Earlier this week, Activision and Treyarch released a teaser trailer for the Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War multiplayer. Prior to its official reveal, alpha footage of Cold War’s multiplayer emerged on Reddit. During the footage, players can be seen playing an alpha build set in a Miami inspired map. In the video, players are seen playing Vip Mode; in VIP Mode, the offensive team must escort their VIP to the extraction zone or eliminate all enemies to win the round. The defending team can win by executing the VIP. Below is information released about Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War multiplayer.
In the official trailer, Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War multiplayer trailer, gamers can see a variety of weapons, terrain types, vehicles, killstreaks, and combat styles. Some of the featured guns in the trailer are the Spas 12, Colt M1911, M16, Gatling Gun, Grenade Launcher, and RPD; at the moment, specialists have not been announced for the Cold War multiplayer. Miami, North Atlantic, Angola, Uzbekistan, and the Ural Mountains have been announced as Cold War multiplayer terrains. Some notable vehicles in the trailer are Jet Skis, Helicopter, Snowmobile, a Tank, Dirt Bikes, and Doom Buggies. These vehicles appear to be played on larger maps. These larger maps will allow players to fight via Land, Sea, and Air.
Cold War Game Modes
Below is information gathered from Gamespot’s preview of Cold War Multiplayer.
- Combined Arms: 12-on-12 Domination where teams fight to control capture zones. Team scores increase for each zone it holds.
- VIP Escort: a 6-on-6 mode where one team tries to extract the VIP (a random member of the team) while the other team tries to hunt down the VIP. Players have one life per round but can be revived when in a knocked-down state. VIPs wear civilian clothes and only have a pistol. Scorestreaks are disabled for everyone except the VIP, who has a Spy Plane. Teams alternate sides, and the first to four round wins takes the match.
- Fireteam: 10 teams of four battle it out in this objective-based mode in large maps with vehicles available. We currently only know about the variant called Dirty Bomb that has you obtaining uranium to fuel bombs at specific locations on the map.
- Hardpoint: Two teams of six fight to control capture locations that move throughout the match. Holding a capture point nets their team points.
- Domination: The standard 6-on-6 mode where teams fight to control several capture points throughout a map. The more a team holds, the more points they accumulate.
- Team Deathmatch: Classic 6-on-6 deathmatch.
- Kill Confirmed: Two teams of six fight deathmatch-style but need to pick up dog tags dropped by enemies killed to make the kill count. You can pick up teammate dog tags to deny the enemy team the point.
- Control: A 6-on-6 round-based mode where one team needs to hold onto two capture points and the other tries to take them over. However, spawns are limited per team. The defending team needs to hold onto at least one point and expend the attackers’ spawn count.
Cold War Kill Streaks
- RX-XD (600 points): Remote-controlled car with explosives attached.
- Spy Plane (800 points): Radar ability that reveals enemy locations on the minimap.
- Artillery (1900 points): Mark three locations on the map to target for airstrikes.
- Napalm Strike (2400 points): Targeted carpet bombing.
- Air Patrol (2750 points): Call in jets to take down enemy air-based scorestreaks.
- War Machine (3150 points): Use a high-explosive grenade launcher.
- Attack Helicopter (3750 points): Helicopter gunner that auto-targets enemies.
- Chopper Gunner (6000 points): Player-controller helicopter gunner.
Starting on October 8th, PlayStation members who preorder Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War will have early access to the Cold War multiplayer. Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War is set to release on the Xbox One, Xbox Series X & S, PlayStation 4 & 5, and PC on November 13th.
