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2020 first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and Raven Software

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The iconic Black Ops series is back with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - the direct sequel to the original and fan-favorite Call of Duty: Black Ops. 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 locales like East Berlin, Vietnam, Turkey, Soviet KGB headquarters and more. Beyond the Campaign, players will bring a Cold War arsenal …

Released
2020
Genres
Shooter
Platforms
Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Engine
IW Engine
Franchise
Call of Duty
Developer
Treyarch
Publisher
Activision

Key facts

Developers
Treyarch Raven Software
Publisher
Activision
Directors
Dan Vondrak Corky Lehmkuhl
Producer
Natalie Pohorski
Designer
David Vonderhaar
Writers
David S. Goyer Craig Houston
Composer
Jack Wall
Series
Call of Duty
Platforms
PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X/S
Release
November 13, 2020
Genre
First-person shooter
Modes
Single-player , multiplayer

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Encyclopedic overview

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a 2020 first-person shooter game co-developed by Treyarch and Raven Software and published by Activision. It is the seventeenth main installment of the Call of Duty series and is the sixth entry in the Black Ops sub-series, following Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018). Set in 1981, Black Ops Cold War's single-player story follows CIA operative Russell Adler and his team of agents as they hunt down a Soviet spy named Perseus. As with previous Call of Duty titles, the game also includes a multiplayer component and the cooperative Zombies mode.

Development on Black Ops Cold War began as a collaboration between Raven and Sledgehammer Games, which was not intended to be an entry in the Black Ops sub-series, but due to disagreements between the two studios, Activision assigned Treyarch as a lead developer on the title in May 2019. Marketing for Black Ops Cold War began in August 2020 and was done in different forms, including cryptic messages within Call of Duty: Warzone, puzzles made to be solved online by fans, and a website showcasing historical Cold War events; a full reveal debuted on August 26, as part of an in-game event in Warzone. The game was released on November 13, 2020, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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