New details on Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's campaign mode have been released in the last couple of weeks, but for many fans, multiplayer is the focus of the game. Recently, therefore, Activision has revealed everything there is to know about the latter.
First, five new maps were revealed to us. Armada, located in the North Atlantic, where both American and Soviet forces must search for the prototype of a nuclear submarine. Players will have to move between ships and command gunboats to turn the tide of battle.
Then, there is Crossroads, set on a road between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. The environment will be covered with snow and it will be necessary to move around with tanks and snowmobiles. MiamiInstead, it focuses on the famous South Beach, where the nocturnal setting will allow you to easily hide while looking for clues to the location of Soviet agent Perseus.
Moscow It is a setting in which CIA and Spetsnaz agents will face off in a compromised CIA safe house, until a fight leads to the streets. Finally there is Satellite, in the desert of Angola, where a crashed American satellite will have to be recovered.
Treyarch revealed that each map is represented based on real sources, thanks to photos and analysis by his team.
The presence of various game modes has already been anticipated. Deathmatch, Search and Destroy, Domination and Kill Confirmed modes will likely return, along with some new and Control modes from Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
VIP Escort, which was previously leaked, is a 6v6 mode where teams must protect or capture a player who is randomly selected as a VIP, which must be led by his 5 companions to the extraction point. Non-VIP players cannot respawn, while the VIP can protect themselves with a pistol and smoke grenade, and use a UAV to visualize the location of their teammates.
The mode Combined Arms is 12 vs 12 and allows you to zoom in on maps and use vehicles. Helicopters and other flying vehicles can also be used, and can be played alongside modes such as Domination which will lead teams to clash to capture flags in a larger than usual map.
Finally there is Fireteam, where 40 teams of 10 players clash with each other, where the battlefield will affect the clashes. Treyarch has revealed a mode of this type of match, called Dirty Bomb, which will be revealed more in proximity to the game's release.
The game will have a new sound system for weapons, which will allow to distinguish friendly fire from the enemy one through a three-dimensional and directional sound. THEThe class system, on the other hand, will be based on slots for primary and secondary weapons and equipment, including Field Upgrades, which allow you to help your team or damage enemies, and which can only be used after death. The points earned in game can be accumulated thanks to the Scorestreaks, which allow you to preserve the points after death, but are limited.
Weapons can be upgraded by Gunsmith and for each modification there are at least six different choices. Movement has been improved: sprints give you some speed right from the start, jumping happens at more natural heights and slows down as you land, with a noise that varies based on how fast you move.
The news are therefore many but some things have not yet been revealed and we will have to wait a little longer to receive more information.
► Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a Shooter type game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, the video game was released on 13/11/2020
