ops 2 managed to hit more than 10,000 players over the weekend on Xbox 360, and Modern Warfare 3 had over 7000 players, significant numbers for some now quite old games. Prior to this apparent fix, anyone that tried to play a match of one of the older Call of Duty titles on Xbox 360 wouldn't be able to due to a supposed lack of players. This didn't make much sense, though, as certain game modes only needed as few as eight players, so it being completely impossible was odd. These older Call of Duty games are quite nostalgic for a lot of players, so it isn't a big surprise that they're getting a lot of players again, especially because they're backwards compatible on the Xbox Series X. Currently what isn't clear is if a fix is coming for PS3 or PC players, both of which still seem to be experiencing problems. As it stands, it doesn't seem like a fix has been provided for either platform, so it's mostly just Xbox players that get to revisit the older games. Call of Duty Twitch streamer ModernWarzone also made the claim that there were more people playing these old Call of Duty games over the weekend than there were playing Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042 put together, though from our end it's difficult to determine what the player counts for each game are. Over the weekend, Microsoft also announced that PlayStation finally agreed to a deal on Call of Duty, guaranteeing the games will stay on the latter for the time being. Read more PS Plus July includes Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Alan Wake RemasteredJun 28, 2023 - VG247Sony has confirmed July's PlayStation Plus Essential games, and they include Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Alan Wake: Remastered, and Endling: Extinction is Forever. Confirmation of the games comes after Billbilkun on Dealabs, a leaker with a reliable track record, outed the contents earlier today. First up comes Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, regarded among many in the long-time Call of Duty fanbase as a decent entry in the series history. It'll be coming to the service for both the PS4 and PS5, packed with one of the best campaigns in recent memory as well as a decent multiplayer FPS experience that is sure to get some life injected into it thanks to its appearance on PS plus. Read more This Black Ops grenade launcher kill is a reminder of Call of Duty's legacy of stylish trick shotsJul 5, 2022 - VG247Remember Call of Duty: Black Ops, the military First Person Shooter released from the clattering cages over at Raven Software and Treyarch all the way back in 2010. For some, it stays a fan-favourite for those with a taste for a touch of retro Call of Duty action, general nostalgia, or the heyday of trick shots with a variety of sniper rifles and of course the trusty grenade launcher. Memories of this golden age of spinning shots and mouse-trap-esque grenade routes across the many maps present in the 7th generation title have recently reemerged thanks to a singular tweet from Faze Blaze shining the spotlight on a particular remarkable grenade launcher kill. This video, tragically uncredited, struck a chord with the community, reining in over 114K likes at the time of writing. Replies to this viral sensation are filled with other examples of exemplary trickshots and stylish grenade bounces, but none compared to the original clip which features multiple bounces off map terrain and player-placed cameras in key locations. There’s a chasm of difference between clip farming in custom lobbies and the ballistic gymnastics seen above. Read more Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's hidden nuke scorestreak expands to the rest of multiplayerJul 14, 2021 - EurogamerCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's hidden nuke scorestreak has expanded to the rest of multiplayer, Treyarch has announced. The nuke scorestreak that was only available in Cranked Hardpoint mode is now available in all multiplayer modes except League Play and CDL variants, Multi-Team, party games and Gunfight. Treyarch first added the nuke scorestreak to Black Ops Cold War without an announcement in May, during season three, to the Cranked Hardpoint mode. It was the first time a Treyarch Call of Duty had the nuke scorestreak. Read more Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season 4 Reloaded kicks off next weekJul 9, 2021 - EurogamerCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season 4 Reloaded launches 5am UK time on 15th July. The update brings with it the next round-based map in the Dark Aether story for Black Ops Cold War's Zombies mode, developer Treyarch confirmed. The map is called Mauer der Toten, and its debut trailer is below: Read more New machine learning cheat threatens competitive console playJul 8, 2021 - EurogamerUPDATE 9TH JULY 2021: Activision appears to be taking action against the machine learning cheat that hit the headlines this week. YouTube videos showcasing the cheat were taken down following copyright claims by Activision. A video promoting the cheat has been removed from its creator's YouTube channel. Yesterday, it was online. Read more Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Zombies to get weapon unlock challenges in season threeApr 21, 2021 - EurogamerCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Zombies will get weapon unlock challenges in season three, developer Treyarch has announced. In a tweet, the studio listed a number of weapons, including the R1 Shadowhunter, that you'll be able to unlock by playing Zombies mode. This is welcome news for Zombies fans. Currently, you're only able to unlock Black Ops Cold War weapons via challenges in Multiplayer. Read more Everything coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone in season threeApr 19, 2021 - EurogamerActivision has announced the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone season three roadmap. The headlines are the confirmation of a map refresh (which we know to be 1980s-themed) for Verdansk, and a limited time mode called Hunt for Adler. This LTM sees the characters of Black Ops Cold War arrive in Verdansk in a bid to discover Adler's whereabouts. The season two outro cinematic, which sets all this up, is below: Read more Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War - what PC hardware do you need to match PS5?Jan 19, 2021 - EurogamerThe arrival of a new gaming generation always shakes up the status quo - not just in the console space, but for PC owners too. With new Xbox and PlayStation hardware effectively resetting the baseline, how does your existing gaming rig stack up? Do you need to upgrade? What kind of PC kit is now required to match the console experience? We've already tested Assassin's Creed Valhalla, finding that relatively high-end PC kit is required to get the job done, while Watch Dogs Legion lowered expectations - provided you had an Nvidia RTX card. Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War is our next port of call. You can watch our entire process in matching PlayStation 5's visual make-up to PC in the embedded video below, but through a process of careful testing, it was possible to provide a very close match, up to and including ray tracing features, so let's get straight into the nitty-gritty. The volumetric lighting setting controls the resolution of lit volumetric fog in the game, where PS5 is closest to PC's low setting. Water tessellation controls the displacement of water, offering up more detail and this is turned off on PlayStation 5. Other features are engaged though - motion blur on PS5 is equivalent to the PC game with its 'all' setting, yet has fewer samples in motion than the closest 'high' quality level. Meanwhile, texture quality on PS5 is equivalent to PC's maxed out setting, as long as the high quality texture pack is installed. The object detail setting is interesting - it controls the draw distance of odd one-off bits of environmental detail, usually only noticeable in the far distance. Through a process of elimination, PlayStation 5 looks closest to PC at medium. Other settings reveal the developers erring more towards the high end - screen-space reflections, for example, are an important aspect of the game's visual make-up and so PS5 runs at what looks like a match with PC's high preset, while the model quality option (which is self-explanatory) is again for a match for PC at its best. Ordered independent transparencies increase sorting quality for transparent effects - with some very odd artefacing when disabled. However, I could find no difference between low and high settings, so PS5 could be equivalent to any of them. Meanwhile, sub-surface scattering more realistically renders the way that light interacts with skin on character models. It's an on/off setting and it's definitely enabled on consoles. Read more Surprise! Your Call of Duty: Modern Warfare XP tokens no longer work in WarzoneDec 17, 2020 - EurogamerCall of Duty: Warzone players were surprised to discover yesterday that their hard-earned double XP tokens no longer work in the battle royale. Before the launch of Season One - the new, unified season set in place across Black Ops Cold War, Modern Warfare and Warzone - double XP tokens earned in Warzone and / or Modern Warfare were available to use in Warzone and / or Modern Warfare. Double XP tokens, obtained in multiple ways but also earned through premium battle passes, are one of the best ways of levelling up weapons quicker than normal. They last for a set amount of time, and are triggered at the player's command. Read more Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War meta shake-up sees M16 and AUG nerfedDec 16, 2020 - EurogamerTreyarch has, as promised, shaken up the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War meta with its weapon balance update. The developer issued the update for its shooter yesterday, 15th December, but only now has published the patch notes, revealing the extent of the changes. The headline change is a significant nerf to the M16 and AUG tactical rifles, both of which were seen as the two dominant weapons in the game. The M16 has seen its maximum effective range and fire rate reduced. The AUG has seen its headshot multiplier, maximum effective range and fire rate all reduced, while the damage for the 19.8" Task Force barrel attachment has also been reduced. Read more Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone get 21GB patch as Black Ops Cold War integration beginsDec 16, 2020 - EurogamerThe integration of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War into Warzone has begun with a 21GB patch out this morning. The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare patch brings Infinity Ward's shooter up to version 1.30. It kicks off the new Season One that is unified across Black Ops, Warzone and Modern Warfare. There's a new Season One battle pass, too. However, while you can earn progress through this by playing either game, there is no new Modern Warfare content to be had. Read more Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War gets its big balance patchDec 15, 2020 - EurogamerTreyarch has issued the long-awaited balance patch for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Treyarch said to expect download sizes to range from 3.4GB to 7.1GB, depending on your platform. It weighs in at 6.817GB on PlayStation 5. The developer hasn't released patch notes for the update yet - they're due out ahead of the launch of Season One tomorrow, 16th December. So players have spent the morning trying to work out what exactly has changed. Read more Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War dev says upcoming patch will shake-up the metaDec 12, 2020 - EurogamerCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold War developer Treyarch has said it's "time to shake the meta up" in advance of a significant gameplay tuning pass. The launch of Season One, set for 16th December, includes gameplay changes for weapons and more, Treyarch game designer Tony Flame confirmed on Twitter. "After all, it's been nearly a month since launch," he said. "Time to shake the meta up for the holidays." Read more Prop Hunt, Nuketown Holiday and 2v2 Gunfight confirmed for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Season OneDec 10, 2020 - EurogamerActivision has announced everything coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War in season one. Season one, which begins on 16th December, adds three new operators: the already-announced Stitch, Bulldozer, and Zeyna. There are five new weapons: the MAC 10 SMG (launch week), the Groza assault rifle (launch week), the Streetsweeper shotgun (in season), the Sledgehammer melee (in season), and the Wakizashi melee (in season). Read more It looks like Call of Duty: Warzone is getting a new Rebirth Island locationDec 2, 2020 - EurogamerCall of Duty: Warzone looks set to expand soon with the addition of Rebirth Island. As image doing the rounds within the Call of Duty datamining community shows the logos for Warzone and Rebirth Island on top of an aerial shot of the island itself. In its roadmap for Warzone published last month, Activision teased a "classified Warzone experience" set to launch when Season 1 of Call of Duty: Black Ops - and its integration with Warzone - begins on 10th December. Read more Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War patch means you now level up weapons faster, thankfullyNov 30, 2020 - EurogamerTreyarch has tweaked Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War so players level up weapons faster. The developer released a patch for the shooter this evening just as Black Ops Cold War's double XP and double weapon XP event came to a close. "Coming out of last week's 2XP + 2WXP event, we've made some additional tuning changes to global Weapon XP earn rates across the board," Treyarch said in the patch notes. Read more Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's in-game Doritos ad needs a bit of explainingNov 20, 2020 - EurogamerOne of the more memorable campaign levels from Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a largely stealth mission through East Berlin, set in February 1981. In this level, you alongside your crack team of CIA operatives infiltrate the German Democratic Republic via train, and it's here you get a sense of developer Raven's attention to detail: there are era-appropriate ads all over the carriage, including an old-school FILA logo and a poster for an old camera, and a man reading a newspaper with a headline about then American president Ronald Reagan. And there, on the wall by the carriage door, is a Doritos advert. Read more
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